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Re: [xbox] Want to change my name. And that's the point, they don't want people changing their names, hence the charge.
Don't want to pay anything? Don't change your name... pretty easy.
If they didn't charge I'll bet there would be a ton of name changing going on, whenever you got tired of your name, or just when you found something "funnier", people might change at that point.
Personally, I think it works as a good deterent... which I think is all they really are trying to accomplish. |
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| said by Rivalman:And that's the point, they don't want people changing their names, hence the charge. Don't want to pay anything? Don't change your name... pretty easy. If they didn't charge I'll bet there would be a ton of name changing going on, whenever you got tired of your name, or just when you found something "funnier", people might change at that point. Personally, I think it works as a good deterent... which I think is all they really are trying to accomplish. If they didn't actually want people to change names, they wouldn't give you the option in the first place.
Your answer is bullshit. |
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| Microsoft is more concerned with making money than they are name changing. Jack the price up for name changing and you satisfy both goals.
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I understand the argument (cost as a deterrent) but the facts don't support your assertion for several reasons:
1. I haven't found anything on the Xbox website that discourages people from changing their gamertag (though I did find an article that walks you through the process of changing it).
2. It doesn't cost MS anything to implement a name change. They don't incur any additional costs because it's all done in cyberspace with no human involvement.
3. Like Metatron said, if they didn't want people to change names they could simply not allow it, or they could only allow it if you wanted a brand new account (meaning you start from scratch with no friends and no gamer points) which, if memory serves, is the way it was done on the original Xbox. MS used to include 2-month subscriptions with every new game to promote Xbox Live so I've had about 4 gamertags (though I still use my original).
Bottom line is MS made the decision to monetize the process and allow name changes (for a tidy fee, of course) when the Xbox 360 launched. Add it all up and you get a corporation trying to find more ways to make money from a product. |
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| said by cbrigante2:Why is everyone against a company trying to make money off it's product? It might be because making $10 for nothing is a rip-off?
And please save me the socialist/liberal/businesses need to make money tripe. I go to business school, and I subscribe to something that built businesses in the past:
1. The customer is always right. That doesn't mean they are, it means you make them feel happy if they give you money.
2. Businesses need to plan for the future. That means you do things for the future, not make cheap ass methods of getting a few bucks like a used car salesmen would.
Microsoft is usually good for business planning, but alot of stuff (Including paying $2-$3 for png files) on Xbox 360 is made specifically as money pit for idiots. If they ever catch on, they won't be customers again. |
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1 edit | Sorry, I just don't see the issue. When Live first started, they didn't even offer a name change as an option. It is simply that, an option. I agree that it is too much money in my book, but I have already voted...with my wallet.
You understand that you can pay about $5 for some clothes for your Xbox Avatar..correct? I think that is crazy as well, but guess what? I don't spend my money on it. You make it sound like it is some big, forced service they have put on us here. It's a free market...if you don't like it, don't buy it (also..when did businesses needing to make money become socialist/liberal?). |
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