I believe it should be free if playstation and aol(if u have other Internet services) are free why can't xbl? I mean seriously we pay money already for Internet why do we have to pay to access the multiple player stuff. It should motivate them to get off ther bums and make for fun games or provide sevices for us to want to buy and spend more not charge for basic playtime for games purchased with muti. player that I already think I pay for when I buy the actual game.