Xbox Live Pay-for-downloads coming up

[Fleksnes]

Microsoft gave me a free Xbox Live press account earlier this year delivered on a memory card, everything preset by Microsoft and working smoothly. Now I have to hand in my memory card, along with my credit card, which will be returned next year. Xbox Live subscription will still be free, but they were mumbling something about not having access to downloadable content unless they had a credit card to charge the downloads to, so...

Get ready to pay extra for the good times.

[NumberSix]

Microsoft gave me a free Xbox Live press account earlier this year delivered on a memory card, everything preset by Microsoft and working smoothly. Now I have to hand in my memory card, along with my credit card, which will be returned next year. Xbox Live subscription will still be free, but they were mumbling something about not having access to downloadable content unless they had a credit card to charge the downloads to, so...

Get ready to pay extra for the good times.

Already there, aren't they?

Thought they did a couple of pay Mechassault downloads.

[decider]

Wait, they already do this.

[Fleksnes]

Ok, I didn't know about Mechassault. But I just got the feeling that things have been pretty free up until now, but that 2004 will be the year where you have to pay extra for a lot of stuff. I can imagine Microsoft locking up all the best multiplayer maps for Halo 2, and then releasing a new one each month for a small fee.

[NumberSix]

Ok, I didn't know about Mechassault. But I just got the feeling that things have been pretty free up until now, but that 2004 will be the year where you have to pay extra for a lot of stuff. I can imagine Microsoft locking up all the best multiplayer maps for Halo 2, and then releasing a new one each month for a small fee.

Aye. To be honest, I'll be more than happy to pay for downloads, so long as they do it right.

A new city for PGR2, for instance, I'd happily pay for.

The problem is that they will be tempted to leave content out of games, knowing that they can charge for it later.

It's going to be a fine line for them, for sure. Need to make game appealing enough to sell, but keep enough stuff back to gouge as many people as possible.

[Lord Mooch]

Online drug dealers. Bah!

[Guest Penguin_Lad]

God people will moan about anything...any yet spend huge amounts on alcohol which they piss away the next day. Give me a few top maps for R63, and that's a few quid well spent IMO.

[Fleksnes]

God people will moan about anything...any yet spend huge amounts on alcohol which they piss away the next day. Give me a few top maps for R63, and that's a few quid well spent IMO.

Sure, I'll pay for quality additions to a game, but paying for stuff over Xbox Live opens up many opportunities for Microsoft to earn big cash.

Halo 3 with a launch price of $20, what a great buy. So you complete the first three chapters in single player, do you want to play chapter four? $5 for the content download. Still want more? $5 for chapter five then. Tired of playing on the same three multiplayer levels? We've got 20 more for you, just $5 each...

Hell, why not sell the games for $5, and in order to play the game at all you have to pay $30 through Xbox Live when you get home and boot it up. Retailers would be left with little or no profit, everything going straight into Microsofts pocket.

Ok, maybe I'm a little paranoid, but this is Microsoft we're talking about after all.

[spaceyjase]

You're paranoid? Heh, you maybe have good reason - anyone playing Crimson Skies without the new downloads (yea, they're free, I know) starts FLASHING IN RED!!1!OMG!!11LOL!TBH...

...er, so everyone knows you haven't bothered to get them and we can all laugh at you until you go get some download lovin'

The new city in PGR2 is supposed to be a buyable download, afaik... even though half of it is apparently on the disc

[Baz]

NumberSix Posted on Dec 18 2003, 12:10 PM

Aye. To be honest, I'll be more than happy to pay for downloads, so long as they do it right.

A new city for PGR2, for instance, I'd happily pay for.

The guy in game was saying something about french sound files being present on the PGR2 disk, so people were expecting Paris to be a downloadable city.

Was he talking shit?

[Hitcher]

Halo 3 with a launch price of $20, what a great buy. So you complete the first three chapters in single player, do you want to play chapter four? $5 for the content download. Still want more? $5 for chapter five then. Tired of playing on the same three multiplayer levels? We've got 20 more for you, just $5 each...

Hell, why not sell the games for $5, and in order to play the game at all you have to pay $30 through Xbox Live when you get home and boot it up. Retailers would be left with little or no profit, everything going straight into Microsofts pocket.

Ok, maybe I'm a little paranoid, but this is Microsoft we're talking about after all.

What about the majority who don't have Live?

Also it would mean games will have to be damn good otherwise you'd play the first parts, find it's crap and not bother buying anymore of it.

[auntyclimax]

http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=23275

I would say 'do a search', but some cunt has dissabled it.