What is the costs and differences between the different Xbox live subscriptions?

Whenever you make your first Xbox live account, you are already considered a Silver member. Usually, they will give you a Gold trial membership for a certain period of time. The gold membership isn't restricted like the silver and can cost up to 10 dollars a month to have, but will give you access to free games each month, access to all the applications such as internet explorer or youtube, and will allow you to play with friends on your favorite games online. It's up to you if you are willing to spend the money per month on the subscription.

The silver account (free account) is the normal account on live first when u create a new account it comes silver account on this account u can only:

download demos

message and add friends

browse trailers and 30 sec music

the gold account which is the one u get when pay for it:

Gold-12 month 59.99 ($5 per month) that mean u pay $5 each month for a full year when paying with visa.

Gold-3 month 24.99 ($8.33 per month)

Gold-1 month 9.99

with the gold account u can:

Play multiplayer

join and host parties

exclusives discounts and free 2 games each month

early access

Beta access

Netflix and other video apps music apps and many more

internet explorer

and i suggest u get 3 months every purchase maximum and when 1 day remaining purchase another 3 months

* u can buy xbox gold cards which u dont pay with visa u pay for cash and not $5 per month with visa or $8.33 u pay for it $59.99 once or 24.99 or 9.99