2nd September 2010, 11:07 PM
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/pricelock/default.htm
Huh... They're really being blatant about it aren't they? It's pretty sad... I'm all for market forces controlling price. There's nothing illegal about this, or really immoral, but it is... rude. I mean, again I really can't think of anything in all of gaming that's actually gone UP in price. I've been trying, and I expect GR to come in any moment with an example, but it's hard. There's no wiki page for it anyway. The thing that gets me most isn't the price raise. What must be must be there. It's the listed "features of gold" that MS has NOTHING to do with, like Netflix (which goes entirely through THEIR servers, MS doesn't pay a cent except maybe hosting the app), or Last.FM, or Facebook, or Twitter, or any of that other stuff otherwise completely free (or paid through that service itself, and STILL paid here). I'll just use my PS3 or computer for Netflix thank you (the Wii really doesn't count, we all know it's limitations when it comes to this, but even there, Nintendo's got nothing to do with it and doesn't pay a dime for you to connect to Netflix's servers). THAT is the thing that gets me. Say it costs more all you like, but when your examples are things that anyone can tell you ARE PAYING NOTHING AT ALL TO "PROVIDE", then it raises questions as to how honest that claim is. If it's really a matter of investing in server infrastructure or covering hardware costs, or if it's just the high demand, just SAY so already. Don't be dishonest about it. I'd respect this a lot more, even if I don't like it.
So yeah, advertise the features YOU are actually providing MS. In the meanwhile, maybe stop requiring gold to access stuff you don't have anything to do with?
Huh... They're really being blatant about it aren't they? It's pretty sad... I'm all for market forces controlling price. There's nothing illegal about this, or really immoral, but it is... rude. I mean, again I really can't think of anything in all of gaming that's actually gone UP in price. I've been trying, and I expect GR to come in any moment with an example, but it's hard. There's no wiki page for it anyway. The thing that gets me most isn't the price raise. What must be must be there. It's the listed "features of gold" that MS has NOTHING to do with, like Netflix (which goes entirely through THEIR servers, MS doesn't pay a cent except maybe hosting the app), or Last.FM, or Facebook, or Twitter, or any of that other stuff otherwise completely free (or paid through that service itself, and STILL paid here). I'll just use my PS3 or computer for Netflix thank you (the Wii really doesn't count, we all know it's limitations when it comes to this, but even there, Nintendo's got nothing to do with it and doesn't pay a dime for you to connect to Netflix's servers). THAT is the thing that gets me. Say it costs more all you like, but when your examples are things that anyone can tell you ARE PAYING NOTHING AT ALL TO "PROVIDE", then it raises questions as to how honest that claim is. If it's really a matter of investing in server infrastructure or covering hardware costs, or if it's just the high demand, just SAY so already. Don't be dishonest about it. I'd respect this a lot more, even if I don't like it.
So yeah, advertise the features YOU are actually providing MS. In the meanwhile, maybe stop requiring gold to access stuff you don't have anything to do with?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)