 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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Re: The never own anything business model! said by Mr Matt:  When organized crime did it it was called extortion. When big business does it, they call it the subscription model. In the networked game world, consumers will never own the games, they will simply pay service providers a subscription fee, forever to use them. My Atari Console still works and I do not have to pay a subscription fee to use it. I would love to have a subcription model for the 360 and never have to mess with a disc again. I hate dealing with discs and cartridges, especially when roaming between multiple consoles. |
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 HangmnDon't Fight It...It's InevitablePremium
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Philadelphia, PA | and that makes you the perfect rube er ahh... consumer for this model...
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Do you even understand the "subscription model?"
It's not like a magazine subscription where you get to keep all the stuff you received during your subscription. It's closer a video rental subscription model. You pay your money for the download, and then after a few months, you either pay again, or the game expires. Forget about digging it out of the closet and playing it again a few years later. Forget about buying a game used at a discount or for that matter selling it used when you're bored with it.
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Oh, right, you're not spending real money...
You're just throwing around Microsoft Points, aren't you?
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said by Hangmn:and that makes you the perfect rube er ahh... consumer for this model... Yes he is. I still have old consoles up and running and they will keep running till they die. I would be paying a subscription for my Super Nintendo right now to play a game I bought ten years ago???? Kids love Mario etc. I still play it against my friends some times. LOL. Have a Play station one still running. Nothing wrong with any of those games. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
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said by AnonName :Do you even understand the "subscription model?" It's not like a magazine subscription where you get to keep all the stuff you received during your subscription. It's closer a video rental subscription model. You pay your money for the download, and then after a few months, you either pay again, or the game expires. Forget about digging it out of the closet and playing it again a few years later. Forget about buying a game used at a discount or for that matter selling it used when you're bored with it. <SARCASM><B>
Oh, right, you're not spending real money...
You're just throwing around Microsoft Points, aren't you?
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I have content I purchased several years ago on Xbox lIve. I can still downlaod it and play it on any Xbox360 I want. As long as I'm logged into the gamertag that I purchased it with. I wish this capability was available with all games.
Zune has a subscription model too. You can pay a monthly fee and have access to all this content. As long as the service is still active you have access. I don't use this service though since I don't listen to enough new music each month to justify it. |
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