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"Microsoft's Big Games Gamble"

Aired yesterday on BBC2's money programme, it shows the comapny's race against time for launch and it's struggle to beat Sony. Download is clocked in at under 200MB, so make sure you have BB.

[URL]http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=d25a8df324c497853dc96882[/URL]

Doesn't really paint a rosy picture at all. And notice how London Studio is so beautiful on screen? Believe it.

lcarus wrote:
> No offence, but me, you and the "lot of people" you refer to
> are moderate to hardcore gamers. As in, we actually read the news,
> keep up to date to some extent; it's a vast minority compared to the
> available market.

As in 'those who can be bothered to hook up and play Live' too? The more mainstream and easy you make it the more likely less hardcore gamers are going to get in on the action.

Having a unified service helps too.

lcarus wrote:
> and constant money sapper,

Somehow I don't think this is much of an issue to them.

Unless you mean the monthly fee, which they've solved using a top-up card system.

No offence, but me, you and the "lot of people" you refer to are moderate to hardcore gamers. As in, we actually read the news, keep up to date to some extent; it's a vast minority compared to the available market.

Yeah, common tactic regarding the stats. All an effort to make the most of what you have.

I only buy titles at full-price if they're playable on Live.

The same goes for a lot of people.

You know MS are going to use the figures from those with Silver accounts (ie straight out of the box) who've hooked up their consoles for a quick download or two. Then again they might assume that all units sold with a Silver account are being used for Live in some way but that would be like Sony counting fixed PS2s as sales etc which never happens....

Just approaching 70%.

Heh. But understandable really; less than 10% of XB owners are using Live; and MS are aiming for 50% of next gen users to go on Live when only 50% of Americans use broadband? Don't think so, Bach. Coupled with the fact that it's a hell of an effort and constant money sapper, and you have your logic.

Seen it yet?

Not as funny as this though: [URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_messages.php?threadid=132111&forumid=135[/URL]

I ended up using the standard download link.

That p2p thing's annoying.

I would have chose another download service, but the original uploader said it had unlimited downloads.

While you're waiting, here's a pic from the programme: [URL]http://mypropaganda.co.uk/crap/ja.jpg[/URL]

Grrr downloader with pop-up crapness.

Don't spam the topic, mate.