Originally Posted by
meancode
In the nicest way possible, and not to get bitched at by his own bosses, you just saw Major Nelson blow up on his blog. He is fed up with the bull shit too. Off the record, I am sure he would say the same thing I have been saying for months now, that the bitching and complaining has got to stop, as it is unwarranted.
The GRAW map pack came out the other week, the CoD2 map pack just came out. There is your f'ing content.
When they *announced* Texas Hold'em and SF II Hyper Fighting at CES, they did not give a hard date. They have yet to give a release date for the software. So how on earth can anyone complain about it being "late."
Complain all you want about it not being here, that is fine. I wish this stuff was here already. I wish I didn't have to login to my JP account to download the Chromehounds demo, I wish there were 12 new Arcade games available tomorrow, but it isn't going to happen.
I thought it was clear by now that MS tried to get developers on board a couple years ago to get games lined up, developed, tested, and ready for release on Arcade. That didn't happen. If it did, we would likely be playing SFII on XBLA by now.
Prey doesn't come out until July 11, and they haven't had the best track record of getting demos on Live in the first place. Someone obviously thought the 360 demo was not ready for prime time.
"But the PC demo is already out!" It is not uncommon at all, since it is being built for Windows and the 360. There are many factors we don't know about. But when the demo does hit Marketplace, people will find something else to bitch about, not understanding how fortunate they are for having such a service.
People are going to complain using the most convienent means possible. They are also not going to care who they should be complaining to. Microsoft is the easy target here, and the Major Nelson blog, for better or worse, makes complaining to/about Microsoft that much easier.
If I were Major Nelson, I would turn comments off. They are worse than GameFAQs. He just posted of a new Top Spin 2 demo, and there is nothing but bitching for the Prey demo. That is just pathetic. Don't you think that he, of all people, would like to get the Prey demo on Live?
Now, for as long as it took to write this, I should be able to download Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, and the Prey Demo on Xbox Live. Now where is this stuff, I should have it already. And what about a Saints Row demo, why can't I play that right now? Whaaa whaaaa whaaaaaa. (that was sarcasm folks)
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Oh well I'm sure its pretty damn good.
