nostradamus very few with religious beliefs are naive or zealots, but for sure don't find amusing their beliefs being thrown in for clout. maybe STFU with that discourse? (5 Days ago)
der_ton Pretty sure Loakum was making fun of religious naive people who thought that God and Trump have a good connection. And the most recent "Bruh..." means "Bruh, don't you get my sarcasm?" (1 Week ago)
Loakum @b0vril: Bruh… (3 Weeks ago)
b0vril @Loakum: You know who else God protected from assassination? Hitler. (6 Weeks ago)
Loakum God protected Trump. The world witnessed that miracle. (7 Weeks ago)
Loakum *juice (it’s a potent brand, that causes typos) lol (7 Weeks ago)
Loakum Trump keeps winning! *takes a victorious sip of grape huice* (7 Weeks ago)
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with the NXE came the new Premium-Themes (for 250 Points each) and I think it's time to start a thread where we can see preview pictures of all of them, since each comes with it's own "Friends" section.
These are most of the available Premium Themes as of today (feel free to add pictures of new and/or missing ones):
Call of Duty World at War NXE Premium Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Castle Crashers Theme Pack for TP Version 2: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Fable II General Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Forza 2 NXE Theme 1: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Gears of War 2 Crash Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Gears of War 2 Destroyed Beauty Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Gears of War 2 Last Days Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Gears of War 2 Sera Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Guitar Hero World Tour NXE Premium Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Halo 3 Theme Nov 2008: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Halo Wars You’re in Command Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Last Remnant Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Need for Speed Undercover - Maggie Q Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
NINJA BLADE Premium Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Rock Band 2 Premium Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Shaun White Snowboarding Freedom Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Skate 2 New San Van Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Sonic Unleashed Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Tomb Raider: Underworld - Theme 2.0: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise Theme: 250 MS Points and available everywhere.
(Pics taken from NeoGAF forum, just blurred the gamertags and resized them)
Castle Crashers
Call of Duty
Fable 2
Forza Motorsport 2
Gears of War 2 - Clash
Gears of War 2 - Destroyed Beauty
Gears of War 2 - Last Days
Guitar Hero
Halo3
Halo Wars
Last Remnant
Tomb Raider
Viva Pinata - Trouble in Paradise
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They should be free ffs. Same with gamerpics.
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And 3 euro doesn't sound much, but it's all gonna add up.. In total you're gonna spend a little fortune on this hobby.. I paid 400 euro for my Xbox 360, +/- 150 euro's for accessoires like a extra controler, play&charge kits, VGA cable etc, 180 euro for 3 years of XBL, over 600 euro for the 10 Xbox 360 games I bought, and about 100 euro on arcade games, DLC and other BS.. In total that's well over a 1000 euro's.. I think I've spend the same ammount of money on my PC upgrades and PC games in the last 3 years.. Whoever said consolegaming was so much cheaper?? Not if you're hardcore about it anyway..
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Nobody's even forcing you to buy a theme. This is the way of a lot of markets where you need to weigh want against price and decide for yourself, even the ones where you go into a store and there is all this stuff everywhere and they're asking money for it and you can walk out of there without spending any money at all.
Or you could buy a chocolate bar or whatever and eat it and complain about how you just ate your 3 euro instead.
The way a theme is set up you prolly won't shell out for more than one in a given amount of time unless you're prone to change backgrounds every day.
And it's still up to you! Freedom of choice, huzzah!
Nobody's even forcing you to buy a theme. This is the way of a lot of markets where you need to weigh want against price and decide for yourself, even the ones where you go into a store and there is all this stuff everywhere and they're asking money for it and you can walk out of there without spending any money at all.
Or you could buy a chocolate bar or whatever and eat it and complain about how you just ate your 3 euro instead.
The way a theme is set up you prolly won't shell out for more than one in a given amount of time unless you're prone to change backgrounds every day.
And it's still up to you! Freedom of choice, huzzah!
but another thing, even if they were all free, it would loose its novelty and exclusivity as everyone would just download all of them and then you would get people cheeky enough to complain their hard drives arnt big enough to put all their free themes on. if its not one thing its another, people will always complain. at least it keeps companies on their toes though.
