@OutThere So first you ask if I played the game and then assume I'm paying $99 for the premium pass. It's as if halfway through your post you realized you were agreeing with that I was saying and then had to say something condescending to try and make a point.
I have played the the game and I think it's fun. Is it $99 fun? Not to me. Is it $20 of fun? Not to me. But I am the kind of guy who will put a $10 in a girl's g-string at the club and have he shake her tiggo bitties in my face for 5 minutes so I'm probably not the best one to ask about the value of entertainment dollars.
Some of us used to play games in the arcades. They were micro transactions; you needed to pay 25 cents every time you wanted to continue, or gain extra life, etc.
Yet I never heard anyone complain about "wallet raping" back then, even considering the content you paid for was completely disposable and you never even got a "license" with it and the entertainment value lasted you a couple of minutes per micro transaction.
Here, you have something that is free to play. You #1 don't have to play it in the first place and #2 don't have to buy the additional content if you don't want it. Yet all I see is a people complaining about it. I don't get it.
FIFA-loving hackers accessing users' Xbox Live accounts to buy DLC
Oct 14th 2011 3:43PM (Joystiq)I was hacked tuesday. my cc was expired but they did spend all my points. Now I hate soccer even more!!
Thanks Joystiq for bringing this to light.
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Aug 21st 2011 11:36PM (Joystiq)Age of Empires Online Season Pass offers all and future available content for one price
Aug 18th 2011 1:03AM (Joystiq)I have played the the game and I think it's fun. Is it $99 fun? Not to me. Is it $20 of fun? Not to me. But I am the kind of guy who will put a $10 in a girl's g-string at the club and have he shake her tiggo bitties in my face for 5 minutes so I'm probably not the best one to ask about the value of entertainment dollars.
Age of Empires Online Season Pass offers all and future available content for one price
Aug 17th 2011 7:26PM (Joystiq)Some of us used to play games in the arcades. They were micro transactions; you needed to pay 25 cents every time you wanted to continue, or gain extra life, etc.
Yet I never heard anyone complain about "wallet raping" back then, even considering the content you paid for was completely disposable and you never even got a "license" with it and the entertainment value lasted you a couple of minutes per micro transaction.
Here, you have something that is free to play. You #1 don't have to play it in the first place and #2 don't have to buy the additional content if you don't want it. Yet all I see is a people complaining about it. I don't get it.