9th June 2014, 8:55 AM
Yeah, frankly at this point I'm pretty sure that their cost benefit analysis has told them it's not worth the effort to add in expiration dates to content on the 360. For the effort that would go into deploying it on a large scale, both on the backend and in system updates, they'd get very little in return (as the 360 is on it's way out) and possibly gain a lot of negative backlash in the process.
On the plus side, for both the PSN and XBox Live markets, those expiration dates ONLY apply to the "member with benefits" free content. Anything users pay even a single red cent for has no expiration date on it. That's good. It's also good that they at least display those expiration dates on the content itself when you examine "details" on it (the expiration date is basically the expiration date for your "Gold" or "Plus" account).
On the plus side, for both the PSN and XBox Live markets, those expiration dates ONLY apply to the "member with benefits" free content. Anything users pay even a single red cent for has no expiration date on it. That's good. It's also good that they at least display those expiration dates on the content itself when you examine "details" on it (the expiration date is basically the expiration date for your "Gold" or "Plus" account).
"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)