Alright lady's and gent's...
First off you DON'T have to pay Microsoft to get DLC... Other then buying the actually DLC. But when you pay you get to do multiplayer games, so most of Bethesda's games are single player... So you can get any DLC with a free Microsoft account. And for those who think there high on the horse because you don't pay for service... Xbox didn't get hacked like PSN did... So if anything that's where that money goes.
Yeah... I used fake information for my PSN account, and certainly would never use a C/C for either Live or PSN, so what you're saying is by siding with Sony I was able to suffer nothing from a hack, and then receive 2 PS3 and 2 PSP games at no cost? Oh, and this counts for my US, my Canadian, and my Japanese PSN accounts? 12 free games sure can be a big loss.
As a former 360 owner, all I have to say is... sell your current unit, used, when it is close to 3 years. Then pick up a new one. That way you never have to deal with MS's "support" after your 3 year marker has slipped by. Actually, not sure if their support for RROD has gone even further down the toilet since then.