Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Membership Card $35 + Free Shipping

Quote from slicksteals1109 : Last time someone said that the price didn't come back down to this price for about 6 months...I sure hope this is the "norm" now...but doubt it

The reality is that once you buy it, you don't need it for at least 12 months.

Quote from 6grapes : I think this price is the norm now. With the new generation consoles rumored to be released this year, everyone is trying to get rid of their inventory of these in preparation. These will not work with whatever Xbox Live version is on the new system. I just wouldn't buy more than 1 or 2 years worth.

Agree with this. Best Buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, Newegg, etc have put these for $35 in the last 2 weeks.

Quote from Tasso : Agree with this. Best Buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, Newegg, etc have put these for $35 in the last 2 weeks.

...hmmm...I wouldn't bank on that....all others you mentioned are now back to mid and high 40s

As I was saying when it rains it pours xbox live cards, but right now its a torrential down pour. This is kind of making me think I am right when I predicted that xbox live would be completely free with the next xbox, because of their integration strategy.

In for one. Solely because my old roommate never deactivated my 360 from his netflix account. I agree that these will probably be incompatible with whatever live service the 720 uses. fits with the pattern of 'integrate all the things' M$ has been pushing lately

jeez, is there anybody that hasn't bought one of these 35.00 deals by now? seems 35.00 is the new norm. now if some company was to try 30..00 i'll buy yet another one

Quote from PeteyTheStriker : As I was saying when it rains it pours xbox live cards, but right now its a torrential down pour. This is kind of making me think I am right when I predicted that xbox live would be completely free with the next xbox, because of their integration strategy.

I'm not sure about that, just b/c soooo many people willingly pay for xbox live as it is. I could imagine a free version with limited options/access and then a premium service (playstation plus style). Or maybe 2 different pay-levels.

I would be willing to bet money that they don't let you use these current cards for the newer version at a 1:1 ratio (maybe you pay the difference in cost). They would probably just let the current Xbox Live run for a couple years, so you have the opportunity to use them on the 360 and then give a 12-month warning that it will be shutting down.

Obviously, I am nobody, but that is my opinion. Companies don't give stuff away for free

Quote from Ballislife : ...hmmm...I wouldn't bank on that....all others you mentioned are now back to mid and high 40s

The point is that they were selling them at $35 at one point in the last 2 weeks. Over the past few month whenever tigerdirect and buy.com sold these for $35 on ebay, they would have a limited stock of about 2,000 - 4,000 to sell. TigerDirect has sold over 18,000+ on eBay right now. As some people have said, this price will probably be a new norm and these probably won't work on new xbox.

xbox never changed the live system going from xbox to the 360. why would it change now? people start the dumbest rumors. xbox live is simply paying xbox / microsoft money to allow you to play with others online via their servers. why the hell would these cards not work with the new system? to the guy who said xbox live will be free. thanks, that was a good laugh.

Quote from 6grapes : I'm not sure about that, just b/c soooo many people willingly pay for xbox live as it is. I could imagine a free version with limited options/access and then a premium service (playstation plus style). Or maybe 2 different pay-levels. I would be willing to bet money that they don't let you use these current cards for the newer version at a 1:1 ratio (maybe you pay the difference in cost). They would probably just let the current Xbox Live run for a couple years, so you have the opportunity to use them on the 360 and then give a 12-month warning that it will be shutting down. Obviously, I am nobody, but that is my opinion. Companies don't give stuff away for free

There is already a free level of xbox live, which is very limited. Also companies do give stuff away, all the time actually. Especially if it locks the customer into other services and products for them. Like I said Microsoft with surface, kinect, and windows 8/ phone are going for a new integration strategy so having multiple tiers of service might not be worth keeping around.

I think I have never paid full price for this.. maybe first time when I bought it, several years ago.
Anyhow.. thanks for posting

Fry's Electronics also has it on their weekly add at $35

i wish these were broken up in 12 1 month codes. there's times i go without cable/internet service and those 1 month codes i bought from a guy that won em for free actually helped me save money......

Seeing so many $35 deals lately makes me believe that perhaps Microsoft will make Xbox Live free for their next console coming out at the end of this year. This is pure speculation on my part, I have no insider info, but it just seems like with so many deals going on, after a relatively quite period, it makes sense to me. Again, this is pure speculation on my part, but it would be pretty awesome if true.