What is the difference between this gold card and the newer version - besides price - wouldn't this one still provide 12 months of xbox live? thanks!
1609256
I am not sure there is a difference. My son has a 360 and we were paying monthly via my credit card. I bought this as a gift for him. It worked perfectly and there hasn't been a difference in access or content. The only difference is the awesome price.
1609257
The only difference is like you said. It's newer. They all provide the amount of online time as displayed. You should have no problems what so ever.
1609258
When does the 12 months start? I would like to get this for my boys for Christmas...
1609259
Everything is just like it says. It's great, provides all month and great price. I will most likely buy it again.
1588539
Sorry i have no idea how the gold membership works only that it is paid. I would think if you and your dad are playing this remotely from 2 different locations that both would need a membership but just a guess.
1126405
You can definitely play it without Xbox live. That's what I am doing right now because I haven't updated my live membership yet. You only need online play for extra side "activities" like trading fleets, multiplayer, and battling your friends online. But the normal storyline works fine without a membership.
1027225
If both grandsons intend on playing on the same account than one card would be fine. If both grandsons want to have their own separate accounts it would be better to buy 2. If they only have one xbox, I would suggest 1 for now, and if they seem to want to add another account later than so be it.
2036222
It's the navigation card that comes with it if it's a gold card . There 2nd Gen
16667
All it is is a card with a code on it for 12 months of x-box live. It did have Chinese writing on it, as well as English, but the code worked just fine for my son!
1485007
It's for playing live with friends and playing online for player verses player. It also gives you two games free a month. You choose whether or not to download them but the games are chosen by Microsoft. Some games have specific content only provided for gold members also. It can cost about $60+ per year, so when you can get it in the $40's it's a great deal.
2222256
Those are valid reasons indeed but just recently I read an article over just the fact that they're not selling as well as expected after beating out HD-DVD. Yes economic slow down is a big reason stated why but here are other reasons contributing to this. As you well know Blu-Ray was pushed through Sony with its PS3 and HD-DVD through the Xbox 360. With the death of HD-DVD, Microsoft wanted to find an alternative to deliver HD content. Xbox Live will be streaming HD content (movie) for free for those who have a subscription with Netflix. This partnership was a good move by Microsoft seeing as how Netflix has chipped away a large number of customers from video rental places such as Block Buster. For me personally that is HUGE. I've already own a Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player but having the ease of Xbox live stream my movies in HD whenever I want without having to change discs is a plus. This comes to the articles point that Blu-Ray is facing competition VHS, CD and DVD never faced before. Finally having to constantly update firmware to be able to have playable movies may be a turn off to the casual movie watcher. My parents, grandparents love the idea of popping in a DVD and watching right away without having the hassle of "download the latest firmware to be able to watch this movie." Overall they might just be making room for the latest models. I also heard on my local news that manufacturers are trying to bring the regular holiday specials earlier knowing that everyone is tightening their budgets for the Christmas shopping. There are too many contributing reasons to the sudden drop in price but it's still a "wait and see" game consumers are playing with Blu-Ray.
95896
Both cards are the same reference design but I would just go with the cheapest option. Either card is fine, I've put every recent game to the test and it holds up well with them all.
1935384
Maynard is right. The online game code will send you the code to your email right after buying it, so you get put the code in to the Xbox right away and start playing.on the other hand the card will be shipped to you and once you recieve it in the mail you could get the code off the card and put it into the xbox. So in short words.. the online game code is quicker and better.
546367
Supposedly! I wouldn't know for sure, my husband and son have the Xbox 360 system and that is what I got the Gold card for. Good Luck!
1294763
Each family members need to have Xbox Gold in order to play online. Since you have it, only you can play XBL. Also make sure the Xbox Gold time in your account is not expired.
1374387
You need an Xbox live gold subscription.... Xbox live gold is a paid subscription that Xbox users have to buy in order to play online games. Without a gold subscription you can only buy services and games from Microsoft but you cannot play online, since this game only has online multiplayer and no single player campaign you can't use it without the paid subscription.
1092488
The game is packaged with both discs, but you require Xbox LIVE Gold Membership if you want to play online...
2205996
Yes. If you played the 'Games With Gold' version, this game is good to have because you get the whole regular game on disc so you never have to download it again if something happened to your console, plus all of the DLC, basically for the price of the DLC alone.
401602
The gold stream has EVERY DLC that is available. Don't bother buying any of the other dlc on stream as they are all included on the Gold version. (I have the gold version, so this reply is verified, not a guess)
124484
It's possible, but then again, I've entered a code before my membership ended and it still went through. Then it automatically renewed the next day. I wouldn't know for sure though. There's a very slim chance that the code you received is invalid and the only way to find out for sure is to call Xbox Live Support or go on the website.