Celebrate 10 Years of Xbox Live With Free Stuff
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Man, i have been with Xbox Live since 2002, why didnt I get a new Xbox, (i actually need one, got rid of mine a couple of weeks ago before it died totally.)
Of well, i guess i will settle on the 10 year helmet i got for free. hat i cant really download because i dont have an Xbox...Yet STILL paying for Xbox live. I love it that much, that i will pay for it without the ability to use it, LOL.
Of well, i guess i will settle on the 10 year helmet i got for free. hat i cant really download because i dont have an Xbox...Yet STILL paying for Xbox live. I love it that much, that i will pay for it without the ability to use it, LOL.
And use that money to buy games or something else. I don't give a hoot about it being a limited edition or special and such, so yeah, that is indeed what I would do.CardinalPiggles said:
But unfortunately, I don't live in the US. Neither do any of the other offers appeal very much due to either being a game I already own, a game I don't want or a game that would require a ?150 investment.
It's all rather lackluster too. I mean, it's their 10 year anniversary. One would expect something meatier.
Damn, counted!CardinalPiggles said:
Actually I've been thinking of getting a game console, I'll probably get a WiiU.
I might download the trial when I'm not busy playing Halo 4. Or Minecraft. Or Gotham City Imposters. Or Iron Brigade if I'm in the mood. Although actually buying it is probably out of the question unless I really like it and can buy it for 400MS points or less.(I'm kind of broke)Evil Smurf said:
OT: Yeah, I think I'll pass on the whole celebration thing unless I know I'm going to get something I actually want.
Great if your still into xbox like I was 3 years ago but now I could care less and will settle on getting those games in a bundle on steam for a mere fraction rather then pay 10$ each which microsoft thinks is a good deal.
Infact, I'll pass and keep saving for the steam christmas sale where MP is free.
Infact, I'll pass and keep saving for the steam christmas sale where MP is free.
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You just had to pay money for something everyone else gives you for free. Thanks MS!Z of the Na said:
Way to take a happy occasion and trash it with your cynicism, guys. Really? You came here to complain, yet again, about Micro$oft's business practices that at this point is far beyond old news? How about talking about something else for a change?
Like how far Xbox Live as come since the days of Halo 2?
[sub]Christ, you guys are buzz-kills. Grow up.[/sub]
OT: What a 10 years it has been. I remember the days of the Xbox 1 and its crude interface. It was a different era. Now look where we are, eh? How time flies.
Thank you, M$, for the sweepstakes gamer picture and the free Kinect game. Those of us with Kinects will enjoy it.
10 years ago, everything you downloaded on Xbox LIVE WAS free because you paid 50 bucks for the god damn service. I bought it day-one and played on it until MS lured in enough users and DLC started to cost extra beginning with halo 2 and canceled.
Now look, advertizements everywhere. Happy fucking anniversary.
Now look, advertizements everywhere. Happy fucking anniversary.
"It's Xbox Live's birthday! Oh, how wonderful our service is!" (wonderful enough to withhold online multiplayer, which is usually free, for $60 in a bundle including a dozen discounts per week that are mostly DLC and only 25%)
"Here! Have a free game," (which is the Kinect "Angry Rocks" game that is for free for only 2 days)
"a sweepstakes," (for the thing almost everyone who cares about Xbox Live has and sometimes already have decorated for a game/occasion: a 360)
"and some other sales!" (which are all party games except for Battlefield and Bastion)
Okay, so the sales aren't that bad, but seriously: the best thing I find about Xbox Live Gold is that I was able to leave it without calling Customer Service.
"Here! Have a free game," (which is the Kinect "Angry Rocks" game that is for free for only 2 days)
"a sweepstakes," (for the thing almost everyone who cares about Xbox Live has and sometimes already have decorated for a game/occasion: a 360)
"and some other sales!" (which are all party games except for Battlefield and Bastion)
Okay, so the sales aren't that bad, but seriously: the best thing I find about Xbox Live Gold is that I was able to leave it without calling Customer Service.
Yeah, MicroSoft is having a 10 year anniversary and celebrates that with 7 games on sale. Steam is currently celebrating the weekly event called Weekend Sale and got 2 games on sale + daily deal.A Smooth Criminal said:
Well at least for once their sales aren't exclusive to gold members. Now they are doing this to make money of course, but why is it a bad thing? Sales might just be to sell more copies of a game, but it's still good for the consumer. Cynicism and entitlement is really starting to annoy me.
But... certainly if they had been constantly paying for Xbox Live for ten years, they would already own an Xbox 360 in working condition? I don't understand...Palademon said:
Anyway, I wish they would have done Dust as the free game instead of Wreckateer, since I'm never going to get a Kinect, but oh well. Free games are still free games, so good for all the people who already own a Kinect I guess.
