[quote name='Tsiawd']I know cheapassgamer is to save you money and all, but really you havent been on xbox live in 4 months soo you could really save money and wait for the deal? does .27 a day really cost too much to play Xbox live?[/quote]
Wow, lower the defense shields, kick back a beer, and relax bud. For someone who hardly ever plays on Xbox Live, I just didn't really actively seek out deals for it. I seen this, had some money left in the old wallet (after buying a crap load of stuff for myself over the months of November and December --holiday sales are murder on the wallet) and got it.
Also, to be perfectly honest, I'm quite content with paying for the service because of how smoothly it works (well before people had problems after the update) and how well connected you feel with all the pop ups of friends going online and such. My PS3 online experience is kinda lonely in comparison. Except for the few races in Motorstorm and bouts of Calling All Cars, it pales in comparison to what Microsoft has (in my humble opinion...some people think differently and that's all cool too).
In summary: Chill Out.