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yo_john117 said:
welshbloke said:

Plenty of room for a model of this sort but it does need to be free to all members not just gold especially if it involves micro transactions of any kind. Games like Battlefield Heroes would be a blast for on XBL. They just have to strike the balance.

 

What they should do is have it free to play with micro transactions for Silver members and have it totally free to play for Gold members.

But that probably won't happen.

That would actually be a pretty good model and would make Gold more valuable. Games like 1 v 100 could of been free play for Gold and incurr a small cost to play for silver, yes I think that would be a sweet arrangement but like you say will never happen.



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I swear, some of you would respond negatively even if a cure for cancer were announced ...

OT: Sounds good.  Looking forward to more info, though I hate to hear about such things so early.



AussieGecko said:
homer said:


err yes? If you have to be a gold member to play these games, you are still paying for the use. His point stands. If it is available to silver members (is that what they are called?), then that would be a false analogy, but if it isn't, it is a perfect comparison of the two.


not really. First dont but in, second it doesnt say it is for live at all in it, so going by the information (or lack there of it) you would assume it is for silver as well.

Dont start fights where there are none

Do not butt in?  You were clearly wrong, and I told you you were wrong. I could care less if you dislike me for it. Secondly, I said IF it was for gold members.  Why should you assume it was for silver members too anyways? Microsoft makes you pay for online, and most(if not all) are online games, so you must likely have to be a gold member to access that content. Do not start fights were there are none.



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Darth Tigris said:

I swear, some of you would respond negatively even if a cure for cancer were announced ...

OT: Sounds good.  Looking forward to more info, though I hate to hear about such things so early.


I know this comment will seem in bad taste but:

Only if they work for a cancer prevention centers, funeral homes, or cemeteries.



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The idea looks promising, and i really want to play Dungeon Fighter Online. Waiting for more news.

 

Now if only Konami did the same with Castlevania HoD. They could put the game at 0 cost on XBLA, and charge only for the extra stuff. Too bad they will never do that.



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ssj12 said:
Darth Tigris said:

I swear, some of you would respond negatively even if a cure for cancer were announced ...

OT: Sounds good.  Looking forward to more info, though I hate to hear about such things so early.


I know this comment will seem in bad taste but:

Only if they work for a cancer prevention centers, funeral homes, or cemeteries.





I can see that from M$ perspective:)

You get a game for free (but only first instalment) - would you like to see what`s next ? buy it :) (don't see any other option for Adventure games - what else could you buy ? )

For 3D game - ok.. new weapons and so on.. but for adventure games, don't know :)

Also, it would be great, if for some reason, you like part 1, 2, and on 3, you get bored, so you won't buy any other - a great money saver :) if you would like to buy the whole game, than it would be cheaper as to pay alone for the parts :) And.. if you got some parts and you would like to buy the whole game, than it would have some deal :) this will be perfect :)



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homer said:

Do not butt in?  You were clearly wrong, and I told you you were wrong. I could care less if you dislike me for it. Secondly, I said IF it was for gold members.  Why should you assume it was for silver members too anyways? Microsoft makes you pay for online, and most(if not all) are online games, so you must likely have to be a gold member to access that content. Do not start fights were there are none.

lets not assume its gold if it doesnt say. Also lets point out where i was "clearly wrong". 
Im not saying pay for online... i never said that, i get the impression that as i said like army of bugs or wtf its called you pay for the extra bits, hell they used joy ride as an example which makes it more likely. And they actually labelled that for gold members. 

If you had a 360 you would know that you can still download dlc etc as a silver member... dont comment on what you dont know about a console... you are seriously picking



 

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Zlejedi said:

Not going to happen - Microsoft has been extremly consequent so far in making sure consumers must pay for everything even to the point where they forced Valve to charge for DLC that was free on PC


again band of bugs... it has been done before... not a surprise here.

Yes you had to pay 800ms points up front but then on you paid for more things, but for this they are doing the initial 800 upfront for nothing and instead making you pay for more maybe...



 

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