Microsoft holding back free content from its customers

[thmst30]

Quote: Originally Posted by Quick6

The reason it's not free is because Microsoft charges the game companies to put the stuff up on their servers. And when Microsoft charges the game companies the game companies pass the buck to us and then tell us they wanted it to be free "but microsoft wouldn't allow us". It's a joke. If the game companies wanted it to be free it could be, they'd just have pay microsoft, but instead of doing (losing money) that they try to make microsoft look bad. Bandwidth isn't free people.

So quit wasting it.











LOL, jk

[Lintyfresh85]

Quote: Originally Posted by cjonesfan921

If this article/rumor was about Sony though, this thread would be about 10 pages long with Sony ripping.

I like how everyone just kind of skipped CJ's point when he's spot on IMO. I only have the 360, and rarely ever visit the Console Talk thread, but from what I've seen the hypocracy over Sony products and Microsoft products is amazing. Sony is killed for the slightest mistake, yet MS gets a "eh, that's business"... almost reminds me of the 2K-EA debates IMO.

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Superstar

I like how everyone just kind of skipped CJ's point when he's spot on IMO. I only have the 360, and rarely ever visit the Console Talk thread, but from what I've seen the hypocracy over Sony products and Microsoft products is amazing. Sony is killed for the slightest mistake, yet MS gets a "eh, that's business"... almost reminds me of the 2K-EA debates IMO.

Because it's really not true, just look at that elite thread people are still complaining about pretty much nothing. The point is, there has been plenty of free content put on the marketplace before so there's no reason to act like free content is going away.

[ThaGenecyst]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Rein

Epic thinks the way to maximize the return on Gears of War is to give the maps away for free and Microsoft thinks the way to maximize the return on Gears of War is to sell the maps. So what we’ve agreed to do is to put these maps on sale at a reasonable price then make them free a few months later. They did this with the original Halo2 map pack and it was a huge success. Lots of people bought the maps and lots of people downloaded them when they became free. That’s what is going to happen and it seems like a fair compromise for both companies and a win-win for Gears players.

http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/sho...=567201&page=2

[Rainey]

Quote: Originally Posted by thmst30

So quit wasting it. LOL, jk

Haha, great post.

[Lintyfresh85]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmood88

Because it's really not true, just look at that elite thread people are still complaining about pretty much nothing. The point is, there has been plenty of free content put on the marketplace before so there's no reason to act like free content is going away.

Thanks, I had never seen that thread, and I see your point. I guess I'm just happy we have two consoles that are capable of giving us great games. Never really saw the need to argue over consoles.