Why is it that we have to pay do do anything to your gamertag on xbox?!??!!!??

because this helps with accountability to keep you from going after people and then changing your gamer tag.

Also a major change like a gamer tag, put stress on the system and invite errors to happen, anyone who has ever worked with databases tell you with a very legitimate concern

It's the same reason why you're not allowed to delete achievements. It's just inviting catastrophe

You do get one free change, so you must've done it before

Hi there Rudster1001, I'll be quoting another user here (Temhotabot) because this question is asked time and time again, but here goes.

[quote user="Temhotabot"]

Because people can't be bothered to use the SEARCH feature to see if any other threads like this exist. It isn't free for many reasons. One being that that is how MS chooses to run their business. Two being that we pay for a monitored
and enforced service. If you have an issue with another gamer you can report them and so long as what they are doing violates the Code of Conduct/Terms of Service they will be punished, the other services (you know the FREE ones) do not offer that. If you
want FREE online then you are free to choose one of the other services. Since gaming is a choice you aren't limited to using just one system/service.

[/quote]

Please bear in mind the date of this thread and try not to bump older threads in the future. Thank you.

Here is a post from somebody that actually play ps3 look up my account if you want to. Just saying.

Why should anyone buy an Xbox over ps3? Ps3"has free has FREE online, Xbox doesn't; and bull**** about psn not having secure server is a lie. As far as mw 1, 2, and 3, they have been hacked just as bad on Xbox as on ps3.

I can go on cod ghost, bo2, any reasonably recent game and play a smooth, un hacked, FREE game of mp.... On playstation. Also, Xbox doesn't have as good exclusives, ya it has bungie (the makers of halo) but honestly, playstation's go to company, naughty
dog, is far more prestigious, they made the last of us, which has something like 500 game of the year awards, and on top of that, they have the uncharted series, which is also highly decorated.

So think about, which console are you get more out of, and which one is sucking us your money?

Also, I ran out of time to edit my post but I can add a few other points.

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Security: To my knowledge the Xbox Live Servers haven't been comprimised in its 10 years of existance.

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