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MS & Game Rentals

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-games-have-been-assimilated dept.

pin_gween writes "Technology News says Microsoft has entered an agreement with Exent to provide On-Demand Video Games. So far, only 6 Microsoft games are licensed to the on-demand service (which costs from US$4.95 to $14.95 a month for access to anywhere from 50 to 300 titles). MS titles are "Age of Empire," "Age of Mythology," "Dungeon Siege," "Mechwarrior," "Rise of Nations" and "Zoo Tycoon." Exent lured MS with the "the shelf life can be prolonged and create additional revenue for the publisher not generated by the retail channel"."

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  1. I LOVE YOU ALL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ....please don't eat me.

  2. Age of Empire by Meagermanx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Age of Empire. It's like Age of Empires, but with just one!

    1. Re:Age of Empire by joelsanda · · Score: 2, Funny

      Age of Empire. It's like Age of Empires, but with just one!

      LOL. Yeah, it's the Evil Empire. You spend all your time shelling penguins with ideas copied from a smaller but better village down the valley with a tribe named The Panthers.

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  3. Re:The Borg Jokes Are Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    It's also funny how many Microsoft ads there are on slashdot. You guys hate them so much, yet have no problem taking their advertising dollars. Nice hypocrisy there.

    Resistance is futile, Slashdot has been assimilated.

  4. Re:The Borg Jokes Are Dead by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 2, Funny

    All your games a...

    Errr, sorry.

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  5. Rent? by EK103 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would anyone rent games online when you can just... uhh... nm :P

  6. Re:The Borg Jokes Are Dead by kesuki · · Score: 2, Funny

    How much farther can geeks beat a joke into the ground?

    there are some questions you don't want to have answered. trust me. the last time someone asked how far a geek could beat a dead joke intot he ground someone hypothosized the distant in light years.. i beleive they came ue with 31.337 light years into the ground, as how far a geek could beat a dead joke into the ground. It's funny, laugh! you insensitive clod! accept my pathetic humour that makes me giggle uncontrollably!!

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  7. Re:The Borg Jokes Are Dead by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's no hypocrisy. And here's another overused joke for you to bitch about:

    1. Slashdot takes Microsoft's advertising money.
    2. Slashdot runs Microsoft's ads.
    3. Slashdot readers block, ignore, or laugh at Microsoft's ads.
    4. Microsoft doesn't sell any more software because of those ads.
    5. ???
    6. Profit!!

  8. Re:How long until this is cracked? by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whoa, this is cool. I can actually hold a direct conversation with someone from 1999 if I wanted to :)

  9. Re:Yes... Just what the doctor ordered... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Reminds me of when I bought the original Quake for $5, and someone STOLE IT!


    Reminds me of when I got the original Quake free from some idiot's backpack..er... I mean...

  10. Re:What a Pathetically Stupid Idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I really think you need to get laid.