OneManClan
April 27th, 2007, 21:45
Alright, this is how it happened...
I was trying to purchase the new RBSV "Red Pack" and I didn’t have enough Microsoft Points. Of course since they no longer use credit cards for purchases, I had to buy extra points that I am currently not using. I feel like its not fair in a couple of ways...First, What if I want to purchase one of the new XBLA games that go for 800 MS points. So now I have to purchase MORE points to add to the points that I have now and will have points left over again. SIGH. What is hard about having a option A choice whether to use a credit card or using the points system buy purchasing those 1600-4000 points cards at the local games store. Then instead of trying to trick/fool us set it up as a point for a cent, 100 points equal a dollar. Can you imagine if ever manufacture started this practice? Oh, you want a McDonalds Big Mac? “That’s 1800 MickeyDollars. You must purchase in sets of 5,000/10,000/20,000.”
Why is this process of buying content so hard? I also purchased the new maps released for Halo 2 for $4 bucks and used my credit card and I thought to myself, "Self, this is so easy", why can’t all purchases be like this? EXACT change....for EXACT items on your 360.
I think they (MS) are setting themselves for a backlash with regards all this stuff. When you start pricing this stuff out it’s getting very expensive to be a 360 owner. Why should I have to use a price calculator to figure how much something is?
Nothing is free if you think about it. The silver service is "free", but what can you do other then download (helpful BTW) demos that have been made available to paying members for sometimes weeks, fine I can deal with that for not paying. You also can download movies (purchased for a fee of course with a shelf life too), and of course the game "additional content" that they are now passing off as material that was made after seeing a need/demand for it or they didn’t have time to complete. Whatever.
I know this seems like complaining, but I have loved the service since the first Xbox because it was completely different from all the other systems out there. There was an article recently talking about how the Xbox Live service model that we are paying for is really something that we should NOT be paying for (because its peer to peer I believe), which is why it sucks half the time. I am no cheapskate. I have purchased allot of stuff for my 360, extra controllers, WiFi adapter (ridiculously overpriced), Vison Camera, extra faceplates among other stuff. I feel like on a daily basis, I am being charged just for pleasure of my 360's company.
Going back to my point, any ideas of what we can do about the MS points system, and how we can pressure them to give the consumer the options they are always talking about?
Rant Over
I was trying to purchase the new RBSV "Red Pack" and I didn’t have enough Microsoft Points. Of course since they no longer use credit cards for purchases, I had to buy extra points that I am currently not using. I feel like its not fair in a couple of ways...First, What if I want to purchase one of the new XBLA games that go for 800 MS points. So now I have to purchase MORE points to add to the points that I have now and will have points left over again. SIGH. What is hard about having a option A choice whether to use a credit card or using the points system buy purchasing those 1600-4000 points cards at the local games store. Then instead of trying to trick/fool us set it up as a point for a cent, 100 points equal a dollar. Can you imagine if ever manufacture started this practice? Oh, you want a McDonalds Big Mac? “That’s 1800 MickeyDollars. You must purchase in sets of 5,000/10,000/20,000.”
Why is this process of buying content so hard? I also purchased the new maps released for Halo 2 for $4 bucks and used my credit card and I thought to myself, "Self, this is so easy", why can’t all purchases be like this? EXACT change....for EXACT items on your 360.
I think they (MS) are setting themselves for a backlash with regards all this stuff. When you start pricing this stuff out it’s getting very expensive to be a 360 owner. Why should I have to use a price calculator to figure how much something is?
Nothing is free if you think about it. The silver service is "free", but what can you do other then download (helpful BTW) demos that have been made available to paying members for sometimes weeks, fine I can deal with that for not paying. You also can download movies (purchased for a fee of course with a shelf life too), and of course the game "additional content" that they are now passing off as material that was made after seeing a need/demand for it or they didn’t have time to complete. Whatever.
I know this seems like complaining, but I have loved the service since the first Xbox because it was completely different from all the other systems out there. There was an article recently talking about how the Xbox Live service model that we are paying for is really something that we should NOT be paying for (because its peer to peer I believe), which is why it sucks half the time. I am no cheapskate. I have purchased allot of stuff for my 360, extra controllers, WiFi adapter (ridiculously overpriced), Vison Camera, extra faceplates among other stuff. I feel like on a daily basis, I am being charged just for pleasure of my 360's company.
Going back to my point, any ideas of what we can do about the MS points system, and how we can pressure them to give the consumer the options they are always talking about?
Rant Over