xbox live sa

[mujabees]

I support XBOX LIVE SA but have also created a dummy UK account because when there is a sale, SA LIVE only has a fraction of the specials. It has gotten a lot better since launched though.

So you have 2 gold accounts?

[Fox1]

So you have 2 gold accounts?

You don't have to have a Gold account to buy stuffs.

[souluser7]

There isn't really a need to have a secondary gold account for getting specials because in SA we get exactly the same stuff, maybe some promotions like the arcade deals and stuff like that wouldn't always be available to us but we aren't COMPLETELY left out of the dark :P

[Fox1]

There isn't really a need to have a secondary gold account for getting specials because in SA we get exactly the same stuff, maybe some promotions like the arcade deals and stuff like that wouldn't always be available to us but we aren't COMPLETELY left out of the dark :P

It's just some of the older Arcade games that we don't have.

[matt]

http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/ Sepiroth, its a pretty cool site for checking out your stats in BC2. I find the in game one doesn't always work, but that could be my connection.

I check my stats at http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/. You can also add your friends to a watch list and see what you've unlocked and a bunch of other cool stuff

[matt]

I find if you just want to game online, then the sa live account works fine, but if you actually want to have access to content like games on demand, arcade games, indie games, etc, then the sa live is sadly lacking. They put a couple of new games up every couple of weeks. Don't think it'll ever get to the point where it is in UK or US.

If you want to see the differences in the marketplace, go to http://www.xbox.com/en-ZA/, check out what's available, then change the region to US or UK by clicking the South Africa on the top left corner, and see what's available there.

[mujabees]

You don't have to have a Gold account to buy stuffs.

Wow thanks didn't realise that.

[diabolus]

I find if you just want to game online, then the sa live account works fine, but if you actually want to have access to content like games on demand, arcade games, indie games, etc, then the sa live is sadly lacking. They put a couple of new games up every couple of weeks. Don't think it'll ever get to the point where it is in UK or US.

If you want to see the differences in the marketplace, go to http://www.xbox.com/en-ZA/, check out what's available, then change the region to US or UK by clicking the South Africa on the top left corner, and see what's available there.

I just did a count of the games under "Games & Marketplace" .

South Africa : 463
UK : 2858

Microsoft SA got to be kidding, thinking i am gonna pay a premium for that. If they are going to charge us more than the UK [and they are] at least offer the same stuff -minimum- !

[Solitude]

I just did a count of the games under "Games & Marketplace" .

South Africa : 463
UK : 2858

Microsoft SA got to be kidding, thinking i am gonna pay a premium for that. If they are going to charge us more than the UK [and they are] at least offer the same stuff -minimum- !

Actually that number is incorrect. Because the marketplace is a bit sneaky. You'll see that most of that is wallpapers, stuff for your avatar and so forth.

I'm not going to look now but the last time I checked, SA Live had 22 Arcade games (I kid you not).

22! Going with SA Live was a stupid choice on my side. I should have done my research. Plus add to the fact that being a Gold member gives you access to the Deal of the Week, which get this: It is most of the time not available in SA Live!

[matt]

Actually that number is incorrect. Because the marketplace is a bit sneaky. You'll see that most of that is wallpapers, stuff for your avatar and so forth.

I'm not going to look now but the last time I checked, SA Live had 22 Arcade games (I kid you not).

22! Going with SA Live was a stupid choice on my side. I should have done my research. Plus add to the fact that being a Gold member gives you access to the Deal of the Week, which get this: It is most of the time not available in SA Live!

US
Games on demand (full games): 245
Indie Games: 1766
Arcade: 370

SA
Games on demand: 49
Indie Games: 0
Arcade: 19