Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft forbids free Xbox content
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>> Tim Sweeney disclosed how Microsoft is barring their efforts to
>> offer free content for owners of Gears of War. Guys from Epic
>> created six maps (two of which have been released to gamers)
>> for this hit-title which earned Microsoft millions of dollars,
>> but now Epic cannot release the remaining four maps. Reason is
>> very simple: money.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38823
Nothing wrong with that. Very rarely is map content free.
> Virgin Radio comes to Wii, PS3
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>> We are not aware of when the Xbox 360 will be supported, or if it
>> be at all, thanks to Microsoft's policy concerning free content
>> for its console.
>>
>> It is not a technical issue, but Virgin would probably like to
>> avoid paying money to M$ for providing free content.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38822
Rather bias article.
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> The greed is amazing, isn't it? No wonder XBox is a financial sewer
> (see below).
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>
> Related:
>
> Loot: Redmond, We Have a Problem, Or, What's Wrong With the Xbox 360
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>> At this point, Former becomes impassioned. That's not fair, he says;
>> we always saw this as a long-term venture. To which we reply that we
>> were talking about the original Xbox, and while other divisions of
>> the company throw off more profits in a single quarter than the
>> entire $5 billion or so lost in the home and entertainment division
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> to date, the fact remains that, as we take-our-word-for-it predicted,
>> the Xbox group has been spectacularly unprofitable for Microsoft.
>> Hence, our heretofore unpublished Vietnam analogy. The rest of the
>> night is a blur, but we digress.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> The worst case scenario for Microsoft, then, is one in which the Xbox
>> 360's bid for the mass market is blocked by the Wii for the next two
>> to three years, at which point the aging and underpowered Wii gives
>> way to a cheaper-than-it-is-now PS3 with a selection of AAA titles
>> that's far wider than what the PS3 has at the moment; new
>> installments of Playstation's own popular and casual-leaning games;
>> and a slew of
>> new franchises from Sony's much-larger studio operation.
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> http://ncroal.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=533168
You really are stupid aren't you?
--
Mike
Scottish....and proud of it
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