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Re: Wake Up HBO
Posted By: Cody MillerDate: 6/28/12 10:49 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Wake Up HBO (Louis Wu)


: They're aiming their product at an online market; most of the requirements
: are already met by most of this demographic. You're outside the
: demographic - maybe this game isn't for you.

The issue I really have is that they are tying this to the online when it is basically offline content. It's essentially another campaign. I'm happy they are making it free for the first season, but if you can't deny the purpose of this is to sell gold subscriptions.

I am totally okay with online multiplayer requiring a gold subscription - after all the only way to play online multiplayer is online. But what you are looking at here is the beginning of something pretty sinister for games.

Again, this is about selling Gold subscriptions, as well as keeping you from owning the game in its entirety or buying used. I would be pleasantly surprised if Spartan Ops were free for EVERYONE, and not just those that get a one time use code with their new purchase.

I think my entire concern would be mitigated by a disc release of Spartan Ops. I'd even wait until after it runs its course and all the seasons are done, and pay for a disc. If the missions are worth the asking price, then I think everybody wins there.

I doubt that's going to happen though, because then it would be possible to buy all the content used, and there is a huge war on used sales in the games industry that does nothing to make the player's experience any better.

I'm all for giving people the option to buy digitally, so long as a physical copy is always available. If someone works out a digital distribution system that functions exactly like a real disc (I can lend it, sell it, play it on whatever console I want, etc) then we can ditch physical media.

But we are moving toward a system where you are losing control over what you buy, and the sad part is people are seeing this as a good thing. Stockholm Syndrome.

Again, if there are plans for a disc release, not unlike the Halo 2 map pack, then all of my fears and concerns will totally vanish.

You are totally right; perhaps I'm not the target market. That seems to be happening more and more these days…

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Replies:

Wake Up HBOZaneZavin 6/27/12 7:59 a.m.
     Re: Wake Up HBOmc_leprechaun 6/27/12 9:17 a.m.
           Re: Wake Up HBONotTheVacuum 6/27/12 10:16 a.m.
                 Re: Wake Up HBOLouis Wu 6/27/12 11:21 a.m.
                       Re: Wake Up HBONotTheVacuum 6/27/12 11:47 a.m.
                 Re: Wake Up HBOmc_leprechaun 6/27/12 11:24 a.m.
                 Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/27/12 3:58 p.m.
                       Re: Wake Up HBOGrizzlei 6/27/12 4:22 p.m.
                             Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/27/12 6:15 p.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBODEEP NNN 6/27/12 8:06 p.m.
                                         Re: Wake Up HBOGrizzlei 6/27/12 8:23 p.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBOGeneral Vagueness 6/27/12 9:44 p.m.
                       Re: Wake Up HBOKermit 6/27/12 9:35 p.m.
                             Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/27/12 10:44 p.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBOZackDark 6/27/12 11:52 p.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBOFlynn J Taggart 6/28/12 1:11 a.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBOpadraig08 6/28/12 1:47 a.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBONotTheVacuum 6/28/12 7:26 a.m.
                                   Re: Wake Up HBOLouis Wu 6/28/12 7:49 a.m.
                                         Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/28/12 10:49 a.m.
                                               Re: Wake Up HBOCompton 6/28/12 11:08 a.m.
                                               Re: Wake Up HBONotTheVacuum 6/28/12 11:48 a.m.
                                               Re: My thoughts (long)Revenant1988 6/28/12 12:18 p.m.
                                               Re: Wake Up HBOLouis Wu 6/28/12 12:57 p.m.
                                                     Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/28/12 1:42 p.m.
                                                     Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/28/12 7:24 p.m.
                                                           Re: Wake Up HBOGeneral Vagueness 6/28/12 9:11 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/29/12 2:45 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Wake Up HBODEEP NNN 6/29/12 4:32 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/29/12 8:28 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Wake Up HBOKermit 6/29/12 9:34 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Wake Up HBOGeneral Vagueness 6/29/12 11:36 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Wake Up HBODEEP NNN 6/29/12 10:21 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Wake Up HBOBernard Strauss 6/30/12 9:34 a.m.
                                                                                         Other post was @Cody *NM*Bernard Strauss 6/30/12 9:35 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: Wake Up HBOGeneral Vagueness 6/30/12 11:19 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: Wake Up HBOBernard Strauss 6/30/12 3:47 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Wake Up HBOBernard Strauss 6/30/12 3:52 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Wake Up HBOGeneral Vagueness 6/29/12 5:11 p.m.
                                                           Re: Wake Up HBOLouis Wu 6/29/12 6:40 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Wake Up HBOCody Miller 6/29/12 10:48 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Wake Up HBOLouis Wu 6/29/12 11:22 a.m.
                       Re: Wake Up HBOCompton 6/27/12 10:35 p.m.
                             Re: Wake Up HBOZackDark 6/27/12 10:40 p.m.
     SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Thanks!SEspider 6/27/12 9:18 a.m.
     some specificsZaneZavin 6/27/12 9:54 a.m.
           Re: some specificsRevenant1988 6/27/12 10:00 a.m.
           Re: some specificsChrisTheeCrappy 6/27/12 10:13 a.m.
                 Re: some specificsyakaman 6/27/12 12:16 p.m.
                       Re: some specificsprofhalo 6/27/12 1:30 p.m.
                       Re: some specificsGravemind 6/27/12 1:47 p.m.
           Re: some specificsAvateur 6/27/12 3:11 p.m.
     Re: Wake Up HBODEEP NNN 6/27/12 10:22 a.m.
     Re: Wake Up HBOSchooly D 6/27/12 10:32 a.m.
     Re: Wake Up HBOserpx 6/27/12 12:48 p.m.
           Re: Wake Up HBOMetalingus627 6/27/12 5:12 p.m.



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