EA vs Microsoft - a history

In the beginning, there was XBox and everything was good. Online gaming was
but a twinkle in Microsoft's eye and it was free for all on the PC.
Microsoft introduced online gaming to XBox and charged for it. The people
balked, and thus were screwed in paying for online gaming they were used to
being free. Microsoft enjoyed the screwing, it made them hard. Then came EA
and they too liked to screw their customers. Alas, but they found the
customers were already screwed once and wary of another royal screwing. This
concerned EA as they wanted to be hard also. Microsoft tells EA, "Listen, we
already screwed them, so we've got the inside track on screwing them some
more. We do all the screwing, we get all the money and you get a few more
sales. Whaddyasay?" EA said "No, we want to do the screwing. We want all of
your screwed customers to bend over one more time and let US screw them!"
Microsoft said "We already thoroughly screwd them, they cannot take another
screwing!" EA said "We will make them bleed if we have to!" Microsoft said
"Not on our servers, do you know how hard it is to scrub crusty blood off of
servers?" And Sony said "We don't screw our customers at all, they are fresh
and clean for gang-screwing!" So EA said "Screw Microsoft and their selfish
screwing, we're going over to Sony's camp to gang-screw the people with
other companies." And so, EA said "Let there be the screwing and the
bleeding and the general malcontent! And we get the monays!" So the
unsuspecting PS2 crowd got gang-screwed and paid the monays for it. The XBox
crowd continued to pay their tribute to Microsoft for the honor of getting
screwed by one since it was preferable to a bloody gang-screwing.

Yea, sounds like someone has a chip on their shoulder.

We all don't like paying to play a game that we paid to buy, but at least
microsoft came up with the best solution. I'd rather pay one 'subscription'
to play all of my games than have to pay for each game.




"The Posting One" <nowhere@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:ei0gyNffDHA.696@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In the beginning, there was XBox and everything was good. Online gaming
was
> but a twinkle in Microsoft's eye and it was free for all on the PC.
> Microsoft introduced online gaming to XBox and charged for it. The people
> balked, and thus were screwed in paying for online gaming they were used
to
> being free. Microsoft enjoyed the screwing, it made them hard. Then came
EA
> and they too liked to screw their customers. Alas, but they found the
> customers were already screwed once and wary of another royal screwing.
This
> concerned EA as they wanted to be hard also. Microsoft tells EA, "Listen,
we
> already screwed them, so we've got the inside track on screwing them some
> more. We do all the screwing, we get all the money and you get a few more
> sales. Whaddyasay?" EA said "No, we want to do the screwing. We want all
of
> your screwed customers to bend over one more time and let US screw them!"
> Microsoft said "We already thoroughly screwd them, they cannot take
another
> screwing!" EA said "We will make them bleed if we have to!" Microsoft said
> "Not on our servers, do you know how hard it is to scrub crusty blood off
of
> servers?" And Sony said "We don't screw our customers at all, they are
fresh
> and clean for gang-screwing!" So EA said "Screw Microsoft and their
selfish
> screwing, we're going over to Sony's camp to gang-screw the people with
> other companies." And so, EA said "Let there be the screwing and the
> bleeding and the general malcontent! And we get the monays!" So the
> unsuspecting PS2 crowd got gang-screwed and paid the monays for it. The
XBox
> crowd continued to pay their tribute to Microsoft for the honor of getting
> screwed by one since it was preferable to a bloody gang-screwing.
>
>

On 21-Sep-2003, "Tom T" <fettslave1@netscape.net> wrote:

> We all don't like paying to play a game that we paid to buy, but at least
> microsoft came up with the best solution. I'd rather pay one
> 'subscription'
> to play all of my games than have to pay for each game.

Me too... Hey, what about PSO? Darn...

For future reference, if a game is an MMORPG, or is planning expansion packs
(packs that carry multiple levels etc. not just a few weapons or a map)
expect to pay for them. If they are free then great.

"CJ" <cj@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:As6dnfGPgKJEJe2iRVn-vA@giganews.com...
>
> On 21-Sep-2003, "Tom T" <fettslave1@netscape.net> wrote:
>
> > We all don't like paying to play a game that we paid to buy, but at
least
> > microsoft came up with the best solution. I'd rather pay one
> > 'subscription'
> > to play all of my games than have to pay for each game.
>
> Me too... Hey, what about PSO? Darn...

now that was amazingly funny!
"The Posting One" <nowhere@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:ei0gyNffDHA.696@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In the beginning, there was XBox and everything was good. Online gaming
was
> but a twinkle in Microsoft's eye and it was free for all on the PC.
> Microsoft introduced online gaming to XBox and charged for it. The people
> balked, and thus were screwed in paying for online gaming they were used
to
> being free. Microsoft enjoyed the screwing, it made them hard. Then came
EA
> and they too liked to screw their customers. Alas, but they found the
> customers were already screwed once and wary of another royal screwing.
This
> concerned EA as they wanted to be hard also. Microsoft tells EA, "Listen,
we
> already screwed them, so we've got the inside track on screwing them some
> more. We do all the screwing, we get all the money and you get a few more
> sales. Whaddyasay?" EA said "No, we want to do the screwing. We want all
of
> your screwed customers to bend over one more time and let US screw them!"
> Microsoft said "We already thoroughly screwd them, they cannot take
another
> screwing!" EA said "We will make them bleed if we have to!" Microsoft said
> "Not on our servers, do you know how hard it is to scrub crusty blood off
of
> servers?" And Sony said "We don't screw our customers at all, they are
fresh
> and clean for gang-screwing!" So EA said "Screw Microsoft and their
selfish
> screwing, we're going over to Sony's camp to gang-screw the people with
> other companies." And so, EA said "Let there be the screwing and the
> bleeding and the general malcontent! And we get the monays!" So the
> unsuspecting PS2 crowd got gang-screwed and paid the monays for it. The
XBox
> crowd continued to pay their tribute to Microsoft for the honor of getting
> screwed by one since it was preferable to a bloody gang-screwing.
>
>

I have no problem paying for a MMORPG, but there are non for live yet!


NO PSO is not a MMORPG, you play with what 4 people???
what a ****ing joke!

hell I Play with 16 on GR and it FREE!



"Union Kane" <bgnl75@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u9$sf#qgDHA.1832@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> For future reference, if a game is an MMORPG, or is planning expansion
packs
> (packs that carry multiple levels etc. not just a few weapons or a map)
> expect to pay for them. If they are free then great.
>
> "CJ" <cj@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:As6dnfGPgKJEJe2iRVn-vA@giganews.com...
> >
> > On 21-Sep-2003, "Tom T" <fettslave1@netscape.net> wrote:
> >
> > > We all don't like paying to play a game that we paid to buy, but at
> least
> > > microsoft came up with the best solution. I'd rather pay one
> > > 'subscription'
> > > to play all of my games than have to pay for each game.
> >
> > Me too... Hey, what about PSO? Darn...
>
>
>