MikeB said: papflesje said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Maybe people so eager to look beautiful and fancy in a virtual world look crap in the real one... Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to be so nasty... NOT!!! Maybe people who have to attack people who do such stuff, are really insecure and need to project their issues onto others? ;) Jealousy perhaps, to me personally it seems some free Home content is way better than for example Megaman 9. Which I personally find quite sucky, especially for a 10 Euro game when an awesome very impressive game like Super Stardust HD is sooo much better and costs about the same (also for me personally 80's arcade or Amiga games >>>>> simplistic 80's NES style games). I guess everyone has his or hers own preferences and interests, but I don't see a reason to question the sanity of people paying for things they like. For me Megaman 9 is extremely overpriced shovelware, but if you get a nostalgic kick from this IMO piece of crap (I wouldn't keep on the harddrive if it were free) then more power to you.

What I don't really like about this are a few things:

1) being milked money for every thng in virtual worlds too, as if real world wasn't expensive enough (I find right to pay monthly fees, but starting paying every virtual thing is quite different)

2) paying to appearance in virtual worlds, I fear this can drive them to become full of Paris Hilton wannabes only wishing to be watched, not to socialize

3) even if the risks above were somehow contained, for virtual things those prices are really excessive

4) just think if SW houses started charging extra money for every virtual graphic element in games, you dont buy them, you get untextured polygons or wireframe?

Anyway, I agree that everybody is free to spend money as he wants, but he can't claim everybody's else approval.

So not having an option for something now is better?  There are plenty of useful DLC things, and a ton of free ones at that.  Don't go sour grapes on us.  DLC has its upsides and its downsides, but not being able to do something isn't really an advantage any way you look at it.

And people who act like microtransactions are something new, where have you been for the last two years?

Alby_da_Wolf said: MikeB said: papflesje said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Maybe people so eager to look beautiful and fancy in a virtual world look crap in the real one... Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to be so nasty... NOT!!! Maybe people who have to attack people who do such stuff, are really insecure and need to project their issues onto others? ;) Jealousy perhaps, to me personally it seems some free Home content is way better than for example Megaman 9. Which I personally find quite sucky, especially for a 10 Euro game when an awesome very impressive game like Super Stardust HD is sooo much better and costs about the same (also for me personally 80's arcade or Amiga games >>>>> simplistic 80's NES style games). I guess everyone has his or hers own preferences and interests, but I don't see a reason to question the sanity of people paying for things they like. For me Megaman 9 is extremely overpriced shovelware, but if you get a nostalgic kick from this IMO piece of crap (I wouldn't keep on the harddrive if it were free) then more power to you. What I don't really like about this are a few things: 1) being milked money for every thng in virtual worlds too, as if real world wasn't expensive enough (I find right to pay monthly fees, but starting paying every virtual thing is quite different) 2) paying to appearance in virtual worlds, I fear this can drive them to become full of Paris Hilton wannabes only wishing to be watched, not to socialize 3) even if the risks above were somehow contained, for virtual things those prices are really excessive 4) just think if SW houses started charging extra money for every virtual graphic element in games, you dont buy them, you get untextured polygons or wireframe? Anyway, I agree that everybody is free to spend money as he wants, but he can't claim everybody's else approval.

The obvious answer is you don't have to participate, and if SW developers get over zelous they will suffer because no one will buy their games if vital portions of their games are expensive extra downloads.

i actually brought a santa hat. it was only 50 cents and i had $6 in the wallet on PSN so i figure why not. next i gotta get a christmas tree for my summer house

Alby_da_Wolf said: MikeB said: papflesje said: Alby_da_Wolf said: Maybe people so eager to look beautiful and fancy in a virtual world look crap in the real one... Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to be so nasty... NOT!!! Maybe people who have to attack people who do such stuff, are really insecure and need to project their issues onto others? ;) Jealousy perhaps, to me personally it seems some free Home content is way better than for example Megaman 9. Which I personally find quite sucky, especially for a 10 Euro game when an awesome very impressive game like Super Stardust HD is sooo much better and costs about the same (also for me personally 80's arcade or Amiga games >>>>> simplistic 80's NES style games). I guess everyone has his or hers own preferences and interests, but I don't see a reason to question the sanity of people paying for things they like. For me Megaman 9 is extremely overpriced shovelware, but if you get a nostalgic kick from this IMO piece of crap (I wouldn't keep on the harddrive if it were free) then more power to you. What I don't really like about this are a few things: 1) being milked money for every thng in virtual worlds too, as if real world wasn't expensive enough (I find right to pay monthly fees, but starting paying every virtual thing is quite different) 2) paying to appearance in virtual worlds, I fear this can drive them to become full of Paris Hilton wannabes only wishing to be watched, not to socialize 3) even if the risks above were somehow contained, for virtual things those prices are really excessive 4) just think if SW houses started charging extra money for every virtual graphic element in games, you dont buy them, you get untextured polygons or wireframe? Anyway, I agree that everybody is free to spend money as he wants, but he can't claim everybody's else approval.

They didn't claim everybody's approval.  You just saw it fit to bash their own choice of spending money on it.

They chose to do something they wanted to do (and to pay money for it).  Sony (in this case sony, in other cases perhaps the MMORPG makers or whatever) provided what they wanted.
You chose to look down on those people because they chose to do something you find weird / stupid / whatever...

Whatever it may say about those people, your reaction says a whole lot more about you.

Wow, I can't believe that guy just called Mega Man 9 overpriced shovelware.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

SHMUPS, pass the coffee over here. I need to relax after my mind was just blown.

Haha, too late, I've downed it all! xD

What was everybody saying about "Nobody will buy anything in Home!" and "Home will lose Sony money!"?

lool,,,,it will change to sony is greedy and will milk their "small"user base.  XD

Bah I think it's pretty stupid to buy a lot of clothes in home, but one or two, why not. Sony needs money, so that's okay if people buy this stuff. I just hope that they'll use a part of this money earned to add many new areas in home.