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^ok..MS is forcing game devs to make money.....I am With that! Get Money! And keep it Gator...



 



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Can you download full moves for free on XBL?



BladeOfGod said:
Can you download full moves for free on XBL?

No...why would you be able to?  You can watch it if you have Netflix...but not free DL on the content.  Studios would have a cow.

 



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Zizzla_Rachet said:
^ok..MS is forcing game devs to make money.....I am With that! Get Money! And keep it Gator...

If MS wants developers to get more money why doesnt it just give it to the and forces us to do so? Who the fuck are they to tell devs how to handle their games? That's EXACTLY my point as to why LIVE is one  of the shitties services out there (not in terms of quality of course, but still VERY shitty). MS can stick LIVE up their ass for all I care.

 

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vlad321 said:
Zizzla_Rachet said:
^ok..MS is forcing game devs to make money.....I am With that! Get Money! And keep it Gator...

If MS wants developers to get more money why doesnt it just give it to the and forces us to do so? Who the fuck are they to tell devs how to handle their games? That's EXACTLY my point as to why LIVE is one  of the shitties services out there (not in terms of quality of course, but still VERY shitty). MS can stick LIVE up their ass for all I care.

 

P.S. I'm a studet who is centeringon AI and i mght end up being a game AI developer. I'm taking donations, can you send me some of your money?

That makes a ton of sense. I'm sure that Valve is crying that Microsoft wouldn't let them put some of their DLC up for free if that's the case. *rolls eyes* You're probably more concerned about it than they are.



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^ I don't understand how you can defend a system that FORCES developers to charge us money for things that should be free, that they WANT to give us for free. It's madness.



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I agree that MS should not make developers charge customers for content. And the thing is, MS doesn't force all devs to do this. Burnout 3 is an example. Crackdown also had some free DLC. One of the Halo 3 packs was free after a while.



Final-Fan said:
^ I don't understand how you can defend a system that FORCES developers to charge us money for things that should be free, that they WANT to give us for free. It's madness.

It's called the world of business, and if you think it SHOULD be free just because you and other people seem to think anything Valve adds to an IP should be in the form a free download doesn't mean that you're right.



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Final-Fan said:
^ I don't understand how you can defend a system that FORCES developers to charge us money for things that should be free, that they WANT to give us for free. It's madness.

I think the issue is that M$ built XBL from the ground-up...and if developers want to utitilize the service, they have to pay a fee...let say a developer wants to shoot off some DLC...are they will to pay M$ to use their XBL service to get the content to users?  probably not, since they would then be PAYING you to play their stuff...M$'s position is that for the most part, XBL isn't a free service, and if the consumer wants to use it, they must pay to do so...Computers totally outnumber console games, but yet and still...pc games sales are far less...because of what...



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themanwithnoname said:
Final-Fan said:
^ I don't understand how you can defend a system that FORCES developers to charge us money for things that should be free, that they WANT to give us for free. It's madness.

It's called the world of business, and if you think it SHOULD be free just because you and other people seem to think anything Valve adds to an IP should be in the form a free download doesn't mean that you're right.

I'm talking about stuff that IS free on the PC version, and that would be free on XBL except MS stepped in and said "no, there's gonna be a fee on this stuff".  Your objection about "that's business" does not make sense in this context unless I am completely wrong on what others have said, or they are completely wrong on the reality. 



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