Microsoft and THQ Don't Understand the Word "Free"

drunk pandas - 119 days 14 hours ago

These are actually the fighters that were included as pre-order bonuses at GameStop.

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greyishfox - 119 days 14 hours ago

Pre-order bonus should not be labelled as "Free". That misleads to think Free for everyone. I hate when stuff is hidden in the fine print.

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Tinted Eyes - 119 days 12 hours ago

M$ wants your cash, its simple.

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Soda Popinsky - 119 days 12 hours ago

Hmmm. Isn't it normal for most companies to look for profit? A company that didn't care about profit wouldn't last long.

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HolyOrangeCows - 119 days 11 hours ago

''Download these free roster additions''
Only 320 points!

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FamilyGuy - 119 days 9 hours ago

Whether you pre-ordered or not you still payed for the game. The people who pre-ordered didn't pay any extra for the content so why should you?

The bonuses that you get for pre-ordering should either be exclusive to those that pre-ordered or made free some time later on. No one should have to pay if the first set didn't. I do ont like this train of thought they seem to be in.

Does anyone know of any other times when a pre-order download-able bonus became purchase-able content later on? If it was something physical that's fine but digital content? How sad.

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drunk pandas - 119 days 14 hours ago

As I stated in a comment above, I, the author, knew they were preorder bonuses. That does not change the fact that these are currently labeled as both 320 Microsoft Points and FREE on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

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outlawlife - 119 days 13 hours ago

no it just shows that you are making a big deal of nothing

it is a mislabel, a description that hasn't been updated

rational people see it as that but you are trying to make some big to do out of it

browse the marketplace, there are typos, mislabels, wrong descriptions scattered throughout, write an article about something that matters instead of just writing something to pull hits

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Soda Popinsky - 119 days 12 hours ago

What does the description say on PSN?

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kapedkrusader - 119 days 12 hours ago

...don't be surprised to see MS fanboys justify this. And I'm not saying anyone that has a 360 is a fanboy, just those who can justify this, RROD, E74, charging to play online, needing paid subcription for things that are already free like Twitter and Facebook, etc., etc.

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Jecht - 119 days 11 hours ago

actually, it is the responsibility of the devs and microsoft to make it clear in every possible way that it is either free or costs 320 points, not both. someone could make the claim that the product's pricing is misleading and get the content for free because they could have initially been drawn to the content because they THOUGHT it was free. these kinds of typos can easily be used as legal loopholes if necessary.

it's just like in a grocery store. if an item is advertised at a specific price in either a flyer, or the sticker price, and yet is rung up to being more than what is advertised before taxes, the customer is entitled to having that item for free as long as the difference is under $10.

in effect, microsoft and THQ made a boo boo that smart people can capitalize on. but then again, who'd want too for just two fighters?

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greyishfox - 119 days 11 hours ago

@outlawlife - False or misleading advertising is illegal. If you are selling products you must represent them accurately. In retail stores (brick & mortar) if you mislabel a price the customer receives the item at the lower price.

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HDgamer - 119 days 11 hours ago

PSN offers them for free but MS doesn't want you to have that which makes sense. You see why their system are so closed and that UT3 is one of the reasons why it didn't go so well with MS. Or even the idea of LBP for the 360. One part of free means they gotta charge you.

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drunk pandas - 119 days 14 hours ago

Since it's 27.26MB for the download, I'm not sure if the new characters actually are on the disc?

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BX81 - 119 days 12 hours ago

Fedor is lame as hell. Let's sign with a organization with a bunch of half skilled heavy weights. I can't stand Brock, but Brock would tear him a new one. As well as mir, Nog, couture, carwin... Just to name a few.

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topdawg122 - 119 days 10 hours ago

Fedor is the best in the world, period, he'd f*ck all those dudes up.

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pippoppow - 119 days 10 hours ago

Fedor is a momster who has one loss due to a disqualification. The man is an amazing fighter. He is the baddest man in the sport who would beat the juiced up Brock with a sub. Would love to see him sign with the UFC before he gets too old to put it to those guys.

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SuperStrokey1123 - 119 days 12 hours ago

Such as...

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SpitFireAce85 - 119 days 12 hours ago

whats your psn name.Everyone Knows that M$ dose not give anything
for free if they could they would charge for demos.You can thank Sony
for having a similar service to XBlive.Or else they would(M$)charge
for all sorts of sh!t.

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IWentBrokeForGaming - 119 days 11 hours ago

PSN = SeanKWD

nickle and dimeing like how you can spend more on additions for LBP than you bought the whole game for... stuff in Home is no different than how Live is with Avatar pricing only Home can go a step further with furnature, etc.. Killzone 2 mappacks, and the list goes on and on and on.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT ON LIVE...

shouldn't have to prove to you that I own a PS3, but I will just to shut you up!

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54percent - 119 days 11 hours ago

Microhog

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