EA are merely offering consumers a choice to unlock parts of a game, says Chip Lange, Vice President of Online Commerce at EA.
The Godfather is one such game with Marketplace cheatsSpeaking to Microsoft's Major Nelson during his latest podcast, Lange has defended EA's recent move to charge for cheats on Xbox Live Marketplace. He stated that EA is offering consumers with a choice: play through 40-hours of game to unlock an item or get it instantly by paying for it.
Lange argued that websites which offer cheats for free make money from advertising, seemingly missing the point that visitors don't actually need to pay to get the cheats. He also said that there will "still be a healthy business around hint guides, magazines, websites... I just look at the Marketplace as yet another extension of ways in which consumers are going to be able to access the content they want."
On the subject of removing cheat codes from Xbox 360 games that are present in the current-gen versions, only to charge for the cheats via Marketplace, Lange gave a suitably cagey response, stating, "I don't know if that's right or not. That's not something I've actually gone in and researched."
Cap Norrington wrote at 18:33 on 14 November 2006
Greedy EA scounderls
Cheating ruins it for all of us, we play hard and kick butt and then you take the joy away.
Jams wrote at 21:36 on 14 November 2006
Lots of people are complaining about EA recently (with good reason imo), but EA isn't gonna listen until people complain with their wallets (ie boycott EA games...)
xboxlive wrote at 22:04 on 14 November 2006
that cheating like here
bradley wrote at 10:37 on 20 February 2007
godfather
it is such a good game and it is the best game i,ve palayed