I have to say I've been listening to the FilePlanet Raves for a long time. I subscribed about 6 months ago. I do live in Europe. As I'm sure most adults on this forum realise, you don't get something for nothing. Yes, it used to be free, but then again, it is a business... that's marketing for you... To actually be able to take this off developers hands so they no longer have to worry about the heavy loads and to also make it more marketable by securing exclusive rights to certain demos a week before others!!! How can you complain?? It's a company that's trying to make money. Sorry, boys and girls... it's a real mans world out there. You don't always get it for free... if you do then you don't always get it before the people who pay.
It's actually quite cheap each month for what you get... fast access to patches, exclusive demos, downloading movie trailers... but then again... I realise (by your comments that I've endured time and time again) that we're not wage earning adults that play games.