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Severance on 22 December 2009

meh not worth it for me, i barely look at my avatar

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Ssenkahdavic on 22 December 2009

DsoulsGatherer09 said:

Ssenkahdavic said:
I actually like this move by Sony. These are just like Premium Wallpapers, neato but not necessary. The only person who can say this is worth it is YOU.

I wont buy a premium avatar because Im perfectly content with my retarded skull I have now. This isnt a ripoff or anything else, I just do not see the need for it.

for now ^_^

Alright, Ill give you that :) FOR NOW Im good. Bring out some Anime Avatars and I will BUY THEM ALL.

Ooo or hell, let us upload our own for a fee! Id be down with that too. (the price will offset having to police the uploads, but if websites can do this now with free avatars, sony can do it if they are charging for it :)

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Nomad Blue on 22 December 2009

Rob6021 said:

he's absolutely right, Sony's copying MS's business model - I don't like it, they should give us this stuff free, it's not like it costs money to make.

Yeh, because everyone works for Sony for free...

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DsoulsGatherer09 on 22 December 2009

Nomad Blue said:

Rob6021 said:

he's absolutely right, Sony's copying MS's business model - I don't like it, they should give us this stuff free, it's not like it costs money to make.

Yeh, because everyone works for Sony for free...

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Rob6021 on 22 December 2009

Nomad Blue said:

Rob6021 said:

he's absolutely right, Sony's copying MS's business model - I don't like it, they should give us this stuff free, it's not like it costs money to make.

Yeh, because everyone works for Sony for free...

Sure it cost some money, i wasn't being that literal, but you do realize an 'avatar' is a tiny little square picture - that is what you're paying for in terms of production cost. Sony's mostly charging us for the right to have a unique avatar displayed - and not letting us use our own (this is why its bad).

I'm mostly mad that they've kept the same old ones for so long, now that they're finally adding new ones - they decided they'll charge us for them. It's that whole philosophy, nickle and dime people by exploiting the locked-down structure of PS3, much like how a cell-phone carrier charges you for ring-tones, by not letting you make your own.

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Dgc1808 on 22 December 2009

I've been waiting for these for so long... but not LBP related ones...

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i brought the Sackboy one, the first one! only 20p!!!

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Nomad Blue on 22 December 2009

Rob6021 said:

Sure it cost some money, i wasn't being that literal, but you do realize an 'avatar' is a tiny little square picture - that is what you're paying for in terms of production cost. Sony's mostly charging us for the right to have a unique avatar displayed - and not letting us use our own (this is why its bad).

I'm mostly mad that they've kept the same old ones for so long, now that they're finally adding new ones - they decided they'll charge us for them. It's that whole philosophy, nickle and dime people by exploiting the locked-down structure of PS3, much like how a cell-phone carrier charges you for ring-tones, by not letting you make your own.

They're charging you for an optional extra. If they were asking you to pay for something that was a requirement, then that'd be a different story. It's like paying for DLC.

I'm not sure how ring-tones work where you live, but they've never been locked down to a provider in the countries I've had a mobile phone in. In fact, you can just use any mp3 on your phone as a ringtone?!