Gamers who are looking for an excuse to start playing their Microsoft Xbox 360 console online no longer have an excuse.
Amazon ended the weekend by reducing the cost of an Xbox Live Gold membership 40 percent, so the new price is $30 - down from $50.
A Gold Xbox subscription will give gamers online multiplayer gaming, video chat, video game downloads, and access to streaming Netflix. If you're one of the many consumers who purchased an Xbox 360 during the holiday rush, head over to Amazon and purchase the discounted membership.
The Xbox Live Gold price cut is part of the online retailer's Hardware and Accessories sale which lasts until Saturday, Jan. 31.
Even though I honestly think the service should be cheaper -- if not entirely free -- it seems gamers are willing to pay the price for the service, so Microsoft has little incentive to make Xbox Live free. Furthermore, despite the availability of the PlayStation Network, a free service, Sony's PlayStation 3 game console has been consistently outsold by the Xbox 360.
