The gaming industry is changing. Every one of the major players is trying to find a way to change with it and are taking different paths to find out which works and which doesn't work doesn't make them evil or good.. They are just trying to find a way to produce games and be profitable is the goal, they are forcing you to anything (which would be evil). So, what's happening is what you should WANT to happen.

What does vilifying those that have a different viewpoint accomplish?

That isn't old...

But I have yet to here one person I know give a positive review of Windows 8 on the PC or phone. I do know that MS is paying people to make positive posts however so I'm dubious whenever I read them in posts.

Ever heard of Netscape Livewire? (Google it kids)

And yes it sucked.

Crowd funded = big budget? I think you maybe posted in the wrong thread..

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Well you knew this would happen shortly after Microsoft bought them....
*snarky MS comment off*

So, if you buy the game new, you get content. If you buy the game used, you don't get that content but are still able to play the game.

So is it "bonus" content that rewards the people who paid full price for the game? Sounds like it.

I like buying used cars but I don't complain if the "new car smell" is gone. I didn't want it nor want to pay for it so....

Just fail to see what all the "outrage" is about...

The latest firmware took mine from 8 hours normal to 12 - 15 hours normal. Everything stock.

Thought I'd point out that I have an Epic and in tests I've run against iPhone's (3g, 3gs, 4g), it's been faster than them all at internet access. This went against the tests though showing the iPhone 4g was faster. Then, at the bottom of the page I saw that the iPhone's where benefiting from a 3g microcell. Talk about apples to oranges...

This article was written by people just barely technologically literate so I'll give another vote for it being written by someone's marketing department.

As for the battery life, I'm getting a solid day of usage out of mine (12-15 hours) after the last firmware update. They say they are rolling Froyo out now starting overseas so hopefully in a few weeks it'll make it here.