After posting the original story about the upcoming Forza Motorsport 2 DLC track, Twin Ring Motegi, I felt bad. Perhaps I was a bit harsh -- maybe 600 MS Points ($7.50) is a reasonable price for a single race track for a $59.99 videogame. Nah, that actually is too expensive, isn't it?
Well, Turn 10 and Microsoft were listening to fan's cries, and have decided to lower the price. When Twin Ring Motegi hits the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, it will only cost 400 MS Points ($5.00). But Forza community manager Che Chou plays it safe in his announcement of the price drop, not once admitting that maybe $7.50 was just too damned high to begin with.
"I just want you guys to know that the main impetus for this is directly related to the feedback we received here on the forums," he writes, "particularly the concern that 600 MS points requires the user to purchase a block of 1000 MS points from Live Marketplace, whereas 400 MS points only requires the user to buy a 500 MS point package from Marketplace."
Well maybe Microsoft should have thought of that before they decided to use fancy fantasy moon money as their digital currency, eh? In any case, it's cheaper now, but is it still really worth the cost of admission?
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11:25 PM on 10.25.2007
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$2.50 difference usually doesn't sway me. In this case however, I'm seriously considering picking this up.
I'm not sure about the size of this download but their earlier cars were things that weren't on the disc that you had to pay extra for. It's something they worked on to add as extra content and you really don't need to buy it to enjoy the game.
It's only if you want the extra content. Which, honestly, I kinda do.
Let's all gripe about the Katamari DLC. Maybe then it'll be free like it should have been.
Can they at least make it so 500 means $5.00 or how about allow us to buy individual 100 point packs? They need to do something about that. It's retarded.
"U.S. money isn't the same as European money." No shit! You mean to tell me that you can limit which demos go where, but you can't convert money? Ass.
you mean 400 points, right?
I still won't be buying this, even with the lower price. I got bored of Forza months ago, there's just to many games to play.
We need to whine harder, though. Should still be 400 points at most.
Everyone was basically saying I'm not willing to be ripped off for a fucking new track. Less 'feedback' than open hostility. Got the job done though!