Anyone hate paying money for maps and downloadable content on xbox live???

I love free stuff...Sadly the world don't work the way we want it too.

I am not going to pay $4 for the two new Halo 2 maps. I will never purchase downloadable content off Xbox live.

I hate it, I mean I already bought the game and they expect me to pay more money for maps.. I like free donwloadable content... What do you think???AnalogOdyssey

 seriously you bought the full game, and the new things are just addons. if you dont want them, dont buy them. Its simple, the companies that make the games, are there for making money. If people are complaining about paying 4 bucks, then you really should take a look at your life, and spending habits, and see if you really should be paying 500+ bucks for a gaming system, if 4 dollars is too steep for you.

You guys are paying for XBL, which goes thru to MS. As for the gaming companies, who have CONTRACTS with gaming companies, such as Epic, they need the extra little coin too, which comes from the cost of Map Packs.

Now your gonna say, EPIC WANTS TO GIVE FOR FREE!!!!! yes they do, but im sure that in thier little contracts with MS, that they have to come to a deal, MS wants money, thats what its there for, but be assured, that a company like Epic, is not going to let MS take all the profits from that. Be assured that EPIC is getting thier share from the GEoW map packs.

There is a lot more involved then one may think. If you think that your petitions, and your compaining is going to change the minds of these comapnies, you got another thing coming. Simpley because they have dedicated players, such as myself, that are willing to pay for the extras. My way of saying, "thanks for not giving it all in one CD, and releasing something to keep the game alive".

Sure there are those online games, where the game comanies give you the free servers.....have you ever played on them? THEY SUCK. why do u think that large clans, that play PC, pay a few hundre bucks a month to run thier servers. Im part of a BF2 clan that has 3 BF2142 servers, 3 BF2 Servers, and 1 TS and 1 Vent server. hmmmm how much do you think that costs us to play? Thats for one game.

so, your 60/year - MS

your 4-10bucks for addons - MS/Gaming company.

dont be a cheap bastard.......dont eat at Mcdonalds today, and go buy the map packs instead. after all, 2 4L of milk, costs more then the addons on XBL.

[QUOTE="AnalogOdyssey"]I hate it, I mean I already bought the game and they expect me to pay more money for maps.. I like free donwloadable content... What do you think???BikerPunk

seriously you bought the full game, and the new things are just addons. if you dont want them, dont buy them. Its simple, the companies that make the games, are there for making money. If people are complaining about paying 4 bucks, then you really should take a look at your life, and spending habits, and see if you really should be paying 500+ bucks for a gaming system, if 4 dollars is too steep for you.

You guys are paying for XBL, which goes thru to MS. As for the gaming companies, who have CONTRACTS with gaming companies, such as Epic, they need the extra little coin too, which comes from the cost of Map Packs.

Now your gonna say, EPIC WANTS TO GIVE FOR FREE!!!!! yes they do, but im sure that in thier little contracts with MS, that they have to come to a deal, MS wants money, thats what its there for, but be assured, that a company like Epic, is not going to let MS take all the profits from that. Be assured that EPIC is getting thier share from the GEoW map packs.

There is a lot more involved then one may think. If you think that your petitions, and your compaining is going to change the minds of these comapnies, you got another thing coming. Simpley because they have dedicated players, such as myself, that are willing to pay for the extras. My way of saying, "thanks for not giving it all in one CD, and releasing something to keep the game alive".

Sure there are those online games, where the game comanies give you the free servers.....have you ever played on them? THEY SUCK. why do u think that large clans, that play PC, pay a few hundre bucks a month to run thier servers. Im part of a BF2 clan that has 3 BF2142 servers, 3 BF2 Servers, and 1 TS and 1 Vent server. hmmmm how much do you think that costs us to play? Thats for one game.

so, your 60/year - MS

your 4-10bucks for addons - MS/Gaming company.

dont be a cheap bastard.......dont eat at Mcdonalds today, and go buy the map packs instead. after all, 2 4L of milk, costs more then the addons on XBL.

I agree. If I paid $60 for the game and I am satisfied, then it isn't like those extra maps are required to enjoy the game. However, if we start releasing multiplayer games with one gametype and two maps out of the box and charging for more, I am going to get pissed. 

Ya I think that paying for online is enough, no that its very expensive. But I expecially hate it when the devs of a game(Epic for example) want to give you new maps and such for free but MS makes you pay for them.Mikey289

Wow, You really got a grip on how this works, don't you?

Content has to be made and published... who pays for that? Free labour, I suppose? The only reason the Epic stuff was free was that it was sponsored by Discovery Channel. MS doesn't make a Publisher sell things as opposed to giving them away, the fact that these people need to get paid is why it costs you money. Don't suppose you just go into a store and expect everything to be free, do you? I mean, what about taxes? They are paid so why should you have to buy anything?

I think being asked to pay for this content is unaccepable for a combination of two reasons:

1)we already bought a $60 game

2)we already pay to use xbox live.

Combine the two, we shouldn't have to spend alot of money on DLC.

Us paying for Live has nothing to do with the companies that make games and sets prices for their content that they spend money on to make.