Maybe game piracy is part of their plans to get a larger market share. If playing pirated games isn't too difficult, then more people will buy 360's and presumably be onboard the Xbox bandwagon. Of course, they can't make it too easy to play pirated games.
Let's not forget to add another of Amazon's brilliant innovations: price changing. The price you see at a certain time on your computer could be radically different from your neighbor's computer next door. And several hours later, the price could be different too.
This "innovation" has spread to other online retailers as well. Last week my mother tried to order a TV from BestBuy.com, only to have the price swing up by $30 before she reached check out.
"Starting today, we will begin offering our premium service. For the bargain price of $9.95/month we will be offering 24-hour, true broadband, CD-quality streams to subscribers."
What do they mean by "CD-quality?" I listen to WOXY once in awhile and if I remember correctly, they were doing 56kbps streams. It was okay, but the quality wasn't great. If they put out 192kbps VBR quality, I'd probably subscribe, but if it's 128kbps stuff it wouldn't be much of an improvement.
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Maybe game piracy is part of their plans to get a larger market share. If playing pirated games isn't too difficult, then more people will buy 360's and presumably be onboard the Xbox bandwagon. Of course, they can't make it too easy to play pirated games.
Let's not forget to add another of Amazon's brilliant innovations: price changing. The price you see at a certain time on your computer could be radically different from your neighbor's computer next door. And several hours later, the price could be different too.
This "innovation" has spread to other online retailers as well. Last week my mother tried to order a TV from BestBuy.com, only to have the price swing up by $30 before she reached check out.
"Starting today, we will begin offering our premium service. For the bargain price of $9.95/month we will be offering 24-hour, true broadband, CD-quality streams to subscribers."
What do they mean by "CD-quality?" I listen to WOXY once in awhile and if I remember correctly, they were doing 56kbps streams. It was okay, but the quality wasn't great. If they put out 192kbps VBR quality, I'd probably subscribe, but if it's 128kbps stuff it wouldn't be much of an improvement.