EA sends NFS: Carbon content to Xbox Live

Stephen Colbert’s feelings over predicting his own loss at an awards show put it best: it’s great that you got it right, but it also sucks that you got it right as well. A few days back, we made an article about the release of the Need for Speed: Carbon Collector’s Edition. We raised the point of whether it was worth it because “who’s to say they won’t just sell the CE game addons through Xbox Live in the future?”

Like it or not, the prediction was accurate, and it’s annoying.

Electronic Arts is offering to unlock specific content for Need for Speed: Carbon through Xbox Live at a price. At the same time, they’re selling the premium content Collector’s Edition holders might have expected to get as an exclusive bonus. That being said, you can purchase the Collector’s Edition upgrade for 800 MS points, and below is the list of other things gamers with cash can pay EA to unlock for them. While we can understand offering the unlockables for gamers with less time, the Collector’s Edition Upgrade is the thing that really hurts gamers’ hearts.

Sigh… from golf, to football, to The Godfather and now Carbon. Next thing you know, they’ll ask us to pay to play online with other people. Let’s hope that prediction never comes to pass.

• Performance Drivetrain Bundle – 400 points
• Performance Engine Boost Bundle – 400 points
• Performance Handling Bundle – 400 points
• Ultimate Performance Bundle (includes all three performance bundles) – 800 points
• Muscle Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• Tuner Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• Exotic Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 – 80 points
• 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago – 80 points
• 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 — 80 points

Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Windows]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Xbox 360]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – PS3]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Wii]

Stephen Colbert’s feelings over predicting his own loss at an awards show put it best: it’s great that you got it right, but it also sucks that you got it right as well. A few days back, we made an article about the release of the Need for Speed: Carbon Collector’s Edition. We raised the point of whether it was worth it because “who’s to say they won’t just sell the CE game addons through Xbox Live in the future?”

Like it or not, the prediction was accurate, and it’s annoying.

Electronic Arts is offering to unlock specific content for Need for Speed: Carbon through Xbox Live at a price. At the same time, they’re selling the premium content Collector’s Edition holders might have expected to get as an exclusive bonus. That being said, you can purchase the Collector’s Edition upgrade for 800 MS points, and below is the list of other things gamers with cash can pay EA to unlock for them. While we can understand offering the unlockables for gamers with less time, the Collector’s Edition Upgrade is the thing that really hurts gamers’ hearts.

Sigh… from golf, to football, to The Godfather and now Carbon. Next thing you know, they’ll ask us to pay to play online with other people. Let’s hope that prediction never comes to pass.

• Performance Drivetrain Bundle – 400 points
• Performance Engine Boost Bundle – 400 points
• Performance Handling Bundle – 400 points
• Ultimate Performance Bundle (includes all three performance bundles) – 800 points
• Muscle Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• Tuner Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• Exotic Car Autosculpt Body Kit – 200 points
• 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 – 80 points
• 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago – 80 points
• 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 — 80 points

Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Windows]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Xbox 360]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – PS3]
Buy: [Need For Speed: Carbon – Wii]