Braid is 1200 points, Microsoft are lying assholes

Written by Jim Squires

Monday, 04 August 2008 11:01

Microsoft spit in our faces today and proved their words earlier this week to be complete and utter bullshit, announcing Braid would be hitting this Wednesday for 1200 points despite a press statement released earlier this week stating the complete opposite. I'm starting to ramble -- let's get everyone caught up.

Five days ago, word broke that the official Japanese Xbox site was listing upcoming Live arcade releases Braid and Castle Crashers at 1200 and 1800 points respectively. This created one hell of a backlash in the 360 community (our site included). In an effort to do some damage control, Microsoft spoke with ShackNews that same afternoon to inform them that the price on the Japanese site "are incorrect for both domestic and international markets."

Now five days later Braid's price is officially announced as.... you guessed it, 1200 points.

I'm ashamed of Microsoft for trying to bullshit their way through the bad press and stick us with their originally intended high price regardless, but I'm even more ashamed of their inability to justify it. At least tell us WHY your earlier statement was wrong.

We're all ears Microsoft, balls in your court -- but we're not buying shit until you get your story straight.

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written by swiftwulf, August 04, 2008

IM MAD AS HELL AND IM NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE

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written by Braynbasher, August 04, 2008

Yeah, Yeah you all will be buying it if it's good. That's what demos are for.

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written by Xav de Matos, August 05, 2008

PR = GOD

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written by Xerxes3rd, August 05, 2008

Where's all the fanboy hate for this article?

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written by TheBBPS.com (50% American, 50%, August 22, 2008

[...] everything that offers a complete gaming experience through LIVE, so I just had to ask him about the Braid pricing debacle that got under everybody’s skin a few weeks back. I asked him point blank: Microsoft said one [...]

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