Thursday, 22 April 2010
Microsoft, Monsters and Massive Improvments.
Been a while.
So first off, my Xbox account has been suspended. For reasons so unbelievably shocking. Remember when we had Silver and Gold? Well now it's Gold or instaban. Now I'm a poor person, and i don't have enough money to my name to play Modern Warfare online anymore, so I expect to get the usual revert to Silver protocol like i've experienced before. However, i get Gold for a whole month while being spammed with e-mails to update my credit card details for payment (You should instantly revert to Silver if you have insufficient funds). Come April, i turn on my Xbox to find i'm suspended. No longer am I enlightened by Andy and Dan, nor able to jack up my gamerscore. Disappointed face. This serious issue with Microsofts service has really shifted my position in the console war. If Microsoft expect their customers to put up with this then sorry, I love Playstation.
Even cancelling an account is a battle. The only way known is to phone Microsoft support and get it cancelled like that. Surely you'd have an option online, considering that that is where most of your settings are changed. It's just really done my head in.
In other news Monster Hunter Tri (3) is released this week on Wii! Now, to find some money to get it! I can safely say this is one of my most anticipated titles for 2010. I played the PSP versions to death, clocking in over 300 hours on both. Monster Hunter to me has always been an unstable franchise however, especially in the west. Either it's bad marketing strategies or people aren't fond of the grinding game play style. But with the release of the third one, it seems to be doing alright. I saw a magazine today with Monster Hunter all over the cover. Apparently adverts are shown in cinemas too. Capcom are really pushing for it's success over here. The console seems to be the right target audience too. I can't imagine CoD fans playing this for extended periods of time required for the real Monster Hunter Experience.
Finally, the new patch for Aion has been announced for a May release. 1.9 has really persuaded me to play it again. NCSoft have really taken on board the elements of the game that caused it's flaws. Long leveling time and little quests around the world indefinitely affected my departure from Atreia. Maybe i can finally get my characters to level 50 and own some noobs in the Abyss. Fat chance.
So first off, my Xbox account has been suspended. For reasons so unbelievably shocking. Remember when we had Silver and Gold? Well now it's Gold or instaban. Now I'm a poor person, and i don't have enough money to my name to play Modern Warfare online anymore, so I expect to get the usual revert to Silver protocol like i've experienced before. However, i get Gold for a whole month while being spammed with e-mails to update my credit card details for payment (You should instantly revert to Silver if you have insufficient funds). Come April, i turn on my Xbox to find i'm suspended. No longer am I enlightened by Andy and Dan, nor able to jack up my gamerscore. Disappointed face. This serious issue with Microsofts service has really shifted my position in the console war. If Microsoft expect their customers to put up with this then sorry, I love Playstation.
Even cancelling an account is a battle. The only way known is to phone Microsoft support and get it cancelled like that. Surely you'd have an option online, considering that that is where most of your settings are changed. It's just really done my head in.
In other news Monster Hunter Tri (3) is released this week on Wii! Now, to find some money to get it! I can safely say this is one of my most anticipated titles for 2010. I played the PSP versions to death, clocking in over 300 hours on both. Monster Hunter to me has always been an unstable franchise however, especially in the west. Either it's bad marketing strategies or people aren't fond of the grinding game play style. But with the release of the third one, it seems to be doing alright. I saw a magazine today with Monster Hunter all over the cover. Apparently adverts are shown in cinemas too. Capcom are really pushing for it's success over here. The console seems to be the right target audience too. I can't imagine CoD fans playing this for extended periods of time required for the real Monster Hunter Experience.
Finally, the new patch for Aion has been announced for a May release. 1.9 has really persuaded me to play it again. NCSoft have really taken on board the elements of the game that caused it's flaws. Long leveling time and little quests around the world indefinitely affected my departure from Atreia. Maybe i can finally get my characters to level 50 and own some noobs in the Abyss. Fat chance.
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