Microsoft stopping Epic from releasing Gears maps for free


Epic games founder Tim Sweeney has confirmed that MS are encouraging Epic to charge for their next batch of Gears maps. The four forthcoming maps may well have to follow the traditional MS business model, i.e you'll have to pay for them. Listen to the full podcast here.

I say shame on MS for this one...

WTF this sucks ms you losers

What?????
Are you serious???
Thats just gay yo, no lie

well a couple bucks is still definitely worth the money if you play the game enough...
a lil money will only help em out.

This is just what ms does. they are money hungry.

Isnt it natural for a company to be money hungry

to an extent, yes. but when they start charging for maps that were going to be free then thats another level.

Especially when Epic was making the maps. MS shouldnt have a say what another company should do.

Honestly, I don't see how M$ can have a say about it. If Epic wants to release the maps for free, they can. If M$ doesn't like it, then you can buy GoW 2 on the PS3. What the hell can M$ do if they say no?

I guess MS pays for the server bandwidth? thats the only reason i can imagine!

they want to "encourage" microtransactions. In other words they want epic to charge and microsoft gets a cut of the profit.

plz dont tell me microsoft is taking lessons from Sony.Next thing you know they'll be charging money just to take a s**t....jeezz!!!