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MetalGearAl
25-09-2006, 11:35
Right, finally got myself a XBox 360 with the recent HMV deal.

I thought I was meant to get 1 month free on XBox Live, but I think the fact I'd already create my Gamer Tag a while back preventend me from doing so. Either way I was getting tired with it so I just stuck on 1 months of play for £4.99.

Now is it the case, like with the old XBox, that there are often many free or cheap accounts floating around that you can stick on your own, or do I just have to bite the bullet and buy a 3 month / yearly account from a proper retailer. If this is the case is any once place cheaper than most?

Same goes for Live points - I take it they get cheaper the more you get, where do I want to be buying from? Any good online retailers?

Or is it as simple as just buying this Yearly Membership + 1000 Points (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://playcom.at/thedvdforums?DURL=http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/STTS4/3-/860394/XBox_Live_12_Month_Gold_Membership_Card_+_1000_Free_Live_Points/Product.html) for £34.99 from Play.com (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://playcom.at/thedvdforums)?
lentini
25-09-2006, 11:37
it's exactly as it was on the old XBox, just buy a cheap 12month membership card and add it to your account
MetalGearAl
25-09-2006, 11:41
Well, having said that - I never used Live on the old Xbox - just I remember many people buying cheap 1 month trials (or getting them free) often and just adding them on.
lentini
25-09-2006, 11:45
Well, having said that - I never used Live on the old Xbox - just I remember many people buying cheap 1 month trials (or getting them free) often and just adding them on.

ah right, by the sounds of your first post I thought you'd used Live on the old XBox. A lot of the free trials which come with games only have the trials for new accounts (Pro Evo was like this).
MetalGearAl
26-09-2006, 08:58
So do people recommend Play then? Just need the cheapest retailer really.
ryonhilluk
30-09-2006, 10:52
I might go for the one at play as well.
Karl
07-10-2006, 22:56
Did anyone go for this in the end? I did as a 12 month renewal. I got nothing in the box about 1000 live points but thought it might add them when I entered my code. Nothing as of yet, just wondering what others got in the deal from Play?
Karl
08-10-2006, 19:56
Never mind. I ended up phoning Play. Apparently there's a fault in their stock picking system that means the 12 month renewal is being sent out without the Marketplace points. After checking my details they are sending the points out "within 7 days".