Details Of The Xbox 360 Live Card
If you have recently purchased and Xbox but you are not sure how to extend your Xbox live subscription or what an live card then I am here to help you figure all this out. The live card is basically the way you extend your initial one month subscription to Xbox live. There is no silver live card as the silver service is free for the life of you owning the Xbox 360.
Options For An Live Card And What You Get With It
There are several different live cards you can buy and each has a different price and term for which you get the gold service. First off the pricing is different depending on what country you are in. The subscription options are the same however. The three options you have for term are 1 month, 3 months and 12 months. In the US you can purchase cards for $7.99, $19.99, and $49.99 respectively. Pricing in the United Kingdom is 4.99 pounds, 14.99 pounds, and 39.99 pounds. If you are in Canada your prices are $8.99, $29.99, and $59.99. Singapore is 13.90 SGD, 34.90 SGD, and 79.90 SGD. Sweden is 79 Swedish Crowns, 199 SEK, and 599 SEK. You can get them in Europe for 6.99 Euros, 19.99 Euros, and 59.99 Euros. Australia is perhaps the cheapest of all at 10.95 Australian Dollars, $29.95 and $79.95. The price in New Zealand is the same as in Australia except in New Zealand dollars. Japan is 819 Yen, 2079 Yen, and 5229 Yen. When you break out the pricing their definitely is some difference between the different countries.
For this money you get unlimited access to online games as well as downloads and new updates for all the titles you own. You can also access the live arcade to get all the latest and greatest games. You also can use all of Microsoft’s online chat and interaction tools included voice and video chat. You get a 100 person friends list as well as a list of the last 50 people you played against making finding games using your live card a breeze. In addition to that you will be able to be automatically placed in games based on your current rankings. Teams and players will be matched up against each based on the overall ranking of the players. Microsoft keeps track of all this information for you.
By Bob B Taylor
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