@Simon: You bring the whole 'if you don't want it don't buy it' argument to the table but here's the thing.. What if I do want a theme.
Want against price you say..
If a chocolate bar is too expensive I won't buy it. If it's at reasonable price I'll be munching away.
Sure, Themes might not tear a whole in your wallet but it's all about the principle.
I can't think of one good reason as to why MS are charging for themes.
Although this post suggests otherwise, at the end of the day I'm not going to loose any sleep because I can't have that cool Fable 2 theme.
What does bother me is that MS are charging for this sort of thing, and out there people are bending over and accepting the cost.
Jioann00 your post makes no sense. Your saying it should not be free because people will complain about something else? Do you honestly believe that it's ok to pay for fancy desktop wallpaper?
And as for the NXE being free.. I'm pretty sure Gold Member subscriptions paid for that.
Oh look, I'm a gold member. I guess I did pay for that.
But unlike themes, I think the that was worth the money.
Sorry for the topic derailing. I guess you hit a nerve :)
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I got the Halo theme because I think it looks fantastic and I love the universe. For me, the Halo theme makes sense as a timeless backdrop, and I'm comfortable paying for it once to just have it on there instead of the snazzy but ultimately kinda mundane default one.
For me, the rationalization works and I don't mind shelling out 3 euro for it this one time. My candy bar reference was very much one I use myself, I often think in terms of what I spend on stuff that just vanishes anyway. If I buy an XBLA game once and don't get the obligatory snickers, mars and twix bars when I go for groceries next, it's plus minus zero.
But if you reckon it's not worth it then that's totally up to you aswell. There were free themes with the old dashboard and some will be free now too - notably the ones without custom models in the friends list I presume.
Sorry for the topic derailing. I guess you hit a nerve :)
imo its ok for a film company to release a movie and then charge people for posters of the movie to put on their bedroom walls. (like microsoft charge people for themes of the games they like.
wheras imo its wrong to release a movie, and then charge the audiance again 2 months later for something that should have been in the movie in the first place. ( like microsoft charging for fable 2 download content)
do i make sense now?
You reminded me of when the 360 first launched, and I bought the Penny Arcade picture pack and I've stuck with the same avatar until recently so in my head that purchase was validated. Plus I am a fan of PA so I didn't mind it so much.
So whilst I may never fork out for themes and virtual clothes, I can see why some people do.
Still, I wish MS would have the good grace to give us these sort of things for free. But I suppose that's a bit like telling a wild tiger to turn vegie.
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Bitches!!
Themes, clothes and gamerpics.
The dispenser is a Spy!
** Yes We CAN!! **
Mass Effect Ascension- July '08 - Continue the Fight!!!
Bitches!!
Themes, clothes and gamerpics.
nintendo are STILL selling wiis in huge numbers, therefore dispite the old technology and cheap production (how easy it is to make a fucking themes and gamerpics) they wont lower the price, from a companies point of view it would be pointless as it would be lowering there profits when they are still selling them anyway. giving gamer pics and themes for free when people are still spending money on them? not good for business.
its just business. best thing to do is not buy them, it wont effect your games anyway, which is why you buy a console in the first place. although all that is starting to change what with now releasing short games and then charging for more quests 2 months later... that is plain exploitation, not just a way to make money.
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Some people here talk about freedom of choice, but I don't call that much freedom of choice when only 1 offering party controls everything.. Compare it to socalled premium wallpapers and ringtones on mobile phones, plenty of people (stupidly enough) that pay for those things, while at the same time you can also get content for free (just download any free picture or soundfile from the internet, copy it to your phone, and you're done).. Or with the PC where 3rd party and the community itself creates lots of extra content for free for a lot of games.. That important (for me at least) choice and competition is nonexistent on the consoles.. MS can bassicly ask whatever they want to a point where even the biggest "fans" won't pay anymore..
Piracy really is not the only reason why more & more developers and publishers prefer the consoles over the PC.. The ability to charge for extra content surely is one of them.. It's also why I predict that it will be some time before we really see free 3rd party and community content on the consoles, especially the Xbox, if ever.. Sony offers the most free content, but they'll probably move more towards MS's buisinessmodel then increase the free stuff.. Like others here already said, it's a buisiness afterall..
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