What Are The Benefits Of An Xbox Live Membership?

Xbox Live Memberships come in silver and gold and can be purchased for a month, three months and one year.  They allow the user to play online (via the internet) and to download content directly from Microsoft.  This allows a number of benefits, the first is that demos of new games can be played in advance of the game's release. (This of course increases the likelihood of the game being bought)  Recently, game makers have released multiplayer demos, which allow the player to experience online multiplayer.  Again, this builds the chances of the player purchasing the game.

Other benefits include updates and fixes for games, which means that glitches can be fixed and improved.

Online gaming allows us to build communities of gamers with similar interests who can play games.  Via competitions, teams of gamers can compete in competitions to win real prizes.

Xbox Live can also be used for chat, you can chat to friends and loved ones over the connection and even do video chat with Xbox Vision Camera.