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#1 Solid_Tango
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So i came home all excited to download the crysis 2 demo and for my surprise live would not let me download it.

Why? Because i m not a paying member :|:|:|:|:|

How can they even get away with this? Arent demos supposted to be free?

If they thought that was a good idea to make people pay for life then forget about it, i m NOT paying for live ever again.

This is just un ethical and i cant even erease my credit card info from the system wtf?

:roll: How can you guys deal with this?

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So i came home all excited to download the crysis 2 demo and for my surprise live would not let me download it.

Why? Because i m not a paying member :|:|:|:|:|

How can they even get away with this? Arent demos supposted to be free?

If they thought that was a good idea to make people pay for life then forget about it, i m NOT paying for live ever again.

This is just un ethical and i cant even erease my credit card info from the system wtf?

:roll: How can you guys deal with this?

Solid_Tango
xbox.com is your friend on both. you can take your account off there and ensure the dlc will download
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#3 Prophylactixx
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So i came home all excited to download the crysis 2 demo and for my surprise live would not let me download it.

Why? Because i m not a paying member :|:|:|:|:|

How can they even get away with this? Arent demos supposted to be free?

If they thought that was a good idea to make people pay for life then forget about it, i m NOT paying for live ever again.

This is just un ethical and i cant even erease my credit card info from the system wtf?

:roll: How can you guys deal with this?

Solid_Tango

Demos are free, for paying members. How can they get away with it? Simple, it's called supply and demand, they have supplied a product and service in which millions enjoy and are willing to pay for. There is nothing unethical about what they do, it's simply a business decision and you have no obligation to pay. There are other platforms for you to choose from if it's really that much to your dis-liking.

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#4 Large_Soda
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The Crysis 2 demo is a multiplayer demo, to play multiplayer games you require a paid membership – that is why you can't download it. What's better: The way they're doing it now, or letting you download the demo and then smacking you in the face saying you can't play it?

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im pretty sure xbox live gold members get the demo first, silver members get it, just later
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#6 Davulao
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The Crysis 2 demo is a multiplayer demo, to play multiplayer games you require a paid membership – that is why you can't download it. What's better: The way they're doing it now, or letting you download the demo and then smacking you in the face saying you can't play it?

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So i came home all excited to download the crysis 2 demo and for my surprise live would not let me download it.

Why? Because i m not a paying member :|:|:|:|:|

How can they even get away with this? Arent demos supposted to be free?

If they thought that was a good idea to make people pay for life then forget about it, i m NOT paying for live ever again.

This is just un ethical and i cant even erease my credit card info from the system wtf?

:roll: How can you guys deal with this?

Solid_Tango

How do we deal with it?

Easy, it's called paying for services

You have an interesting viewpoint, after you typed this up did you have this conversation with your cable provider.....

"Hey, I want to watch a movie from HBO on demand but it says I can't unless I subscribe to the channel for a fee"

"well yes sir that's how it works"

"But it says HBO demand has movies with no rental charges ready whenever I want"

"For a fee sir"

"So you expect I pay you for life?"

Because that's how you're looking here. You refuse to pay for a service then you don't get all the benefits of that service.

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#8 chaosflare44
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im pretty sure xbox live gold members get the demo first, silver members get it, just laterchaoscougar1
This. MS usually releases demos for gold members first, then later for everyone else. However if it's a multiplayer demo as some have said then you may need a gold membership anyway, though I don't know how that works. Btw, Xbox live is a service, and like all services you're not entitled to anything if you don't pay. Just saying...
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#9 chaoscougar1
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[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"]im pretty sure xbox live gold members get the demo first, silver members get it, just laterchaosflare44
This. MS usually releases demos for gold members first, then later for everyone else. However if it's a multiplayer demo as some have said then you may need a gold membership anyway, though I don't know how that works. Btw, Xbox live is a service, and like all services you're not entitled to anything if you don't pay. Just saying...

you and jayson are correct, and i sorta didnt realise it till you said it, essentially TC wants something for nothing. MS doesnt reward you for having an ISP and an ethernet cable...

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#10 MethodManFTW
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it's a multiplayer demo... you couldn't play it anyway if you didn't have gold.
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#11 rattleheadxyz
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Yeah, I'm sometimes irritated by their gold exclusive demos as well. But, LIVE is so freakin' cheap and it offers so much that I really can't complain.

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#12 broken_ops
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its a multi player demo, what costs money on xbox live?? the ability to play muti player online. ur not a gold member, so u dont get access to it. simple really. i dont see why ur shocked and upset that ur unable to access it. but fear not, i believe theres a free gold weekend coming up,so u should be able to try it out then
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#13 stucazedmacca
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why not just make a new game tag and get the one month trial, download the demo, and either play on that tag or play on your Silver one, u can do it.