Transformers Unlockables: 500 MS points gets it all

by Dustin Burg { Jan 9th 2008 at 2:00PM }

Big news everyone! Big news! The Xbox Live Marketplace has just been graced with brand new Transformers: The Game DLC called Transformers Unlockables. And guess what? You're going to love this, it's nothing more than a cheat code download that unlocks all the game's bonus items and upgrades. Double guess what? The content costs 500 Microsoft points, which is sweetness to the fifth power! ... end sarcasm.

You know, we'd expect this type of paid cheat code content from EA (since they have a rather lengthy track record for doing it), but funny thing is that Transformers: The Game is published by ... Activision. We guess since they've reach EA's publishing scale post Vivendi merger they've also decided to adopt EA's XBLM business strategies. Bad Acti, go to your room and think about what you're doing. You're grounded!

Tags: activision, transformers, transformers-the-game, xblm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xenocidic @ Jan 28th 2008 10:51AM

This content is so shameful Major Nelson didn't even post about it on his blog.

Chris @ Jan 9th 2008 2:04PM

No one even plays this game anymore...
Wait, did people play it to begin with?

xenocidic @ Jan 9th 2008 2:08PM

I got 1000/1000 =)

eh my friend had it rented and I was involved in a gs competition at the time.

OrionnoirO @ Jan 9th 2008 2:05PM

Worst part, I had over half the game done, to have the game crash and ruin my save file, which means I would have to go through it all again to finish it all, when I complained about it to them, they told me there was nothing they could do, including a code or something to open the game back up where it should be, and even my achievments showed. Funny, now they are selling my solution. I liked the game, and the license of course, but I dont know whether I can stand to pay to download a fix for their problem, or not... Its really crappy of them.

emaxximus @ Jan 9th 2008 2:06PM

I hope this isnt going to be a trend. EA should spend less time trying to figure out how to get money for nothing and more time debugging and finishing their games.

Neon Jebus @ Jan 9th 2008 2:23PM

Yeah I enjoyed the offer to use points to repair and purchase my cars in Need for Speed: Prostreet.

Tony @ Jan 9th 2008 2:26PM

I wish MS would just ban this shit already. For any additional money they'd get out of it (which is likely negligible for this game in particular), they lose more in terms of publicity and consumer positivity simply by association to this sort of junk.

If they can make it a rule that companies can't charge for additional content that was free elsewhere, then they should make it a rule not to charge for things you could otherwise get for free by playing the game itself.

AoE @ Jan 9th 2008 2:57PM

Um... if I understand correctly, you do get all that stuff by just playing the game. This, like the EA unlock codes, is provided for those among us that are lazy and have too much money on-hand.

BorgDroNeZ @ Jan 9th 2008 2:38PM

If they're gonna charge us for dlc, can they do something useful like make more characters playable? Activision pieces of Sh*t...

baby sea tuna @ Jan 9th 2008 2:59PM

Shit, they can start by making this *game* playable.

Chester @ Jan 9th 2008 2:41PM

WHOA!!! People actually bought this game, and after playing it, would really want to blow more money on it. AMAZING!!

ciscomancer @ Jan 9th 2008 2:50PM

@emaxximus
Amen, brother! Has there even been a title update in the history of EA? I played Nascar08, Madden 08 and NBA live 08 over the break and they were riddled with lockups, poor design and still lacking features that were in the last-gen versions.

jduke @ Jan 9th 2008 2:50PM

I don't get why this bothers people. If you don't want it, don't buy it. Problem solved.

AoE @ Jan 9th 2008 2:55PM

Hey, don't get mad at Activision, they're just trying to make a buck, and it's not like you have to buy it. If you need someone to be angry at, how about everyone who've bought codes like this? THEY'RE the one's encouraging companies to continue selling codes. If it wasn't profitable to do so, I doubt EA or Activision would even bother...