- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
to everyone who thinks this is the greatest thing that ever happened to them, i have a simple question...
why?
Microsoft WANTS people to pay for xbox live, and a good majority of us do. So why now, do us subsccribers have to pay the extra costs of new maps. Sure i can understand people who DO NOT have xbox live to pay, but that at least makes sense. It seems with all of this those of us that actually have xbxo live are the ones getting punished. Everyonen that doesnt have xxbox live is getting the benefit here, b/c they are getting everything that we subscribers get, only we subscribers are still paying. Now here comes my next question, and this is important: DO XBOX LIVE SUBSCRIBERS PAY AS MUCH TO DOWNLOAD ALL OF THE MAPS AS PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO WAIT AND BUY THE HOLE 19.99 PACKAGE IN JUNE? My understanding of this whole thing is (and yes i read the ENTIRE update) some time, late april, there will be 2 maps that we should all DL for free. At the ssame time there will be another 2 maps that we can purchase. Obviously they cannot charge us 20 dollars to purchase 2 maps, so (my 3rd question) HOW MUCH WILL THE FIRST TO MAPS COST? Then later on in june or whenever the remaining 5 maps are released, we will all be able to DL them. Now since we already got 2 for free, and payed for the first 2, and were only getting 5 more, and people who buy the package are paying for a TOTAL of 9 and a "cool documentary and project" from bungie, plus the charge of the disc, the box, and of course the store selling it has to make a profit, the way i see this is that we who have xbox live should be paying a considerable amount less than the people who are buying the package. Correct me if im wrong but shouldnt that be the way it is? We are getting less so therefore we should be paying less. But that also brings up a valid point, if we arent paying the same amount that would mean bungie might charge maybe $2 - $2.50 per map? but that just seems low, b/c normally when there is premium content to DL it usually costs around 4 dollars. Then again, they might not be giving us a choice and we might have to buy the maps together, we cant pick and choose which we would like to DL.
I am pleased with bungie in that they are releasing 9 new maps, but we need to be kept in the loop a little better IMO. 3 or 4 valid questions i just asked regarding almost every Xbox live user were not answered in the weekly update, it just seems that this update is aimed more towards the offline players. I would greatly appreciate getting my questions answere if at all possible, im sure many others like myself have the same questions.
thanks again