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Microsoft Withdraws Free Software Deal, Overwhelmed by Privacy-Hating Cheapskates

NotebookReview writes:

"We have recently discovered that yesterday afternoon (12/11/07) Microsoft took away the freebie part of this offer (the software). However, Microsoft is still running the survey and 3-month feedback program. This means anyone who signed up after the cutoff is still going to be monitored, but receive nothing in return for the forfeit of privacy. Microsoft apparently thinks your privacy isn't worth anything now."

MK_Red5996d ago

"but recieve nothing in return for the forfeit of privacy. Microsoft apparently thinks your privacy isn't worth anything now."
lol, hilariousl :)

JsonHenry5996d ago

If this is true it is a law suit waiting to happen.

Bladestar5996d ago

Damn if they do and if if they don't.

games4fun5996d ago

act like they are the victims seriously all they had to do was honor their prior agreements to those who signed on, and remove the offer to future people

But no they didnt and they screwed some people over, they shouldnt have put up the offer in the first place if they werent going to honor it if i had signed up i would contact my BBB (better business bureau) and contacted msft and b$tched at them to remove my personal information this is just a big middle finger to the people they surveyed

only a very (and i stress the word very) delusional biased person would defend microsoft in this situation

Lionsguard5996d ago

Bladestar you are a prime example of "Battered Wife Syndrome" Microsoft rapes you over and over and over and over and over yet you still run to it and defend it's actions.

Bladestar5996d ago

fine... lol.. but yesterday.. when you all didn't know microsoft was going to pull the free OS.. you were all flaming microsoft for doing it anyways... saying that the OS is not worth it... now you are flaming because they are not? make up your mind.

gamesR4fun5996d ago

thought it was 2 good to be true...
I mean lots of honest folks out there woulda jumped on it...

mighty_douche5996d ago

Bill Gates is Satan in a V neck.

Azures5996d ago

Look at me, I'm getting free software AND keeping my privacy. Amazing.

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All Hopes I Had For A Prey Sequel Have Been Crushed — Well Done, Microsoft

The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.

RaidenBlack21h ago

well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3

MrBaskerville2h ago

But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.

-Foxtrot20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Not even this Prey

Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy

The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.

RaidenBlack15h ago

MS closed Roundhouse Studios (ex-Human Head Studios) as well

Yui_Suzumiya4h ago

Yeah, that's who was going to do the original sequel.

isarai12h ago

Came here to say this, my hooes for a Prey sequel died when this "Prey" came out

Profchaos2h ago

Prey 2017 still hurts to play because what could have been looked so incredible

Profchaos2h ago

Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got

LostPotato20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.

Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.

RaidenBlack15h ago

lol, Deathloop came from Prey: Mooncrash idea

Unknown_Gamer57944h ago

To everyone who cheered MS’s acquisitions, we told you so…

Inverno2h ago

Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.

MrBaskerville2h ago

Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.

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Helldivers 2 Star Wars Mod Looks Pretty Insane

Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.

thejigisup6h ago

To you. What makes them interesting?

repsahj4h ago

This is the reason they cancel the psn link.

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Would It Have Even Mattered If Redfall Were Good?

Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.

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Profchaos8h ago

Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.

There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life

jwillj2k48h ago

No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.

CrimsonWing697h ago

I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’

franwex7h ago

Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.

Exvalos7h ago

No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.

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