In the past the blogger Paul Thurrott had suggested that the new Xbox will be sold in one of two ways: full price or at a reduced price but with the addition of a monthly subscription like they do today some telcos by buying deeply discounted priced smartphone, along with two years of telephone subscription paid monthly. Thurrott had however said that the monthly fee, which will also include a Live Gold subscription, would come to cost 10 dollars; corrects today via Twitter that is $ 15 per month, including any additional Gold subscriptions for the entire family.

If this thing you think membership a novelty of the new Xbox (as well as some sites want to believe), in reality it is not so: already today, and now for about a year, the same Xbox 360 is sold in the USA with a similar subscription plan called "Entertainment for All". If we follow regularly, they were already acquainted , but here you can see the offer page : an Xbox 360 to 250 GB or 4 GB with Kinect priced at $ 99 with two-year Live Gold subscription including, in addition to paying a monthly base price of $ 14.99.

Obviously the point of offer is convenience, because an Xbox 360 from 250 GB $ 299 in the u.s. Coast while on balance, at the end of the two years and subtracting 120 euros for Gold subscription biennale, the consumer will have paid $ 339. The same will probably be true for the next Xbox, and with a similar offer Microsoft aims only at making more accessible the console to those who can't afford a big expense right away, by deferring a portion of payment over time. It is said that this offer will arrive in Europe as well as offering Xbox 360 subscription is for now only available in USA.

As always, we are waiting for official news.