(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While gamers still curse Microsoft for its recent Xbox Live price hike, industry analyst and sourpuss Michael Pachter has used magic to determine that it's going to get a lot more expensive than that. The soothsayer has had visions of a new tier to Xbox Live -- a $100 Platinum service.

“The extra $10 translates to around $100 -- 150 million per year in additional revenue for Microsoft,” says the bottersnike. “I think that they will reinvest at least this much in developing other new applications, and will roll out a premium service with $100-200 million worth of enhancements. If they can get 2 million users to switch from the $60 plan to the $100 plan, they’ll make an extra $80 million a year, and can keep investing to try to grow that business.

“... For all I know, the Platinum plan might include virtual goods credits for various Microsoft games. If members could get specialized Halo armor or weapons worth the extra $40, they might be more willing to sign up, and it doesn’t really cost Microsoft anything to offer things like that ... I think that the possibilities are limitless, although it’s a bit early to speculate on what precisely they will offer."

Microsoft has demonstrated often that no amount of money is too much to ask from gamers, so introducing a new paid tier to the Xbox Live structure really wouldn't shock me. The question is, how many of us are only paying because Microsoft held online gaming hostage, and what would it take to wrangle another $40 a year out of us?

If it offers some free stuff like ps+ couldnt it be worth paying a little more?

Let me no your thoughts

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it sounds cool imagine if platinum made it so that you dont have to buy maps or something like that or get 1 arcade game each week or something like that

Thats what im hoping for. If its like ps+ it should be good coz we get free stuff and discounts. Maps would be cool but we will have to wait and see

Theres really not that much else you can add, maybe 4 free add-ons every month or somthing, and cheaper other stuff or somthing.

Of course there is loads of free stuff they can give us- Games - Music - Films - Add ons, The list goes on i will defo be a platinum member

They won't offer everything for free. If they did they would loose money. I bet it would be an odd arcade game and so many premium themes and stuff. I can't see it being free map packs cos how much would they loose if everyone paid for that and got unlimited free maps?
I wouldn't pay it unless it was something actually worth while getting.

Prachter is and always has been a prat... the hint is in the name people! :rolleyes:

wow this is BS, im not going to pay $100, because that how much i bought my 360 for lol

wow an extra 40$ a year no thanks.Ill already surprised that ill have to pay 60$ a year