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how bout some free team fortress 2 with all the pc updates? or just update the orange box version?
...no? ok :(
...no? ok :(
Yeesh... A little cynical maybe? I would have never expected that from a gentle flower like Jim. I still don't see how you can get "screwed" by paying nothing for something, which is part of the reason I think google should be president.
I'm still waiting in vain for that free "Mario Kart with Avatars" Joy Ride game they promised. Why won't someone finally make a Mario Kart clone with Avatars for fuck's sake?
Oh Jimmy, you're already cracking me up. Thanks for joining Destructoid, I'm sure you'll give us all many good laughs.
This could be fucking awesome. There's plenty of potential for good in this, like the TF2 updates we've all been waiting for.
But you will have to pay for Live, meaning its not free. TF2 though has to happen their though so idiots might end up playing a game.
oh and Jimmy, please leave.
oh and Jimmy, please leave.
"they'll be assholes about it in spectacular ways we never even thought possible"
Too right, Jim.
Of course, free to play isn't as much if one is still paying for GOLD in order to play... ergo not free. Nonsensical, but then nonsensical dick moves are Microsoft's specialty.
Too right, Jim.
Of course, free to play isn't as much if one is still paying for GOLD in order to play... ergo not free. Nonsensical, but then nonsensical dick moves are Microsoft's specialty.
Free to play games will exist on the Wii U, so this is not a rumor as trends are to be followed.
@Epic Don't forget the Wii U as well. The thought of TF2 w/ WM&N has me drooling. :D
@Epic Don't forget the Wii U as well. The thought of TF2 w/ WM&N has me drooling. :D
Jesus tap dancing CHRIST. I know this isn't gonna go well. Console gamers aren't exactly huge fans of these kinds of games. Trust me on this shit.
Jim finds a way to berate a company willing to allow free games on their system....I am not surprised.
Honestly I've never felt as slighted as a gamer as when I purchased Orange box for 360. Not because it wasn't great but because the TF2 was so gimped. I would pay 100 dollars to be able to play TF2 on my xbox and I bought OB on release day. And for years the bitter taste has never left my mouth.
I have no interest in buying a computer either, which means I am SOL.
/endvent
Anyway, if this results somehow in me getting to play TF2 properly on my xbox then thank God...
I have no interest in buying a computer either, which means I am SOL.
/endvent
Anyway, if this results somehow in me getting to play TF2 properly on my xbox then thank God...
@nanowrx
He's right though about them being assholes about it. Look at the Angry Birds developers. They made one successful game and they suddenly think they know everything about the video game sales market.
He's right though about them being assholes about it. Look at the Angry Birds developers. They made one successful game and they suddenly think they know everything about the video game sales market.
@Daynger
I cannot think of a worse, less supported port than TF2 on consoles.
I'm sure it exists, but MAN, given how much support DAILY the PC version has, it just makes it that much more unbelievable.
I cannot think of a worse, less supported port than TF2 on consoles.
I'm sure it exists, but MAN, given how much support DAILY the PC version has, it just makes it that much more unbelievable.
No such thing as Free. Even FreeRealms on PS3 eventually lead the player to a point when they need to pay to enhance their experience. Microsoft will probably limit this to Gold subscribers to add another bullet point to Gold Subscriptions.
This is a good idea since I think most of Live is a ripoff and only holds value by withholding services from non-subscribers when compared to PC and PS3. They don't even provide game servers, P2P on BLOPS just ruins the momentum when the game stops completely to migrate the host.
This is a good idea since I think most of Live is a ripoff and only holds value by withholding services from non-subscribers when compared to PC and PS3. They don't even provide game servers, P2P on BLOPS just ruins the momentum when the game stops completely to migrate the host.
@jimmyx Dominate? I guess you didn't see E3 This year..
@Everyone else..I like this idea if the games are good, like say..TF2.
Make it available to Silver members,NON Kinect,and it could be a great selling point.
@Everyone else..I like this idea if the games are good, like say..TF2.
Make it available to Silver members,NON Kinect,and it could be a great selling point.
Next MS is gonna make NUads Adventures for the kinect enabled with achievements. And you can even play it for free. First Achievement, recieve at least 20 angry messages from friends you ad bombed.
Hopefully it'll be MS Points and not another form of monnbucks. That will be one less thing to juggle. Of course, I would only be interested if it was TF2 up there...
Here comes another price hike. What is it now $60? I'm gonna bet it rolls up to $70 for November. $70 bucks and you get access to great Facebook games like farmville.
Yikes!
Yikes!
"Hardly surprising Microsoft is interested in getting a piece of that action."
Yep, and I'm slowly feeling the spork push its way through my eyeball.
Yep, and I'm slowly feeling the spork push its way through my eyeball.
TF2 sounds like a good idea to me.
Can't wait to download and play... even though I bought the PC version a year or so ago, but whatever its cool.
Might not be too bad.
If Microsoft goes nuts with it, we can always do the next best thing.
IGNORE IT
Would be funny if tons of people played a game but boycotted buying items for it.
Would ruin the whole thing right out.
Though the balanced ones are always nice and TF2 should be setting the bar for what free to play should be, or at least close to.
Can't wait to download and play... even though I bought the PC version a year or so ago, but whatever its cool.
Might not be too bad.
If Microsoft goes nuts with it, we can always do the next best thing.
IGNORE IT
Would be funny if tons of people played a game but boycotted buying items for it.
Would ruin the whole thing right out.
Though the balanced ones are always nice and TF2 should be setting the bar for what free to play should be, or at least close to.
Free to play is a horrible thing to have on a console. That just means that Microsoft is aiming for the farmville crowd, and when they get them hooked on the xbox, who do you think is going to be their primary care? Certainly not the core gamer.
Team Fortress 2 would be beautiful, but consider that Valve gives part of the profits to community makers, and now they will also have to give part of that profits to Microsoft. High items prices or no deal I guess if they want to make TF2 F2P on 360 profitable.
Microsoft are possibly the worst people to get in on this trend. Because they will overcharge. Oh boy, will they overcharge.
Bullshit. I would hope most console gamers would not support this business model. It has one goal and one goal only.
The video game industry is at a frightening turning-point right now. Why the fuck else do you see nothing but sequels and hardly any new IPs? It's because of free, downloadable games on mobiles are making a shit-ton of money by charging their players what they feel the experience is worth to them.
If the console gaming industry wants to keep up, this is the route they're going to have to go. Just look at Valve; they understand this completely, which is why TF2 is going free-to-play. They're making enough money on people purchasing in-game items (i.e. players deciding for THEMSELVES how much that experience is worth to them) that the game itself doesn't NEED to be bought and paid for.
If the console gaming industry wants to keep up, this is the route they're going to have to go. Just look at Valve; they understand this completely, which is why TF2 is going free-to-play. They're making enough money on people purchasing in-game items (i.e. players deciding for THEMSELVES how much that experience is worth to them) that the game itself doesn't NEED to be bought and paid for.
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