The prices for the songs are a bit high HOWEVER the people who complain about the songs not being there in the first place need to realize that if that logic were to be followed...then the game would never come out b/c then people would still complain that ______ song isn't included.

As for the people complaining about this new SDK from GameSpy...these are the same mindless sheep that believe 100% everything they read on a blog headline (despite the fact that the info is a lot of the time...a speculation.) If people would actually do some *GASP* research they would find out that GameSpy Arcade is NOT the same thing as GameSpy Middleware.

Plus despite what some people like BD & Mnementh (both of who are ignorant of what they are complaining about)...the word "Spy" does not automatically mean spyware is installed nor are there EVER any viruses in GameSpy products.

jago.kot

The problem with microtransactions is the overwhelming temptation by those who stand to make money to gimp games in order to squeeze extra money out of you for stuff that should have shipped with the game in the first place. Now you can say that no one is forcing us to buy these things, and you are right. In most cases, i would not buy something like that. But it is hardly fair to the gaming community. We need to take a unified hard line when we see a company pull some obvious gimping, to hopefully nip it in the bud. Beyond that, microtransactions are perfectly fine.

Tramz

Interwebs

kyosen

No one is pointing a gun to your head and making you buy this stuff...it is all YOUR CHOICE. The developer/publisher puts it out on the market and if you think it is not worth the money...then don't buy it.

jago.kot

That statement is incorrect and 100% false.

Whatever you are referring to (since GameSpy Arcade did not contain viruses or spyware)...is not what this press release is about.

GameSpy Middleware is not some desktop application like Arcade...it is a collection of SDKs that allow things like CDkeys authentication, P2P, server browsing, stats, etc.

All the in-game UI that you see for games that use the GameSpy middleware are designed by the DEVELOPER...not GameSpy. If you think that the design of is terrible then complain about the developers.

If you think that GPG.net is good then it means that they have better UI designers there then other developers.

jago.kot

aka Bitter

I can hear you there. They are a really terrible company, they treat their own fansite operators like pawns. The Serious sam and Unreal communities have plenty of experience of that, and they arent shy at using the DMCA to hide flaws in their software either.

Gamespy exist because John Carmack allowed 3rd party access to the Quakeworld master servers. Fast forward a bit, and gamespy actively block 3rd party browsers from querying master servers they run.

Mnementh

I don't think I really have a point here. I just wanted to say that I really don't respect them much anymore.

PissedPS3Fan

geekgrrl

The original UT did stats with NGworldstats, so thats not a new thing. Hell, you didnt even need a login for it, just knowing the unique ID your cdkey was assigned was enough.

Gamespy have been releasing bloated, virus and adware filled external browsers for years now. Their middleware is utter rubbish (look at the browsers in BF2/2142 and UT3 for instance) and even their RTS stuff is pants compared to developer created things like gpg.net

I'm glad valve have released steamworks for free, hopefully it will remove the gamespy monopoly or at least force them to improve their software.

Mnementh

Tramz

Tei

He.. looks, I am Steam 0.1!
[www.won.net]

Sierra, sure, know how to run bussines.

Tei

Limafoxtrot

Irenicus-the one and only

Lets make a joke here:

[www.steampowered.com]

[www.poweredbygamespy.com]

*cough*

Hahaha... these Gamespy dudes are cool :D

[www.poweredbygamespy.com]

In 2000 we launched among the first subscription services in the gaming industry. In 2005 Direct2Drive revolutionized the digital distribution space for games.

In 2008 we'll be bringing our expertise in digital distribution, sales and subscription services in game.

Enable the sale of expansion packs and other add-ons directly from inside games. Or open new revenue streams through subscription tiers in addition to free game play. Or leverage our technology to enable points-based transactions.

Tei

No thanks.

BlackDove

Rob

balls187

@Fyren: Just like Valve with Counter-Strike?

7ucky

7ucky

Fyren

Either or, more of it is better. I have bought DD PC games since Splinter cell chaos theory and haven't looked back once.

Fyren