EA sells Tiger Woods cheats on XBL

[Mendicant]

With games, they're not necessarily "patches" per sé... It's usually something along the lines of "Commercially released expansion pack that just happen to fix bugs/glitches/problems with the original game, and/or balance out the game play, make the engine more stable, etc."

Now, if you want an example of people paying for patches the first thing off the top of my head is Windows 98 SE. (Which Microsoft wasn't forcing anyone to buy, but some people bought them anyways because they got tired of the instability of Windows 98.) Granted it's not a game, but it's something PC gamers had to deal with none the less...

[Flash1087]

Nobody's forcing you to buy the horse armor.

Certainly not, nor could they. I'm merely stating that, at least in my observation, so many people were upset enough about a non-essential download costing hard money that I'd like to think most companies would have the sense not to charge for later, more important downloads.

[Elusive]

Being angry about paying for optional downloads is like getting angry at McDonalds for charging you to Super Size your order.

[Mendicant]

No... it's like getting angry at McDonald's for charging you an extra $.75 for a straw; implying that in the future you'll have to separately buy the ice/napkins/ketchup at bloated prices as well; and hanging a banner in their store stating "We don't care if you eat our food, just as long as you buy it".