@preacher001: It's so good to finally meet another Netflix investor/producer/writer/director. I thought I was the only one passing judgment on things I TOTALLY know everything about. What shows/movies/productions have you been involved with?
@TexArcane: Alan Moore has given his two cents' worth of thought back when his books were first being made into films. I'm guessing the concept of taking his material and melting it into an amalgam with Batman would fall somewhere into the realm of his general tone: "I don't want anything to do with it, the idea exists only to make money and that's fine for them, but it's not fine for me."
I think it's funny as hell that people, including the reviewer, seem to be surprised about the issues with Mafia III when these were some of the same exact problems with Mafia II.
@Xristophoros: @cboye18 was onto something. If you buy a cell phone and pay a monthly service fee of "everything" versus a "what you actually use" fee, the cost savings alone is worthwhile. If you buy 10 hours of online play in January for $0.50/hour, you're paying $5 for the service which is what the service is going to cost you now anyway if you decide to renew your PSPlus subscription after September 22. If you only play for 6 hours online in January, you've still got 4 hours left over that roll into February. Then you can restock your hours if you want. To play for another 2 hours because you figured out that you only play for 6 hours a month, costs you only another $1.00 instead of another $5.00.
This is a very awesome idea and I would think anyone would want to pay for only what they use of something rather than a flat, constant, regular fee.
So, the price vs. value ratio model is actually higher than you think.
@ntomatas1: Fraud constitutes a willful wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. What Sony is doing is what is best for their business. That is the reasoning. And regarding "no cost for Sony", perhaps a visit to this website might be in order:
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