Comments on: Top Ten Microtransactions Of 2006 http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/ Game News For the Masses Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim2k http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Jim2k Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:29:01 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-510 Wow, EA strips a game down, sells it for 60 bucks and then sells the remaining content for another 30 bucks. Burn in hell, you greedy bastards Wow, EA strips a game down, sells it for 60 bucks and then sells the remaining content for another 30 bucks.

Burn in hell, you greedy bastards

]]> By: monir http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-512 monir Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:57:30 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-512 i wasn't really complaining about the extra content of mmorpg's, i don't like them because they are a huge waste of life and money. too many people get in fights over it and act as if its a job. i wasn’t really complaining about the extra content of mmorpg’s, i don’t like them because they are a huge waste of life and money. too many people get in fights over it and act as if its a job.

]]> By: Joe Shmoe http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Joe Shmoe Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:51:14 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-511 EA... I don't buy em... WoW will exist in its current form till the next MMORPG has the same features with free or user run servers... this will happen eventually... personally I dont need another bill, so Ill wait. EA… I don’t buy em…

WoW will exist in its current form till the next MMORPG has the same features with free or user run servers… this will happen eventually… personally I dont need another bill, so Ill wait.

]]> By: ksfl http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-513 ksfl Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:22:33 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-513 Yeah don't dis MMO's Dis EA. They suck. WTF EA? WTF. Yeah don’t dis MMO’s

Dis EA. They suck.

WTF EA? WTF.

]]> By: ZaVaZ http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-514 ZaVaZ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:17:53 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-514 Come on now dont Dis the MMOS, MMOS do update Quite frequently, Good example World of warcraft, Since launch they have added Battlegrounds, Quests, Gameplay, Class revamps, PvP, Items, High level instances and more. Also the Game is VERY stable and FUN. And all this before any Expantions!. Bad example Any MMO that SOE makes. They charge a monthy fee and come out with an expantion about every 4-6 months, so thats $15 a month and at least $40 per expantion. But the Add-ons are ill to none, All there add-ons are more like fixes to the features that they "added". Trust me I use to work for SOE, all they care about is getting that expantion out and getting money... THEN fix what "coolness" that they last secondly put together. Now to my point. I have yet to buy an Add-on to a console game. I hate the fact that the game is not "compleate". I would buy an add-on if it was a good one. I would have to be something worth getting. I HAD NFS:C, It was good, to blury if you ask me. When going to the XBMP (XBOX Marketplace), I was suprised to find that there were no free downloads (not counting the demo). I did the math vs. all the Downloads and was Shocked... I thought I bought the Special Edition, in facked I bought the Nerfed Edition. $30+ for extra content that was there when the game cameout, you got to be kidding me. I payed the Extra dough at the gamestore so that I would have a satisfying gaming experiance, but come to find all this "unspecial edition" that I could get made me PISSED at Microsoft and EA. Dont get me Wrong i do like the Idea of the XBMP, but i dont like spending a Sh*t load of points to get these add-ons, Everything should cost 10-20pts each no matter what the feature / add-on is. I would pay 4.99 or a lil more for an add-on if it was a grip of crap or a HUGE game update. If the gaming industry thinks this is the way to go then there wrong. Lets just hope that the PS3 goes a diffrent way :) Come on now dont Dis the MMOS, MMOS do update Quite frequently, Good example World of warcraft, Since launch they have added Battlegrounds, Quests, Gameplay, Class revamps, PvP, Items, High level instances and more. Also the Game is VERY stable and FUN. And all this before any Expantions!.

Bad example Any MMO that SOE makes. They charge a monthy fee and come out with an expantion about every 4-6 months, so thats $15 a month and at least $40 per expantion. But the Add-ons are ill to none, All there add-ons are more like fixes to the features that they “added”. Trust me I use to work for SOE, all they care about is getting that expantion out and getting money… THEN fix what “coolness” that they last secondly put together.

Now to my point. I have yet to buy an Add-on to a console game. I hate the fact that the game is not “compleate”. I would buy an add-on if it was a good one. I would have to be something worth getting. I HAD NFS:C, It was good, to blury if you ask me. When going to the XBMP (XBOX Marketplace), I was suprised to find that there were no free downloads (not counting the demo). I did the math vs. all the Downloads and was Shocked… I thought I bought the Special Edition, in facked I bought the Nerfed Edition. $30+ for extra content that was there when the game cameout, you got to be kidding me. I payed the Extra dough at the gamestore so that I would have a satisfying gaming experiance, but come to find all this “unspecial edition” that I could get made me PISSED at Microsoft and EA.

Dont get me Wrong i do like the Idea of the XBMP, but i dont like spending a Sh*t load of points to get these add-ons, Everything should cost 10-20pts each no matter what the feature / add-on is. I would pay 4.99 or a lil more for an add-on if it was a grip of crap or a HUGE game update. If the gaming industry thinks this is the way to go then there wrong. Lets just hope that the PS3 goes a diffrent way :)

]]> By: Josh http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Josh Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:35:12 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-515 Deliberately crippling software so that they can charge more for necessary extra features should be a criminal offense. The trouble is that we have the choice to not buy it (that's their loop hole) but the fact is that not buying it only gives us a watered down experience of what we would have otherwise had if the "extra" content was included in the first place. We need to remember that although games are entertainment their sole purpose is to bring in bucket loads of money. Games are a business after all. There should be a requirement that any extra costs to play the game also be printed on the packaging so that people know what they are buying and not getting burned. Deliberately crippling software so that they can charge more for necessary extra features should be a criminal offense. The trouble is that we have the choice to not buy it (that’s their loop hole) but the fact is that not buying it only gives us a watered down experience of what we would have otherwise had if the “extra” content was included in the first place.

We need to remember that although games are entertainment their sole purpose is to bring in bucket loads of money. Games are a business after all.

There should be a requirement that any extra costs to play the game also be printed on the packaging so that people know what they are buying and not getting burned.

]]> By: monir http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-516 monir Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:58:27 +0000 http://s21463.gridserver.com/2007/01/02/top-ten-microtransactions-of-2006/#comment-516 EA are arseholes, NFSC costs nearly the same amount as the 'extra' content does. paying extra for content is as stupid an idea as mmorpg's are. EA are arseholes, NFSC costs nearly the same amount as the ‘extra’ content does. paying extra for content is as stupid an idea as mmorpg’s are.

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