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Anyone else downloading the Halo 3 trailer via Marketplace?

I am seriously surprised that these types of microtransactions didn't happen sooner. The PC, especially PC, and gaming community in general has become extremely spoiled with free content and become frugal with anything that has come out in the past, in so far as electronic content is concerned.
Bethesda is a business, not a charity. It's simple, they know they have a great game on their hands and they know people want these cool new add-ons. Why else would everyone be getting their panties in knot? Well, because you want it that's why.
I don't remember complaints about Crystal Quest, regarding new purchasable game backgrounds and music, lasting more than a second. So why is it different, because you want it?
Sure we did pay $60 for this game, but that doesn't entitle you to endless developer created mods and art. If you were someone who paid for the collector's edition of Oblivion, or special edition anything for that matter, the price of the new horse armor should mean nothing. This is a hobby; some people don't mind paying a couple dollars for something to add to a game that they love. I certainly didn't flinch when I found it cost something, I went ahead and bought because I love the game (Oblivion is the entire reason I bought a 360).
The days of Napsterism are over and illegal file-sharing will someday be near extinguished. Businesses know that they are missing out on a massive amount of revenue from online transactions. These kind of scenarios are only going to increase as time goes by. No console is immune from these inevitable microtransactions and PC, to a lesser extent, will start to feel it too.
Oh yeah, if you don't want it or think it's outrageous vote with your dollar - don't buy it.
I hope Bethesda sees this as a success and will feel inclined to continue to offer cool and new content.

This game is really, really fun once you figure out the controls, squad commands, and deployable units. Playing with 7 other guys that know what they're doing makes for epic battles. We just had a game last 45 minutes with the battles going back and forth across the battlefield. The game was only won by some tricky flanking manuvers and turret placment.
The gameplay is outstanding, I really don't know what you guys are complaing about.
This game is my new XBLive favorite.
The sheer amount of destruction and fighting going on all at once is incredibly impressive. IMO, The people that discount this game either A) Played the demo for 5 minutes and judged the game solely on that. B) Only like 1st person shooters or C) Graphic whores.

Just curious...but how does Halo have 3 games on Xbox? Perhaps the expansion pack? meh

Until people in power, and older America in general, finally figure out that people other than 12 year old boys play videogames it's always going to be like this. There's a reason why there are ratings for games and it's absolutely wrong for people to jump all over the videogame industry when there is an established rating system and they still buy their kids M-rated games.
Will there ever be a point in time when the word "Videogame" will not be associated with kids?

I really wish they would have followed a demo scheme much like that of mutant storm wherein you got a taste of the later levels. The demo is way to easy and not very exciting...although the robotron demo last about 30 seconds the first time I played it so it could have been much worse.

Is it really necessary for you guys to be asinine. Peter Moore is a great, amoung others at xbox, leader for the console. Everything he said made sense, was nowhere near egotistical, and (as was said by a poster above) he showed awareness and respect for the competition. And, FYI the 360 is doing great in the US and Europe. Name one time you that you've had a chance to just walk in and buy a console?

I wish you kids would stop being such dumbasses.

To #2
Three million was the worldwide sells projection; not just in the US.

If the demo isnt up to snuff for your petty demands, why don't you just rent the game for $5...?

Why do people do nothing but complain? I think it's awesome Xboxlive offers these kinds of things.