Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[mgoblue]

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Man... you guys make me feel SUPER poor! I go to college and I have to analyze every single expense and haven't spent freely in well... EVER! I'm going to feel filthy rich once I have a career apparently

It's too bad that Nintendo owns Tecmo Super Bowl. If I could play the original online I'd probably give up on buying other games and end up using that money to purchase new controllers since they'd all wear out from tapping A! Online tecmo leagues through emulators is where my online gaming begun at the ripe age of 12 (I think).

I didn't really game in college because of this...eventually I got a PS2 and NCAA, but that was about it...

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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I didn't really game in college because of this...eventually I got a PS2 and NCAA, but that was about it...

When I was in college, everything was communally owned. We all pitched in and bought a PS1. We'd all pitch in and buy new games. 4 of us split everything...and when it was time to go our separate ways, we decided who got what the way any good college kid should. We had a Madden Tournament!

PS - I won.

[Flawless]

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The editor in Trials HD looks amazing. This is something the PC versions don't even have, and you can share your levels with others. This and Shadow Complex are what I've been waiting for.

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[Flawless]

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Microsoft Details Summer Update, Lists Games on Demand

Microsoft has sent out a press release on the upcoming summer update. For the most part, it outlines many of the features we already knew about, including more movie choices, branded Avatar clothing, and teasing plans for the future like the Facebook integration. One juicy bit of information, though, is a new list of planned titles for the Games on Demand service. Though the roster is made up mostly of older titles, some of them are big names that might be worth picking up if you missed them. This doesn't account for the full "more than 30" games promised with the launch of the service, so at least a few more should be available on launch day. Check below for the full list:

• Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
• Burnout Paradise (EA)
• Call of Duty® 2 (Activision)
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Fight Night Round 3 (EA)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
• Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Meet The Robinsons (Disney)
• MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ)
• Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
• Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Prey (2K Games)
• Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (Rockstar Games)
• Sega Rally (Sega)
• TEST DRIVE: UNLIMITED (Atari)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
• Tomb Raider Legend (Eidos)
• Viva Pinata (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise (Microsoft Game Studios)

[Behindshadows]

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Microsoft Details Summer Update, Lists Games on Demand

Damn I can finally get my Need for speed most wanted back!

That game is impossible to find in good condition.

[bkfount]

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Test Drive Unlimited was awesome, hopefully more people try it out if the price is right. I'm still curious as to the pricing on these too. They charged $15 for xbox games, so I'll be shocked if it's near that or comparable to used game prices.

[Flawless]

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Kotaku

Dust: An Elysian Tail, an entry in Microsoft's XNA Dream Build Play competition, is not only the best looking video game we've seen from the contest, it might be the best looking downloadable Xbox 360 title ever.

In fact, I'm having a hard time believing it's playable. But considering Dust: An Elysian Tail appears to be based on the animated film Elysian Tail, likely giving the developers access to top notch animation, I'm willing to suspend disbelief.

Watch this gorgeous teaser. Don't let the XNA thing frighten you.

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[Pappy Knuckles]

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Test Drive Unlimited was awesome, hopefully more people try it out if the price is right. I'm still curious as to the pricing on these too. They charged $15 for xbox games, so I'll be shocked if it's near that or comparable to used game prices.

Yeah man, Test Drive is great. I let it go a while back but recently picked it back up and got a few of my buddies to do the same. I can't wait to see what they do with the next one.

[Pete1210]

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Test Drive Unlimited was awesome, hopefully more people try it out if the price is right. I'm still curious as to the pricing on these too. They charged $15 for xbox games, so I'll be shocked if it's near that or comparable to used game prices.

I thought TDU was great too.
Per joystiq.com, the prices on the 360 d/l titles will range between $20-30. Used many of these can be found for less than $10.

[CaptainZombie]

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I thought TDU was great too.
Per joystiq.com, the prices on the 360 d/l titles will range between $20-30. Used many of these can be found for less than $10.

Good luck to them as this will also fail if the prices are in the $20-$30 range when you can walk into the store and get some of these for under $15 especially in this economic climate.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Good luck to them as this will also fail if the prices are in the $20-$30 range when you can walk into the store and get some of these for under $15 especially in this economic climate.

I looked on the dashboard this morning and saw them selling Bioshock for $29.99. Yeah, doesn't look like they're going to price this things too well.

[CaptainZombie]

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I looked on the dashboard this morning and saw them selling Bioshock for $29.99. Yeah, doesn't look like they're going to price this things too well.

Considering that you can get the disc version of this game now for less than or around $20 at some places. I could be wrong, but I don't see this working as well for videogames like it did for music imo........considering how much cheaper you can buy an entire album on iTunes vs. buying the CD from the store.

[goh]

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@ the Canadian prices. $40 for Bioshock and Oblivion by themselves when they're both in the $18.93 bin at Wal-mart and the double pack is $40. No idea what they're thinking. If they sell a single download of either of those in Canada I'm moving. Then again anyone that'd be dumb enough to buy them for double the price/half the games probably shouldn't have a credit card to be able to in the first place.

[TheBadazz]

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Oh well, I guess MS greed drops that ball. Hopefully they realize that most of those games are way cheaper than that. I guess new releases price will never go down. Bad enough you can't trade/sell the game, now you're overpaying for them also.

[jmood88]

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Oh well, I guess MS greed drops that ball. Hopefully they realize that most of those games are way cheaper than that. I guess new releases price will never go down. Bad enough you can't trade/sell the game, now you're overpaying for them also.

Why do people assume it's all on Microsoft? Those titles aren't all first party, I'm sure the publishers have a big part in the price.