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lenardo1 on 22 February 2008

ya'll need to calm down

Certain games for ms and sony have DOWNLOADABLE pay for content

the Wii is doing the Exact same thing.


things like NEW SONGS FOR GUITAR HERO

things like that

it is also for oh maybe a MMo- there was one on the xbox...



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daactualfact on 22 February 2008

@makingmusic


my bad an all, but right now I am typing from my Wii at my cousins house. I also accidently enlarged it. There is also more to the picture but I accidently enlarged it so a lot ran off the screen.



Damn things have changed since 2009 began. Here are my new visions for the end of the generation.

 

Wii: 135 mil

Ps3: 85 mil

360: 60 mil

True Genius
Girl Gamer Elite on 22 February 2008

SSJ12 is a rather dubious mod. He largely became a mod because he and Montana Hatchet were the leading force in denouncing the mods on this forum as being Nintendo biased. So to appease the masses and to quell his ever present fear that the site might be viewed as unprofessional ioi had stof and benkenobi make them mods as an olive branch offering to the forum's malcontents.



Bodhesatva on 22 February 2008

Daactual fact, can you trim that sig down for me?



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tabsina on 22 February 2008

Ok, i have a bet to make with anyone who is interested: Europe/Australia will get fked over, and will be charged for Brawl online pay.. at which point i will sell my wii, and purchase one from america



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Bodhesatva on 22 February 2008
makingmusic476 said:
BenKenobi88 said:

ATTENTION, ATTENTION

NO FREE CONSOLE MMO CAN EXIST UNLESS THE DEVELOPER TAKES THE SERVER COSTS OUT OF ITS OWN POCKET!

Thanks for listening. There is this MMO for PS3 the Agency or whatever that was...I think that's free to play...but they recover server costs through downloadable content I believe. But otherwise, Sony's fronting the cost I think. No normal third party company can pay for an MMO out of their own pocket...that does not make sense!!

So again, people that say oh, Wii should be free online. IT IS, this is not Xbox Live where you have to pay to play a simple online FPS or something like that. But no system can reasonably support an MMO with all the requirements they take without taking a fee from users. Unless Nintendo paid for all third party servers, Nintendo needs to support a way for third parties to charge for MMOs.

It's either make a system for developers to charge customers fees for certain content, or those developers will not make said content, because it would be in no way profitable for them to do so.

That's why you don't get a new TF2 map on 360 and PS3...it would take a considerable cost to put those maps on the consoles, and it's not worth it to Valve to do it, unless they charged for it. But of course...not enough people would probably pay for 1 map...so I doubt they'll ever do it.


*cough*GuildWars*cough*


Guild Wars is so not "free." It's cheaper than WoW, certainly, but hardly free. They've had four expansion packs in the 2+ years the game has existed, not to mention the original game. It doesn't add up to 156 dollars a year, as WoW does, but it's not too far off either. It's a trick of the eye.

Hypothetical question. Which is better, a game where you pay 10 dollars a month that updates all content for free, or a game that has no monthly subscription but has 2 expansion packs a year for 59.99? Answer: it's exactly the same price, so it just depends on whose content you prefer. 



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Girl Gamer Elite on 22 February 2008

THIS JUST IN! PEOPLE WHO NEVER INTENDED TO OWN OR PLAY A WII ARE DISSAPOINTED IN NINTENDO'S DECISION TO DO EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS ALREADY DOING!

NINTENDO CRITICIZED FOR SEEKING TO MAKE A PROFIT INSTEAD OF RIDING THE RAZOR'S EDGE OF ECONOMIC RUIN JUST TO BUILD A BETTER MOUSE TRAP AND EXPAND PROPRIOTARY AMBITIONS OF MEDIA AND MARKET MONOPOLIES.



Bodhesatva on 22 February 2008

But Sony isn't doing it. I think there would be less objection if Sony were, but Sony isn't.

It's a glaring flaw in your sarcastic reply, Gamer Girl. It isn't "everyone else" already doing it, it's "Microsoft and but not Sony."

 



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Fuzzmosis on 22 February 2008

As a cheap cheap bastard, I'm entirely against this.

As a company that wants to make money, Nintendo is entirely for this.

Oh Nintendo. We shall see if you use this power for evil, and it shall be 1995 again. Note: Evil is defined as required payment for what would be standard content.



See Ya George.

"He did not die - He passed Away"

At least following a comedians own jokes makes his death easier.

Girl Gamer Elite on 22 February 2008
Bodhesatva said:

But Sony isn't doing it. I think there would be less objection if Sony were, but Sony isn't.

It's a glaring flaw in your sarcastic reply, Gamer Girl. It isn't "everyone else" already doing it, it's "Microsoft and but not Sony."

 


I know that. I was going to add "EXCEPT SONY BUT THEY'RE SUCH A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW TO MAKE MONEY AS IT IS WHY BOTHER" but I chose not to as it would have made the sarcasm too labored.

I'm sorry you took it so seriously as to assume I wasn't aware of Sony's free online. MS is doing it, PC games do it, its the standard. Sony is by and large the expection and since Nintendo is only doing this for a few online games its not taking a full step out of eithe arena. Its compromising. That was the point, I'm sure you'll feel the need to argue that as well now that I've insulted your pride.