As I sit on my excrutiatingly low japanese couch, with my huge american legs outstretched to the other end of my apartment, my blood pressure is rapidly rising. Despite all the good will and faith that Microsoft has displayed in the form of creating Xbox Live, a truly viable and revolutionary console online service, they have finally found the way to screw it up. It was only a matter of time.
Many people argue that Microsoft is no different than any other game manufacturer: they all just want your money. While, of course, a company does indeed want to make money, no company has displayed a sheer bloodthirst for money so ravenous, that they are willing to introduce a service that is intended to overtly fleece gamers in the worst imaginable fashion: consumables.
Described by 1up.com’s Luke Smith as a commodity that can be purchased, and then later repurchased, the idea of consumables is that one would presumably purchase this item on marketplace, where it would eventually decay over time. That’s right, folks. It would actually eventually decay and disappear, forcing you to repurchase the same item. It’s like buying food, except you can’t eat it, and Microsoft is fucking you in the ass at the same time. Doesn’t that sound enticing?
What I fear is how far developers are willing to go with the idea of consumables. Will frustrated preteens be able to purchase an invincibility potion to defeat a particularly hard dragon? Will racing fans have to purchase gas for their McLaren F1 at the correct current exchange rate for Japanese oil? Will I have to purchase ammunition and upper tier, decaying weaponry for Halo 3?
Only the future knows what kind of bullshit Microsoft has in store for us.
On a quick note: Luke also mentioned that MS is specifically steering publishers from offering free game content on marketplace, citing that companies had already set a precedent with a specific pricing model.
I hate you Microsoft.
okay. i wholeheartedly agree with you on this, but i have to make one point. M$ is fucked up and by far the most vampirous in terms of money squandering… however, i have no problem with “the big guy”. after years and years of thinking bill gates was some douchebag thief and borderline monopolising criminal, i happened to catch a loval cable network interviewing him about a few things. while no doubt he is retardedly rich, he personally has a good view on how the world works, and/or should be working (in my useless opinnion). i couldn’t stop watching. he spends hundreds of millions into billions of his fortune to help find a global cure for diseases that effect children around the world. i for one, did NOT know this. i’ve heard stories of how he stole the whole windows idea from apple back in the late 70’s, and assumed plenty of rotten things about him. but after watching him speak, i found that he is constantly striving to make the world a better place… and that’s more than i can say about steve jobbs or anyone at apple. i prefer apple hardware. it’s simply a better make. i also realizeyou did not attack mr. gates personally, but i just wanted to throw in a mention that he is a decent guy. however, the knights at his round table can suck it. what the hell are they thinking?
Yeah, fuck you too, Nintendo cocksucking asshole gay porn dickface lol
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