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Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card
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| List Price: | $49.99 |
| Price: | $39.96 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
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Product Description
Experience the best in gaming and entertainment with Xbox LIVE Gold. Raise the curtain on your own instant movie night with thousands of HD movies and TV episodes streamed instantly from Netflix. (Netflix membership sold separately). Invite friends all over the world to connect, cheer and play online multiplayer games. And as a Gold member, you’ll enjoy exclusive Deals of the Week that save you money and special sneak-peak game demos that give you early access to the newest and latest.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12 in Video Games
- Brand: Microsoft
- Model: 52M-00069
- Released on: 2009-04-25
- Number of discs: 1
- Platform: Xbox 360
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .90" h x 5.20" w x 7.40" l, .5 pounds
Features
- Online multiplayer Gaming
- HD Movies and TV shows
- Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm - Right from your TV
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Upgrade to Xbox LIVE Gold
Experience the best in gaming and entertainment with Xbox LIVE Gold. Raise the curtain on your own instant movie night with thousands of HD movies and TV episodes streamed instantly from Netflix. (Netflix membership sold separately). Invite friends all over the world to connect, cheer and play online multiplayer games. And as a Gold member, you’ll enjoy exclusive Deals of the Week that save you money and special sneak-peak game demos that give you early access to the newest and latest.
Cha-ching! Take advantage of the very best value for all the goodness of gold! Your Xbox LIVE Gold membership lets you connect and play with friends around the world and watch thousands of HD movies instantly from Netflix.*
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More fun with Gold
Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription Card Redemption
Become a new Xbox LIVE Gold Member:
a. Connect your Xbox 360 to a broadband internet connection.
b. In the dashboard, select My Xbox, Sign-on, Create Profile and then follow the instructions to create your account.
c. Now select your new profile in My Xbox, select Join Xbox LIVE.
d. Follow the easy on-screen instructions, redeem your code and enjoy!
a. Sign in to Xbox LIVE from My Xbox in the dashboard.
b. Choose Manage Account, select Memberships, and select your membership plan.
c. Choose Redeem Code and enjoy!
* Xbox LIVE Gold membership and Netflix unlimited membership (sold separately) required for Netflix instant streaming. See Netflix Terms of Use for details about Netflix service.
Customer Reviews
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.
Cheapest Live Subsription Option
From what I can find this is the cheapest cost per month option available for a live gold subscription. $3.3325 per month. What I don't get is why this credit card sized subscription card comes in such wasteful packaging. It comes in a rather large plastic packaging, which requires it to be shipped in a box. You get free shipping, but how wasteful. Why doesn't amazon just offer the code online and not eat the cost of shipping and at the same time be a little greener?
If you have a problem, don't count on customer support.
One word of advice... Never EVER throw out the original card, and copy the code in numerous safe locations just in case. I purchased the xbox and this gold membership card last week. I set it up on Friday, entered the redemption code, and played COD online with my friends for three days. It was perfect. Thinking everything was all set, I foolishly threw away the card. I went to sign on to xbox live on Monday, and it had somehow downgraded me to the silver membership (which means no online gaming anymore). I called up customer service and spent 3.45 hours explaining over and over to six different customer service representatives what had happened. No one could help me. They had no record that I had ever had a gold membership, and because I didn't have the code, they were completely uncooperative. The most frustrating part is that they also could not explain to me how I was able to play online for three days. They seemed simply unwilling to believe me and unwilling to believe that there could possibly ever be an error in the system that would allow for this to happen. Microsoft? Errors? NOoooo! It was the most frustrating experience I've ever had with any customer service. I told them I could give them the receipt that proved that I had purchased the gold card, but they would not consider that a viable option. No one was willing to go beyond the standard protocol and see what they could do to help me. They simply repeated everything that I could already find out just from signing on to xbox live on my own computer. Waste of time and money. I'm not saying anything against this product itself. When it works, it's fabulous. Just be safe when you buy this, and pray that you don't need to call customer service for any reason. Don't let them screw you like they did me.
