Microsoft Milks Xbox Live
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| The complaints were reportedly set off by comments from Mark Rein,
| vice president of Gears developer Epic Games, who claimed that Epic
| wanted to give away the maps but Microsoft insisted on charging for
| them. An analyst quoted in the article estimates Microsoft gets $3
| per download while the publisher gets $7, and that "the entire
| downloadable game content market is currently valued at $200
| million, compared with $19 billion for overall game software sales last
| year". However, the profit margin in a lot higher because the maps are
| easier and cheaper to produce than a whole game.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/23/microsoft-xbox-videogames-tech-cx_0523paidcontent.html?partner=yahootix
Last week:
Microsoft banning hacked consoles, users from Xbox Live
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| According to the Xbox's Gamerscore blog, henceforth when a modded
| console is detected on the Live network, users can expect to have
| their account auto-banned, and their console permanently disabled
| from the system.
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http://robots.engadget.com/2007/05/17/microsoft-banning-hacked-consoles-users-from-xbox-live/
http://tinyurl.com/399npn
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