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dsgrue3 on 03 December 2012
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J_Allard said:


LOL if you Google search your extortion definition it actually links to a definition for overcharging which you copied verbatim and are pasting in here as something else. It's not extortion. I hope I have cleared that up for you and you'll no longer be confused as to what extortion is. You're welcome.

No one seems upset in this thread except a couple guys who don't own/use XBL getting called out for their BS. Also, regarding people buying 360 games and then MS telling them they have to pay, what do you think they expect? Do you think millions of people bought Halo 4 and then went home and were shocked to see that they had to pay to access the online play? Isn't it common knowledge that 360 is pay to play? In one of your first posts in this thread, didn't you say you don't own a 360 as a direct result of MS charging for online play? So then where is the extortion? You can call it fleecing or overcharging, and that's your opinion and that's fine, but don't copy the definition of overcharging and then come in here and try to twist it into something else.

 

ex·tor·tion

noun ik-ˈstȯr-shən
 

Definition of EXTORTION

1
: the act or practice of extorting especially money or other property; especially : the offense committed by an official engaging in such practice
2
: something extorted; especially : a gross overcharge
— ex·tor·tion·er noun
— ex·tor·tion·ist noun
See extortion defined for English-language learners »
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Examples of EXTORTION

  1. He was arrested and charged with extortion.
  2. <six dollars for a cup of coffee is just plain extortion>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extortion

 

You were saying?

The point isn't that they are misleading people (like you said, they aren't. ), but that they are doing it period. How can they justify saying that you can't use half your game (multiplayer) after you've purchased it?

You keep saying I'm BS-ing and I am not. I understand the business model, I don't need to understand the features. If your argument is that Live has more/better features, great. That's not what I am arguing and I would concede that point given that is the general consensus among users of both services.

"<six dollars for a cup of coffee is just plain extortion>" you know of the charge, but it is still extortion. Same thing when you go to a sporting event and the hot dogs are $4.