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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:25:24 PM
barge the microtransactions
Not to be perceived as lacking courage or conviction but truly MSFT intentions are unknown to me. However, how in the world are they going to pull off microtransactions. SKS has ALWAYS said gaming was a natural here... could this truly be the first iteration of the good things to come? Could we be seeing executive firmware introduced? The HD version should be out Fall of 2005 with the third XBOX-2 iteration due out next year (a full blown PC version). My head hurts.. I just don't know BUT IT IS INTERESTING
Xbox Store Seen Opening New Gaming Revenue Streams
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New car: $1. New helmet: 5 cents. Flashy new warrior's sword: 50 cents. Bigger baseball bat: three for $2. Magic spell to help defeat that tricky warlord on level five: 10 cents per use.
Welcome to the online store of the future -- the one embedded in your favorite video game.
When Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) releases the new version of its Xbox (news - web sites) video game console -- presumably this year -- it plans to include a storefront that will offer "microtransactions."
The idea is that everyone wins: players with disposable income can spend a few cents here and there to enhance their gameplay in most any way they like, and publishers get a way to create a continuing revenue stream.
Regards,
C2
Not to be perceived as lacking courage or conviction but truly MSFT intentions are unknown to me. However, how in the world are they going to pull off microtransactions. SKS has ALWAYS said gaming was a natural here... could this truly be the first iteration of the good things to come? Could we be seeing executive firmware introduced? The HD version should be out Fall of 2005 with the third XBOX-2 iteration due out next year (a full blown PC version). My head hurts.. I just don't know BUT IT IS INTERESTING
Xbox Store Seen Opening New Gaming Revenue Streams
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New car: $1. New helmet: 5 cents. Flashy new warrior's sword: 50 cents. Bigger baseball bat: three for $2. Magic spell to help defeat that tricky warlord on level five: 10 cents per use.
Welcome to the online store of the future -- the one embedded in your favorite video game.
When Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) releases the new version of its Xbox (news - web sites) video game console -- presumably this year -- it plans to include a storefront that will offer "microtransactions."
The idea is that everyone wins: players with disposable income can spend a few cents here and there to enhance their gameplay in most any way they like, and publishers get a way to create a continuing revenue stream.
Regards,
C2
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