Wassup .. can somebody help me with this. I was a Xbox Live Gold member subcriber but now im back to silver member. When I was a Gold member, I was paying in SG dollars but now, when I wanna renew my Live Gold membership ... but the charge automatically in US Dollars. I have check my region and my address and they are all Singapore.

Can anyone explain to me  .. whats wrong?. Thanks

Cheers

hmmm seems like i cant recover my US gamertag already. been trying since yerterday evening till now also cannot. while recovering till 35% sure got error xbox live signup unavailable but if i recover my SG gamertag no prob at all. does this means US account also restriction already?

If the profile of the email address attached to your US account is entered with legit US address AND still can't recover, most likely the restriction is in work

how do i terminate my xbox live account suscription?
i dont want later they go and auto renew and charge my credit card

for US account you need to call microsoft US

If you're looking forward to Half Life 2: Orange Box, it will come as good news to hear that Valve have no intention of scraping the barrel for money when it comes to additional content. They told Eurogamer they have no intention of charging users for any of the content they put out.

Team Fortress 2 designer Robin Walker told Eurogamer:

    "You buy the product, you get the content. We make more money because more people buy it, not because we try and nickel-and-dime the same customers."

In relation to DLC, Valve's Charlie Brown also added:

    "[In multiplayer games] the content you're playing is being created by the players you're playing against, so the more people that get into the game, the more content you're going to have.

And finally, Valve's marketing director Doug Lombardi had the following to say:

    "Our philosophy there is, if you buy the product, we put more content out to keep the game interesting, we sell more products. Counter-Strike is number one and has been since '99 because we kept the game interesting, not because we tried to charge people more, and that's come back in sales of Counter-Strike."

This is all good to hear because it's nice to know that not every developer and publisher is out there to milk consumers as much as possible. However, it seems too good to be true.

Cast your mind back a few months and you will remember Epic promised the same thing. They promised to release maps that would be free from day one for gamers who wanted to add a little bit more to the excellent Gears of War. However, come the time for release, all has been changed and the maps, as we all know, cost 800 MS Points until September when they will be made free (admittedly two were released free, but they were sponsored).

It's clear that Microsoft have an overruling hand in DLC content and the prices they should be. So despite Valve saying DLC will be free, don't get all excited just yet. They may well have been talking about PC content and possibly PS3 content being free, rather than specifically 360 content. Either way, promises of free content, in this day and age, can never be taken seriously until the content is finally released.

There are of course other ways to make money and Valve have recognised this. They are thinking that in-game advertising might just work, and many people would certainly prefer that than have to pay for the extra stuff.

Don't hold your breath for free DLC, but do know that at least Valve have the best intentions. We will see what happens after the the Orange Box ships sometime in October (hopefully).

hi guys
just got an xbox 360 and managed to jump onto the xbox live bandwagon. i must say it is pretty cool and seamless...no wonder people are willing to pay for this service. too bad it isnt officially released in msia.

anyways, i was hoping to be introduced to the malaysian xbox live community and also some tips and tricks, etc. in order to maximise my live experience...

yes, im still a noob. hope you pros can tunjuk ajar...

cheers

Welcome and enjoy your stay here.

Usually people here are very tough on n00bie but you will get used to it and become their friends
On some slightly off-topic....actually VERY OT.
Announcing Microsoft Surface

Freakin' cool!!! Can't wait for the product to mature and imagine the possibility of its integration with future xbox product!!!

@ BioSaturn - welcome to the community.

@ PJ - Billy G demo-ed that at the last MS keynote address. I recognise the Sheraton logo in the still above, which means they've gone on to commercialise it since then. The video at popular mechanics site does make the Surface look impressive. 

@ redbull - it goes beyond the traditional touch screen if you watch the video in full. The surface itself isn't touch-sensitive. There are cameras inside the table that captures and relays data when someone places or drags a finger, hand or any other object on or across the tabletop screen. 

And finally, I thought Apple patented the finger-resizing thingy for their iPhone?

hi guys
just got an xbox 360 and managed to jump onto the xbox live bandwagon. i must say it is pretty cool and seamless...no wonder people are willing to pay for this service. too bad it isnt officially released in msia.

anyways, i was hoping to be introduced to the malaysian xbox live community and also some tips and tricks, etc. in order to maximise my live experience...

yes, im still a noob. hope you pros can tunjuk ajar...

cheers

WELCOME BRO...WELCOME TO OUR XBOX COMUNITY HERE...N PLSSSSSS ENJOY YOUR STAY HERE.....DONT BE SO HARD N GIVE UP WHEN PLAYING WITH US AND GETTING TAPAU'ED BY US....ALL OF US HERE STILL NOOB BABEH....YEP STILL...ANYWAY...FEEL FREE TO  JOIN US AND DUN HESSITATE (eh betul ke ejaan aku nih? )TO ASK AN  INVITATION TO JOIN OUR ROOM....LASTLY...RESPECTS   N PEACE