My Xbox Live Is Expiring and I Don't Care

I recently got an email from Xbox Live informing me that my Live membership will expire in a few days and that I should renew so that my service won't be interrupted. My reaction was "Screw you Billy! You aren't getting my money. The service isn't worth it." Let me explain how it all came to this.

I have been playing MP games on Live for over 2 years. I have been playing MP games on the PSN for well over a year. This has allowed to get a very in depth look at the free vs. pay service when it comes to MP gaming on consoles. It is obvious as to the results of my comparative analysis. Paying $50 to $60 to game online just isn't worth it. Right about now all the 360 fanboy lovers have their thongs in a bunch and are ready to throw their Zune at me in order to show their love and devotion to their inferior console. I'm sure all the 360 lovers will chime in with the usual "Party System, Online Community, Home Sucks" propaganda that slick Billy slipped in your console Kool-aid. For once I wish one of these people would have actually played and owned both consoles for a significant amount of time.

Fact: The Party System sucks. I can't count the number of times I have been in a party with people across Canada and the United States only for the Party to continuously get dropped. We often just end up going back to public chat making the Party feature useless. Fact: The online community on Live and the PSN are one in the same. Both Live and the PSN are filled with the same collection of prepubescent asshats and random cool mature gamers. I have met some amazing gamers on both Live and the PSN but there is no way I want to pay money to meet those same people and stay connected to them through Live. Like I said before, it just isn't worth the money when I'm connected to a lot of those same people through the free PSN. Fact: The PSN is far less laggy and can handle more traffic than live. I often play 32 player matches on Socom, Killzone 2 or a 60 player match on Resistance 2 and everything is smooth as can be. That isn't the case with Live and MP gaming. I run into lag fests and dropped games all the time with Team Fortress 2, BFBC and COD4.  Fact: The trophy system is better than achievement points. Microsoft was first out of the gate and scored a huge success with achievements points. Too bad Sony came late to the show, copied MS' idea and made it better. Fact: Home is a pile of shit, all Playstation gamers know it and the only people that keep talking about how much Home sucks are 360 gamers.

Don't get me wrong. I do enjoy my 360 and all that it offers me. I just don't feel like paying fees to play the games that I have already paid a large amount of money to purchase. My game collection is quickly getting PS3 heavy because of this. The funny thing is I am seeing more and more gamers expressing the same thing and switching their primary gaming console over to the PS3. The real test will come in the fall when I have to decide which console I want to play Modern Warfare 2 on. Don't worry my fellow 360 gamers, this isn't the end of LudaToke knifing you in the back of a laggy game of BFBC. I may get a renewal some time down the line as a gift but it sure won't be out of my pocket.