x box live

Annie021063

My son has just got a new xbox, he now wants the live bit which we believe to be about £50 a year. He has the arcade version. What is the best way to go about buying this, is the wireless version as good as connection via cable? Can we get a cheaper live subscription from eleswhere or do we need to buy it from microsoft? We have a leaflet with the xbox which advertises 60gb live starter pack, is this a good deal?
sorry for questions but really don't understand any of this.
Thanks

DCFC79

First question you can get subscriptions for around £30 for a 12 month sub, no need to get the subscriptions from ms, ive used ebay for 1 before but check the seller out first and ask questions, heres another site

second, where is the router in relation the xbox, if the 2 are close together then id go with wired but if theres distance between the 2 eg stairs, various floors then maybe wireless is the option,

with the arcade on its own he would be able to save his progress as it has a 512mb Internal Memory but any demos he downloads then he wouldnt be able to play them as not enough room so the starter pack is good as a 60gb hard drive(sorry about the bold, cant get rid)

you know you could have bought an elite for about £199 which includes a 120gb hard drive, mic and you could have got an extra controller as part of a package but whats done is done

aliasojo

Ive just used this site.....

http://electronicfirst.com/cheap-xbox-live-codes/12-month-gold-membership-subscription/

£25.99 for 12 months Gold membership.

DCFC79

aliasojo wrote: »

Ive just used this site.....

http://electronicfirst.com/cheap-xbox-live-codes/12-month-gold-membership-subscription/

£25.99 for 12 months Gold membership.

do they post the code to you, have you used it previously as thats a good price

aliasojo

Code comes by email. Just used for the first time very recently.

Hermann

DCFC79 wrote: »

you know you could have bought an elite for about £199 which includes a 120gb hard drive, mic and you could have got an extra controller as part of a package but whats done is done

£159.99 at Sainsbury ...... http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/entertainment/gaming/118008067_xbox_360_elite_console.html?hnav=4294960853

peaman

I've also just bought 12 months off the above site mentioned by aliasojo. No problems and cheap as processor chips- Microsoft wanted 40 quid, this was 26 quid

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

I'd have recommended Cheapxboxlivecodes.com as that's who I've been using lately, though looking at that and the ElectronicFirst site together, I wonder if they're actually the same company as the basic layout and many of the graphics are the same.

albionrovers

Cheap site above worked for me too, email was with me in no time and code worked 1st time.

maxtweenie

My 3 month membership that came with the Xbox runs out 1st April. Do I have to wait until 1st to put a new code in or can I do it earlier?

Edit, found it on the link. Not having a good day lol.

NJG_2

Does anyone know the difference between buying the code online off a website or ebay where they send you the code and going into a store and buying the XBOX live in the sealed case...? Seems there must be a difference...

maxtweenie- apparently you can add a new code in advance or at the very least buy one cheap to top-it up when the current subscription expires