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May 2, 2005 Link to this post
The future of moneymaking
Walshicus pointed out a BBC article looking at future revenue streams for game-makers (using Halo 2, and the new maps, as an example). This is a bit misleading; Bungie is hardly the first Xbox developer to charge for after-release content... but I suppose when you're one of the biggest, folks notice. And the concept of micro-transactions for weapons upgrades, new armor, whatever... that HAS been a hot topic of discussion recently, at least among those who see a chance to make large sums of money doing it. (To me, these two ideas - microtransactions and major downloads like new maps - are completely separate, and shouldn't really be considered the same sorts of money-making material.) (Louis Wu 22:12:48 UTC)
