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My PS3 hd on the other hand.....lots of room.
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Still, nice.
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I'll do that, thanks for the hint :)
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(well in theory anyhow)
I'm just glad they didn't make a deal with the devil *cough*xbox division*cough*.
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Large corporations don't do things to be fair or unfair. They do things to make money.
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Fable
Forza
Halo
Gears of War
Crack Down
PC and PS3 definitly Fill The void and add some I don't want to support Microsoft and there trying to kill off PC support.
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, VISCERAL?! This is ridiculous.
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The action one.
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Playing Dragon Age mp3s from a BluRay? The PS3 doesn't do that.
There are somethings the PS3 will do, for everything else there's a patch.
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Somehow I suspect the 2 week period is so they could do some lame ass tie in with the sin of Envy.
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That...that sounds a hell of a lot more clever then any other sort of advertising they've put towards this game.
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I completely agree with your hatred of the exclusive gold features but what I don't understand is how you can bitch about it, then pay for it anyway.
You are part of the problem. Abandon the 360 (or at least live) and get a PS3.
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Truth be told, I was silver only for the very reasons I mention, but there was a deal on Amazon last summer for 12+1 (13 months) gold membership for $29. For that price, I was finally convinced to give it a try so I could play online with some co-workers, I did it grudgingly and I'm still not happy about it. If it weren't for Netflix instant stream, I'd absolutely never renew gold. Even with Netflix, I've decided my threshhold is $40 per year. If I can't find it cheaper, I will simply go without. Period.
That being said, I'd like to be clear. I don't hate all the gold only features. I think having a silver (free/ad based) tier and gold (paid) tier makes perfect sense. What I DON'T agree with is which features they've assigned to each tier, and that fact that the paid service STILL pumps ads to my machine. Online multiplayer should be in silver because the games include those features on the disc. You shouldn't have to pay $60 for a game PLUS extra $ to play online. That's pure bullshit. But, I recognize that stuff like voice chat and friends lists or messaging are extraneous and DO cost money, so I have no problem if they put those on gold exclusive. I hope that clarifies this at least a little.
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Hint: You can't send one without the internet. Oh and this post I just sent you, didn't cost me anything either.
Neither did the message I just sent my mate on the PS3 or the video conference we just had.
Also a guy who pays a prostitute is still a criminal regardless of how much the deed cost and as good as xbox live is, it's not better than sex.
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As for who wrote the code behind messaging on the 360. It will have taken a Microsoft programmer less than an hour to whip that bit of code up and lets not forget how many ads are on the 360 which should be paying for that service.
Comparison, Home vs Messaging. One's got plenty of multiplayer games, allows you to talk in real time to a group of people depending on proximity to others, etc the other lets you send and receive messages. One requires a subscription from Microsoft, the other is free.
Oh and as for who pays for the software running on the back of the 360, 30m people have bought that console. 10p from each of those consoles would be £3m, which is more than enough to pay for the development of messages.
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Anyway, let's not get back into it all. Your point that you already pay for the game and should have access to all the features is spot on but as I said, as long as you are willing to pay for xbox live (which you clearly are) then they aren't going to remove the fee.
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Also, no one gives two shites about how similar the game is to an old poem that probably less than 0.0000000001 of the population ever read.
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However, the PS3 has God of War incoming and that's a direct and very strong contender to the game. I struggle to even settle at contender as in reality, Dantes Inferno is the contender and God of War is the king right now.
My point being that with God of War on the way, EA needs to try win over PS3 gamers hearts with Dantes Inferno more than they need to win over 360 gamers as many on the PS3 may pass it up in favour of God of War 3 and a full early demo could help change that.
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with the god of war demo already out for a lot of people on the ps3, i dont think many people will skip GOW3 for this. they might buy both. but i put my money on gow3. especially after the gow3 demo, because its batsnot insane awesoemnesses.
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