Is Qore worth it?

[Profcrab]

TheRealMafoo said:

Profcrab said:

Oh, so charging for exclusive previews is now the next step in DLC? Yep, you can buy the subcription, 1/2 the cost of XBL for a year, and you get HD previews and some demos. I might see paying to get into a beta, but if you have to pay for a demo, you just got ripped off. I never want to hear one Sony fanboy who pays the subscription ever complain about XBL charging ever again. The humorous thing is, if it wasn't for Qore, you would probably get those demos for free. It isn't fanboy BS, this shit should be free. You are paying for marketing and demos.

I give that post a 9.2.

So all magazines that come with a demo disk should be free? It's no different they any other magazine. It's just online. There are 360 magazines that come with a Demo disks that you can only get from the Magazine. How is that any different?

P.S. Just so you know, Demos will still come out for free on PSN. Some will only be available through Qore.

I know that all demos will not be reserved for Qore, but if it wasn't for Qore, those now exclusive demos would have been free.  Basically they are now charging for something that everyone used to get for free.  Magazines provide reviews and news throught the industry as well as previews.  You are actually paying for the writing content of the magazine.  That content is mostly supported by advertisements.  So, companies are making the magazine cheaper for you in exchange for you viewing their marketing materials.  When a game console manufacturer is selling you marketing videos of games that they want you to buy for their console and bundling it with stuff you used to get for free, they are flipping the model around and now are trying to get you to pay the company for the honor of viewing its marketing.

I give that post a 9.1.