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Prepaid Is Better,
To start off, I’d like to say that XBox Live is amazing and worth every penny. Online gaming is incredibly fun and a quite good way to pass time.
That aside, there are downsides to XBox Live that can be avoided through prepaid cards. Number one, you always run the risk that unwarranted transactions will be made if your credit card information is stored on your XBox 360 system. It may not happen all that often, but it’s best to avoid it all together.
The biggest reason to buy prepaid Xbox Live card is the renewal process that happens when you don’t use one. If you order XBox Live through your system, it’ll renew everytime your subscription runs out. This wouldn’t be a problem except that it’s not that easy to cancel. Instead of cancelling through your system, you have to go through the hassle of actually calling XBox Live support. Even then, depending on the representative you get, you may be hassled to keep your subscription because they really don’t want you to cancel it. I’m guessing that’s part of their job to convince you to keep it, but it still is frustrating to the person that is trying to cancel it.
You’ll have to go through this process everytime you want to cancel if you don’t use a prepaid card. Is that hassle really worth it? I don’t think so. Therefore, avoid all of the problems by simply buying a prepaid card. You won’t be sorry.
UPDATE (7/7/2010): This review was written in 2006 and back then you had to call customer service to stop the auto-renewal. As users in the comment of this review have pointed out, since then you can simply go to the main website and disable it, but you have to do this every single time you buy a new subscription.
The prepaid card is still the ultimate way to go. You don’t have to worry about forgetting to stop the renewal, plus the prices are just simply better during much of the year. Sometimes Microsoft will have special trials (such as three months for half off), but for the rest of the time, the ease of Amazon’s new digital service to send you the code or the savings of having the actual card shipped to you is just too good to pass up. If you’re buying it for a gift, that special gamer in your life will definitely love you for getting it for them!
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|Two reasons to get this card,
There are only two reasons to get this Xbox Live subscription card. First, as a gift for someone who already has Xbox Live and wants to renew his subscription. Second, the normal yearly fee is $50, so if you can get this card cheaper than that, you’ll save money.
This card is not a good way to get Xbox Live if you don’t already have it. For that purpose, buy the starter kit (ASIN B000209V8K), which includes a free game, a headset, and a year subscription. Without the headset, Xbox Live is pretty boring.
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|xbox rocks,
This site is the cheapest I have found for this card.<br /> Do not pay for your live service monthly on your credit card.<br /> It’s alot cheaper to buy one of these cards every year.
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