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Microsoft are scum.

Arkanoid Live is out today.  It costs 800pts which is a fair price for a remake of a stone cold arcade classic.

But what’s this?  The demo shows that the main menu has options for four episodes.  It’s only once you complete the demo (which is six stages long) that you realise that your 800pts only buys you episodes 1 and 2.  What’s the odds that 3 and 4 will cost 400pts then?

The achievements only relate to episodes 1 and 2 also which makes us think that another 50 gamerscore will be attached to the DLC.

Note to Microsoft:  it’s one thing charging 1200pts for games, but charging it for a full game and then tricking people into buying part of the game for 800 makes you literally cunts.  XBLA is dead.  Go fuck yourselves.

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5 Responses to “Microsoft are scum.”

  1. Tiq says:
    May 6, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Wow… that’s bleak.

  2. Shindig says:
    May 6, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    You can play it for free at places and things. Probably. Sounds like the kind of thing a flash site or several has.

  3. Adam says:
    May 8, 2009 at 8:59 am

    ^

    I wasn’t going to say out of politeness/fear, but seriously? Complaining about being charged through the nose for Break-Out?

    What’s so special about this version that makes you pay fo… oh, wait. Nevermind.

  4. Colin says:
    May 10, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    Come on, there’s so many bad things m$ could do – and you’d have to be a fool to pay full price for something you thought was a rip off.

    Frankly m$ can do this sort of thing to scam idiots if it keeps the quality high for the rest of us.

    Arkanoid has been milked more than anything,

  5. simon says:
    May 10, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    ^ yeah, cos microsoft have been all about quality control. getting sick of them and third parties abusing DL content.

    microsoft, capcom and especially ubisoft can fuck off and die.

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