Microtransactions Gone Wild In Japan

February 2nd, 2007 Posted in Business

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Forget about EA’s continuous attempts to rip-off Xbox 360 users, the Japanese publisher behind Aquazone has released, or rather unlocked, parts of the game for 5,000 Microsoft Points, or $60. That’s more than the game costs itself, and the “downloads” are only 100 KB, meaning it’s just a key to unlock content that’s already there. And what are they selling for 5,000 MS points? 18 new fish for the game.

Via 1UP

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4 Responses to “Microtransactions Gone Wild In Japan”

  1. Zac Says:

    February 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 pm

    Paying extra for what should already be in the game is stupid..



  2. Jim2k Says:

    February 3rd, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    The most retarded part is that this is all fine and dandy with Microsoft. Same with EA and their ripping off of Xbox Live users…



  3. Quartecks Says:

    February 3rd, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    LOL, this is kind of like Communism, in theory it’s OK, in practise it gets botched up.



  4. monir Says:

    February 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    is it taht hard to just not buy games like this? especially a friggin fish game…



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