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Free XBL coming for GTA IV: The Lost and Damned downloaders
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article published on 12 February, 2009
Microsoft has announced that they will be offering Xbox Live for free to anyone who downloads the GTA IV expansion The Lost and Damned, for the week of February 17th-22nd.
Xbox Live multiplayer is normally reserved to those who pay for a Gold account, but the software giant is adding extra cross promotion for the downloadable content.
Additionally, Rockstar Games and XBL are promoting ... [ read the full article ]
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lxhotboy
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12. February 2009 @ 20:23 |
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I knew that Microsoft didnot just pay all that money for a download that would be available for all versions of the game. I guess xbox360 owners will be able to enjoy more of GTA, Oops.... as for me i sold my GTA long time ago. It got boring after the first 2 weeks. LOL I wonder how many people will have to buy the downloadable game for Microsoft to make a profit off the 50 million they spent on this crap.
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12. February 2009 @ 21:40 |
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I like the how this article is titled.
The Lost and Damned downloaders is what i think every time XBL goes down for hours.
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12. February 2009 @ 22:00 |
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Gold should be free anyway....
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madpappi
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12. February 2009 @ 23:05 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
I like the how this article is titled.
The Lost and Damned downloaders is what i think every time XBL goes down for hours.
really? weird i have had live for over a year and other than scheduled maintenance i have only experienced 1 outage and that lasted around an hour. not a fanboy just a fact.
now on to what this article is about.
i think ms made a big mistake paying that much for exclusive content they will have to sell 2.5 million copies just to recoup. that's gonna be hard to do specially since so many people abandoned gta4 after they finished it and traded it in.
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lxhotboy
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12. February 2009 @ 23:19 |
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Originally posted by DXR88:
I like the how this article is titled.
The Lost and Damned downloaders is what i think every time XBL goes down for hours.
really? weird i have had live for over a year and other than scheduled maintenance i have only experienced 1 outage and that lasted around an hour. not a fanboy just a fact.
now on to what this article is about.
i think ms made a big mistake paying that much for exclusive content they will have to sell 2.5 million copies just to recoup. that's gonna be hard to do specially since so many people abandoned gta4 after they finished it and traded it in.
I am afraid i must agree. XBL has been reliable with very few unscheduled downtime for years. I dont recall hours of downtime very often. @ DXR88 if you are experiencing hours of downtime often you may want to check your connections.
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lxhotboy
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12. February 2009 @ 23:22 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Gold should be free anyway....
I agree
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12. February 2009 @ 23:36 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Gold should be free anyway....
I agree
If they want a subscription setup make it worth while give out 3K worth of non roll over points a month, 8k for 25$ a month and for 50 bucks a month make it a simple 50% discount on anything through Xbox live, hell they would roll in money doing this because there are plenty of morons who would pay for the privilege...
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Paladore
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13. February 2009 @ 01:00 |
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I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P
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13. February 2009 @ 01:04 |
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Originally posted by Paladore:
I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P
But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*
:P
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ripxrush
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13. February 2009 @ 01:34 |
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I wonder how many people will have to buy the downloadable game for Microsoft to make a profit off the 50 million they spent on this crap.
well 160 XBL Points cost Aprox. $20 (depending where you get them) so:
50,000,000/20=2,500,000
50 Million
Divided by
20
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2.5 million
that would be the break even point! I am sure that FREE XBL for a week has a price on their servers & upgrades but i am sure they are hoping a certain % or new users of Purchased XBL service just to use the online content after that week!
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13. February 2009 @ 01:40 |
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I wonder how many people will have to buy the downloadable game for Microsoft to make a profit off the 50 million they spent on this crap.
well 160 XBL Points cost Aprox. $20 (depending where you get them) so:
50,000,000/20=2,500,000
50 Million
Divided by
20
=
2.5 million
that would be the break even point! I am sure that FREE XBL for a week has a price on their servers & upgrades but i am sure they are hoping a certain % or new users of Purchased XBL service just to use the online content after that week!
Wait 160 points is 20$?
WTF?!?!
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13. February 2009 @ 08:56 |
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I think he mean 1,600.
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13. February 2009 @ 11:28 |
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It was a joke people, i know that it hasn't been down for a while, but you all are hot to jump in the flames.
its just when it does happen thats what i think.
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13. February 2009 @ 13:10 |
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Originally posted by Se7ven:
I think he mean 1,600.
that should be closer to 20K...10K at least...... points to buy games with should never be more than 100 a buck or 2.......
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r3d2tango
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13. February 2009 @ 19:10 |
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Originally posted by Paladore:
I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P
But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*
:P
what good games?
my XBL ran out this month and i have no plans on renewing it.
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13. February 2009 @ 19:12 |
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Originally posted by Paladore:
I pay my 50 a year to be an asshole online. these ps3 punks do it for free without paying for that right :P
But but they are paying for it without halo..and the other good MP games...*rolls eyes*
:P
what good games?
my XBL ran out this month and i have no plans on renewing it.
I was kidding :P
They all have practically the same games.. but for the WII.
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madpappi
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13. February 2009 @ 22:48 |
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wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
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13. February 2009 @ 22:55 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
its become that cheap now?
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scorpNZ
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14. February 2009 @ 00:45 |
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Perhaps if you're states side but not all countries have the same exchange rate,how much you pay & whether it's a rip off is relative anyway,the more hours you game the more you get you're money's worth,tho personally there ought'a be a system like prepay mobile phones where you only pay for what you use & as for having to pay for bloody themes,icons etc or maps,they can piss off
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14. February 2009 @ 00:45 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.
Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.
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14. February 2009 @ 00:47 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.
Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.
so you can;t use live points to pay for gold?
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14. February 2009 @ 00:53 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.
Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.
so you can;t use live points to pay for gold?
? thats confusing, you purchase live points to download games or content from XBL which is additional and is separate from the subscription plan.
This allows XBL silver users to obtain downloadable content too.
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redux79
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14. February 2009 @ 18:18 |
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madpappi
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14. February 2009 @ 23:48 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.
Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.
i never said direct from xbl
as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.
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15. February 2009 @ 00:10 |
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Originally posted by madpappi:
wow to to anyone who pays retail for xbl well sorry but your sucker lol
i got over 5 years of xbl for under $45 ... i am still amazed that people pay retail .
WTF are you talking about, it's 50 bucks a year. there is no retail the service comes direct from XBL.
Unless you managed to get the XBL gold 1 year subscription cards for under $10.00 a piece.
i never said direct from xbl
as a matter of fact i managed to get xbox live vision bundles that include the video camera ,200 ms points,2 or 3 (dont remember how many) xbox live games ,wired headset and a year of xbox live for UNDER $10 each :)
even last week a careful shopper could have picked up 1 year card for $30 at bestbuy. deals at $30 for a year are actually commom place now in this tight economy you gotta sniff out the great deals.
So 300$ worth of crap to get 3 years worth of live?
I don't see how its a good thing....
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