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well, to some it may not be boasting.
Hours clocked into SR2: 520
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You absolutely do not ever get tired of doing NOTHING in it.
I regularly just DRIVE. I will drive around the city at NORMAL SPEED.
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An absolute brilliant title and is a must for anyone thats a fan of old school design
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Bit of a design flaw, there.
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11/17/09
So Microsoft probably thought, "Hell, they want it more expensive," and started messing around in the marketing department to see just how much they could charge.
Seriously, it's a camera with some software. I imagine most of the software is doing the work, so I have no idea why people believe it will cost (see any comment in comments section), but it may end up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. #rumor
11/17/09
I wouldn't say it's just a camera though. It's a camera with Wii speak. #rumor
11/18/09
but isnt this a camera, with another camera AND wii speak? #rumor
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Maybe Microsoft's taking a page from the Ron Popeil playbook.
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I feel silly now.
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@AoE: No. Kritzkrieg. #rumor
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$50/year to play tons of games on live.
$180/year to play one single game online.
Whatever. #freexboxliveweekend
11/17/09
I LOL because it's true, yes we shouldn't have to pay $50, but again it's only $50, get over it. #freexboxliveweekend
11/17/09
Between Steam on PC and PSN on the PS3, there's absolutely no reason for me to pay to play online. $50 a year can buy quite a few used games. #freexboxliveweekend
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11/17/09
and with the money MS makes we get Exclusive DLC. #freexboxliveweekend
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11/17/09
Errm, yeah that's the point.
You pay for the game, but half of it is locked out until you shell up extra to MS?
WTS?
And on top of this many of the features that they charge for are free. Multipalyer - its P2P, your own connection
Facebook/twitter/last.fm - free to access from any browser, heck even phones do most that these days.
Netflix -you've already paid your sub. Why you need to pay more?
Ad's - come on, you have ad's too, even if you pay for XBL.
The XBL fee can represent an extra game a year.
What I find amazing is that not only are so many willing to pay for it, but that they will back it up and defend it.
XBL is is a rip-off. You know they made it free on PC yeah? They just know they can get away with charging for it console, so they do. It's a tens of millions effortless cash, why stop if the people clamour to throw it at you?
@Ramza69: Way to make the assumption that people who don't pay for XBL pay for WoW.
@ashlar: Nice to know that you can trivialize $50. You wanna pay me $10 for replying to your comment, don't complain its only $10. #freexboxliveweekend
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$50 a year is a lot if you're under a tight budget. The 360 has been out for 4 years already and if you've had a console since launch you've just blown off $200 down the drain just to use a feature freely available everywhere else (with comparable or better features). You can narrow your expenditures all you want ("IT'S ONLY A TENTH OF A CENT A MINUTE, GAIS!!!"), but the costs rack up and they rack up fast.
11/17/09
WoW can charge whatever they want to play, I don't use it. I also don't use Live Gold membership because I have to pay to use it. I do however play online with my ps3, shitty dell, and wii. Because they don't charge me to do so. WoW's cost is for the fan base to take care of, and seeing as how I'm not a part of it, I'm not getting involved on that. The 360 fan base however I am a part of, and I think Mircosoft needs to drop the $50 fee.
WHO'S WITH ME!?!.....anyone? #freexboxliveweekend
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11/17/09
I don't understand how people can just accept to pay for it with no second thought about what is its true value.
But in any case yes I do agree with you. It would be so much better for 360 gamers to be able to play their games for free instead of being raped for every single thing. It really adds up in the end. Console,Games,Live,DLC(Multiplayer maps especially). Where does it end?
Also the whole Gold and Silver division I've seen on the forums of Xbox is just fucking foul.
It should be enjoyable to game. Not a hassle of having to be nickled and dimed for every single thing. #freexboxliveweekend
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and if the games are 1 player why get them for the xbox. #freexboxliveweekend
11/17/09
I can afford $50. Being on a budget doesn't mean I'm poor. I spend around $150 on games total per year except on the very rare years when I buy a console, and to be honest I don't feel constrained at all. I don't get every single game I want at launch at $60, but then again I don't have time to play all those games anyway.
I could pay the $50 if I wanted to, but I don't because I do all my online gaming on PSN and Steam. With those two services being free, I see little reason to pay cash for something Steam does better and PSN does comparably. I'd much, MUCH rather have an extra game or two every year than pay for online when I already get online for free. It's not XBox Live online, but it doesn't really matter to me.
11/18/09
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live PSN is bad.
11/18/09
I think SP only games are beter on the pc because of price and mods.
I did not mean to sound like I think you are poor.I only get 3 or 4 games a year, about what you get.
If you don't what XBL then you don't have to get it.
*my opinion.
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Whoa! When did they ratchet up the price? There's no way facebook costs near that! Damn YOU MICRO$OOOOOOOOFT!
Edit: Did not scroll down! Yay for me.... :( Maybe I can think of another shtick in 15mins.....
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