03-25-2011, 11:24 PM
Hate: Windows Live (for games).
The following is what I wrote in the 'feedback form' on the xbox.com.
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I understand this will not be read by anyone responsible for the bullshit that is the Xbox Live system. I'm aware of that. But I still need to rant.
I just bought Arkham Asylum on Steam on a good sale; loved it on the PS3 and was looking forward to another playthrough on my PC. Booted it up, found out I need an Xbox Live profile to play. Very weird and frustrating and apparently meaningless; why would I need that? Why would I want that? But, it became evident that I would not be allowed to play the game I purchased without indulging Microsoft in their absurdities, so I signed up for the offline account.
I was then informed that I needed to get the special, Xbox Live free account to save my game, so I was again frustrated, but whatever; I put on some Cat Stevens to calm down and went to the xbox.com site to make my profile.
First time through, after putting in all the information, the site crashed. Lovely and awesome, I now have to do that all over again.
Second time through, the practically unreadable captcha letters were apparently incorrect. Big surprise. Have to put in most of the information in again.
Third time through, the system asks me if I want to use my current windows live account or log into a new one. I was thoroughly confused; I asked to use my gmail account, not my windows live account to sign up. I clicked 'stay logged in.' Put in all the information again and was apparently successful this time around.
Huzzah, great, awesome, X out of browser, back into game, put in my information, and finally get a chance to play the game. Well...no...first I have to update Live, which is apparently actually downloaded to my computer, so that I can have this useless, redundant and sub-par in-game interface that I don't want and don't need but is nevertheless forced upon me.
If Arkham Asylum wasn't so fucking good (pardon my french, but c'mon, you have to admit; the game is brilliant. So damn good.), I would have deleted it off my computer immediately and wouldn't have looked back. I'm thoroughly unimpressed, completely displeased, and certainly will be thinking twice before I ever buy another game with an explicit tie-in to Windows Live in the future.
I would say 'This has also led me to rethink my potential decision to invest in a 360,' but that would just be dishonest. I'll never buy that piece of shit.
To the young/old man/woman who sat through this rant, I again apologize. This obviously isn't directed at you, and I hope you're not so timid that you feel somewhat implicated in my IRATE RAGE ANGER FRUSTRATION. But if you could make sure this gets passed up the channels, and all my excess emotion and ugh doesn't go to waste, I'd appreciate it. Maybe shit in an executive's desk or something.
You know you want to anyway.
The following is what I wrote in the 'feedback form' on the xbox.com.
==========================
I understand this will not be read by anyone responsible for the bullshit that is the Xbox Live system. I'm aware of that. But I still need to rant.
I just bought Arkham Asylum on Steam on a good sale; loved it on the PS3 and was looking forward to another playthrough on my PC. Booted it up, found out I need an Xbox Live profile to play. Very weird and frustrating and apparently meaningless; why would I need that? Why would I want that? But, it became evident that I would not be allowed to play the game I purchased without indulging Microsoft in their absurdities, so I signed up for the offline account.
I was then informed that I needed to get the special, Xbox Live free account to save my game, so I was again frustrated, but whatever; I put on some Cat Stevens to calm down and went to the xbox.com site to make my profile.
First time through, after putting in all the information, the site crashed. Lovely and awesome, I now have to do that all over again.
Second time through, the practically unreadable captcha letters were apparently incorrect. Big surprise. Have to put in most of the information in again.
Third time through, the system asks me if I want to use my current windows live account or log into a new one. I was thoroughly confused; I asked to use my gmail account, not my windows live account to sign up. I clicked 'stay logged in.' Put in all the information again and was apparently successful this time around.
Huzzah, great, awesome, X out of browser, back into game, put in my information, and finally get a chance to play the game. Well...no...first I have to update Live, which is apparently actually downloaded to my computer, so that I can have this useless, redundant and sub-par in-game interface that I don't want and don't need but is nevertheless forced upon me.
If Arkham Asylum wasn't so fucking good (pardon my french, but c'mon, you have to admit; the game is brilliant. So damn good.), I would have deleted it off my computer immediately and wouldn't have looked back. I'm thoroughly unimpressed, completely displeased, and certainly will be thinking twice before I ever buy another game with an explicit tie-in to Windows Live in the future.
I would say 'This has also led me to rethink my potential decision to invest in a 360,' but that would just be dishonest. I'll never buy that piece of shit.
To the young/old man/woman who sat through this rant, I again apologize. This obviously isn't directed at you, and I hope you're not so timid that you feel somewhat implicated in my IRATE RAGE ANGER FRUSTRATION. But if you could make sure this gets passed up the channels, and all my excess emotion and ugh doesn't go to waste, I'd appreciate it. Maybe shit in an executive's desk or something.
You know you want to anyway.
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