Same here in NZ. It's always the case when anything has a competition online it seems. Great that they made the free game one you have to have a Kinect for too, classy move their Microsoft.TimeLord said:Oh look at that. The competition to win a limited edition 360 "is not available in your region" (UK). Thanks for thinking about us Microsoft
In this thread, people realize that Xbox Live is not Steam. Shock.
Whatever you guys, Wreckateer is a great Kinect game, and since I have one, I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it.
Like yeah, Xbox Live is obviously not as good as Steam, and has a fuckton of problems. And I'm happy for them to give the occasional good thing. I know you guys love to complain, but maybe if they get a positive response to this, they'd be encouraged to do it more often in the future. Instead of "Whelp, we gave a free game and put a bunch of great games on sale and they still complained. Best not try that again."
Oh oh and while paying for a service that's free on ps3 might kind of suck, updating a game takes seconds/minutes on Xbox Live, compared to the occasionally hours it takes on PS3. It makes me think that money is going somewhere productive.
Although considering the money they make from ads on top of it, whereas most places will REMOVE ads if you pay for their service, yeah. THAT is definite bullshit.
Whatever you guys, Wreckateer is a great Kinect game, and since I have one, I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it.
Like yeah, Xbox Live is obviously not as good as Steam, and has a fuckton of problems. And I'm happy for them to give the occasional good thing. I know you guys love to complain, but maybe if they get a positive response to this, they'd be encouraged to do it more often in the future. Instead of "Whelp, we gave a free game and put a bunch of great games on sale and they still complained. Best not try that again."
Oh oh and while paying for a service that's free on ps3 might kind of suck, updating a game takes seconds/minutes on Xbox Live, compared to the occasionally hours it takes on PS3. It makes me think that money is going somewhere productive.
Although considering the money they make from ads on top of it, whereas most places will REMOVE ads if you pay for their service, yeah. THAT is definite bullshit.
Reminds me of that time when PSN had technical difficulties and, as a reward, gave each of its members three free games.
Actually no, it doesnt.
Actually no, it doesnt.
Honestly, I'm happy with my free helmet and recognition from MS for being an XBLA member for 8 years. And then they're giving away a free game with sales on other games to boot? Great! Why does everyone have to **** all over them though?
Sure, Steam does more sales, blah, blah, blah, but Steam doesn't let me relax on my couch and play Halo 4 online with my buddies that I've been playing with since 2004. The whole reason I got XBLA was to play Halo 2 with my friends that did Halo:CE LAN parties, and I've never looked back since.
Yes, they charge for the service, and yes, they serve ads, but they've always delivered an excellent product worth the money to me. If you're not a fan of that, fine, go play Steam or PlayStation and stop thread-crapping every time MS does something nice for their supporters.
Sure, Steam does more sales, blah, blah, blah, but Steam doesn't let me relax on my couch and play Halo 4 online with my buddies that I've been playing with since 2004. The whole reason I got XBLA was to play Halo 2 with my friends that did Halo:CE LAN parties, and I've never looked back since.
Yes, they charge for the service, and yes, they serve ads, but they've always delivered an excellent product worth the money to me. If you're not a fan of that, fine, go play Steam or PlayStation and stop thread-crapping every time MS does something nice for their supporters.
That is the silliest argument. Seriously.A Smooth Criminal said:
1) Wreckateer is published by MS Game Studios. That means that there's no revenue sharing with a third party publisher, which makes it much easier to give it away free, since they have greater control over it.
2) You make the argument that MS put these older Indie titles on sale because it's easier to get around the revenue loss, which doesn't make sense given that the only FREE game is actually just 4 months old.
3) Since it's not a first party dev, MS is most likely going to be paying Iron Galaxy Games for every "Free" copy picked up by people. That adds up to a lot of money...that they're giving away for free.
4) Considering how many people said "Don't have a Kinect", I doubt that Wreckateer itself will drive huge sales of Kinect. It *might* sway a couple of people on the fence, but considering that there's already over 18 million Kinects that have been sold (as of January, 2012), this probably won't amount to much.
5) Basically, Kinect is already a massive success as far as MS is concerned, so they don't need gimmicks to sell them. In fact, they probably stand to lose substantially more money through the free Wreckateer gift than they would make from the tiny percentage of people that say "Oh, I got a free Kinect XBLA game? Time to buy a Kinect!". Economically, the conspiracy scenario of MS picking this game to drive Kinect sales just makes zero sense.
6) As for the others that are just on a regular sale? Don't make me laugh... Plain and simple, it's a mix of really people popular games from different years and genres. Excepting the poker game, I either own or know someone that owns each of those games. And considering how popular online and televised poker is, I'm sure that's a huge seller as well that just wasn't on my radar. These aren't decrepit games from the dustbin, they're probably some of the more popular games that have ever been on XBLA.