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And pun intended.
It seems like MS is set to announce Xbox 360 Game Room, which is some sort of Retro arcade/Home inspired set-up for your Avatar.
This has the potential to be cool, if done in a vein similar to the Netflix party system where you could watch movies/TV shows with friends while their avatars enjoy it in their little living room, with random reactions and stuff.
If they try and make it like a living hub like Sony Home, I'm out. Home was just so bleh.
Well, Game Room in some ways is sort of a retro approach. And it's interesting, there's a generation of people -- sort of my advanced, mature age [laughs] -- who grew up with a set of games like Centipede. They look almost like casual, fun games today -- at the time they were high-end, edgy games -- and so Game Room is the idea of bringing that back to the market. And bringing that to a very broad audience. And I think what we're gonna find is that when people can get 30 or more of these games, they're gonna love it for the experience. And it's not just you and I who are gonna love it, even the people who would call themselves "hardcore gamers" are gonna say "Oh wow this is fun!" In a retro way. It's sort of like my daughter going to watch Journey. I'm like, this is a band that was playing when I was growing up. And she thinks it's a cool band and I like the music. And I think you're gonna have the same phenomenon with Game Room. We're gonna enjoy the games and they're gonna think it's cool. I think that's very powerful.
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why can't Xbox Live provide anything for free to their respective million(s) of subscribers? surely my $40 a month can't go only to "system maintenance".
I can't play Madden 10 without being bombarded with ads for "Lost". GIVE ME THIS FOR FREE INSTEAD OF AEGIS WING, Micro$oft!
"Okay, okay - so Sony has Home for their avatars."
"Home, what the hell is that?"
"It's some virtual place where people can control their avatars and interact."
"We should do that. That sounds like a good idea."
"There doesn't seem to be much profit in getting people to just interact. I know! We can overcharge our loyal customers who are already paying for the games, internet subscription and Xbox Live!"
"That'll show those Sony faggots who's boss."
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I'd love to see that brainstorming session.
"Okay, okay - so Sony has Home for their avatars."
"Home, what the hell is that?"
"It's some virtual place where people can control their avatars and interact."
"We should do that. That sounds like a good idea."
"There doesn't seem to be much profit in getting people to just interact. I know! We can overcharge our loyal customers who are already paying for the games, internet subscription and Xbox Live!"
"That'll show those Sony faggots who's boss."
As if MS would nickel and dime their customers....
It is free to download “Game Room,” which you can then populate with classic arcade games available for individual purchase. Buy games once and play on both an Xbox 360 system and a Windows-based PC for 400 Microsoft Points. Or, to purchase a game for only one platform, each individual Xbox 360 or Windows-based PC title is 240 Microsoft Points. You also have the option to pay to play a single game, just like dropping two quarters in the slot in the old arcades, for 40 Microsoft Points. Visit your friends’ “game rooms” and try their games free before you buy.
So essentially, 3 bucks if you wanna buy the game, 50 cents if you wanna try it out once or 5 bucks if want for Xbox and PC.
This is the second most retarded thing Microsoft has done - next to charging for xbl.
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Re: Avatars to Get a New Home (R)
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Originally Posted by Typhoid
I'd love to see that brainstorming session.
"Okay, okay - so Sony has Home for their avatars."
"Home, what the hell is that?"
"It's some virtual place where people can control their avatars and interact."
"We should do that. That sounds like a good idea."
"There doesn't seem to be much profit in getting people to just interact. I know! We can overcharge our loyal customers who are already paying for the games, internet subscription and Xbox Live!"
"That'll show those Sony faggots who's boss."
"This is almost as good as ripping Mii's off. Champagne for everyone!"
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