It's worth it - Great online fun

Microsoft's Gold online membership like unlike Sony's PSN indeed be chargeable, but first it is really worth it, because you have a great added value compared to the normal Silver membership and a toll-functioning social network and online play, without constant disconnects, or other Annoyances
2. the price is really not the world. Who kinda rumsucht is also more favorable offers and even the standard packages such as, evaluated here, 3 month package are priced in a fair framework.
Mind you it is worth the whole but only really if you like to play either online, or any of the other Xbox wishes to use services which presuppose a Gold membership, such as the much more numerous apps like Internet Explorer, Youtube, LOVEFiLM.