There’s one major downside to paid map packs - and that’s segregating the user base. It’s always a shame to have to stay away from hosting the Hidden Fronts maps once I’ve found seven other Aussies online, just because one or two of the players haven’t gotten around to downloading the maps yet (or hassling the right parent for their Credit Card number.)

Microsoft has decided they’re made enough cash from the near 500,000 downloads of the Hidden Fronts map pack for Gears of War, and will be making the pack available for free as of September 3 - although something tells me that even this move won’t keep most of the massive user base from migrating their online gaming activities to Halo 3 once it hits later in September.

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This entry was posted by Tim Hanlon on Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 8:32 pm and is filed under Xbox 360. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.