Aquazone publisher fishing for MS Points, 5000 MS Points!

[Tan]

from Joystiq:

EA could learn a thing or two from Frontier Works. The publisher of Aquazone released its Japanese aquarium sim with only 480 unlockable Achievement Points. To get the rest, players need to hit Xbox Live Marketplace and start paying.

Recently, an additional 400 points were made available through the purchase of 18 new fish. Anyone willing to take the bait would end up forking over an alleged 5,000 Microsoft Points ($62.50).

Suspiciously, each fish weighs a mere 108KB, suggesting that purchasers aren't actually downloading new content, but simply buying code that unlocks the relevant data on the game disc. This would explain how Frontier dodged Microsoft's requirement, which demands that all Xbox 360 titles include 1,000 Achievement Points (Xbox Live Arcade games must contain 200 points). Aquazone does offer 1,000 points to add to your Gamerscore; but it costs more than your playing time to unlock them. Scandalous.


Nice. This is exactly why i think all three companies can take their digital content and shove it, way too much abuse and exploitation for my tastes.

[Tynstar]

That sucks a large amount of ass. I hate micro transactions.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I'm sure it's crackable.