Your missing the point here, there is nothing worth really comparing xbox live to. As far as I know, it is the only gaming service that required a ludicrous fee to survive. (Oh yes, I am a fanboy, which is why I spend more time playing pc games than I play new gamecube games. Unless you are calling me a pc gamer fanboy, in which case, I can only laugh)
A better example is one that is atleast in the same genre. A game that has a similar cost, similar concept, that was successful is a fair comparison here. Well if you want to compare xbox live fairly you need to find another company that can call losing money everywhere and calling it a big success.
Actually I have one fair comparison, How many people are on ps2 online. Last time I checked it was more than xbox. Does it cost anything? Up to developers. Is it more fair than my origonal ones? Yeah, if you can find something more fair, please enlighten us with it.
Do I hate microsoft? Not particularly, but that doesn't mean I have to love them. Nor do I think I should. If you are somehow trying to imply that I felatio nintendo for liking some of their games, thats just stupid. Am I mad Nintendo doesn't atleast try to do something with online? Would I like to not have to spend 400 dollars to buy other consoles so I can atleast play games I enjoy?
I obviously constitute a fanboy.