Critics said the firm lured consumers to a free seminar, then pressured them to spend money to access information readily available free online or in libraries.
Another force that has made university-level educators wary of the online world is that organizations from museums to libraries to symphony orchestras are all getting into the content business, mainly by putting information on the Internet.
Everybody was curious whether more platforms would be adding free-to-play titles, as well as which online storefronts were friendlier towards games with large downloadable content libraries.. There was also talk about Amazon starting to add indie games to its PC download catalog.