The Bard Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Whaaat. They can't get rid of Speedball, Xevious and...Root Beer Tapper... That's just fucked up.
Cube Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 WTF? There's quite a few good games on there. And a few (such as Texas Hold 'Em) are pretty close to getting 1,000,000 sales. edit: It appears that all the games will still be taking up space on Microsoft's servers as you'll always be able to re-download them. The decision makes even less sense...
Chuck Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Well i was listening to a podcast and there are a few criteria points before your game gets put on the list. One i can remember was that there was (i think) a 6%+ conversion rate - between trial and purchase.
Guest Stefkov Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 I don't understand the logic in shrinking the service whilst the PSN and WiiWare only expand. :/ And they're killing off Tetris! Tetris is good, don't get me wrong, but Tetris splash was horrible. I played the demo and it's like a scar on my gamercard now. Truly regret even getting the demo. Track and Field w.t.f!
Gizmo Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Does seem very silly to make it impossible to buy them, especially if they are still going to be on the server. The only reason I can see for it is to make the list of games shorter, so people aren't hit by hundreds of demo's to try. Then again, couldn't they just remove the unsuccessful games from the main list, make a new category for them and reduce the price a bit?
Marshmellow Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Texas Hold 'em!!! That's one of my favorite arcade games... This doesn't make any sense to me at all. On a side note. My friends Elite this morning got the rrod. My Elite: Sound turns off every so often Friends Elite: RROD Other Friends Premium: RROD Another Friends Premium: Disk Tray is Broken Not very impressive ms...
S.C.G Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 My Elite : has worked fine since I got one when it launched. *touches wooden object* It's just down to luck I guess but M$ really needs to get their console failure rate down drastically still. :/
Guest Stefkov Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 My Elite : has worked fine since I got one when it launched. *touches wooden object* It's just down to luck I guess but M$ really needs to get their console failure rate down drastically still. :/ It will break. It's just a matter of when.
Tellyn Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Does seem very silly to make it impossible to buy them, especially if they are still going to be on the server. The only reason I can see for it is to make the list of games shorter, so people aren't hit by hundreds of demo's to try. Then again, couldn't they just remove the unsuccessful games from the main list, make a new category for them and reduce the price a bit? That sounds like a much better plan. I wonder if they'll do a clearance sale kinda thing before they're phased out to see if they can rack up a lot more sales for them...
Aalborg Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 My Elite : has worked fine since I got one when it launched. *touches wooden object* Naughty!!!! well I think i only downloaded one game that is in danger.. Mr driller.. thought it was like the Dreamcast version.. little did i know.. on the other hand I don't think it is as bad as the reviews make it look.. but I will not cry if it dissapears from the xbla shop
arnold Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 http://kotaku.com/392886/is-there-a-new-oddworld-game-on-the-way Hell yeah, I want so much, and with Abe as the star, it needs Abe >>
S.C.G Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Naughty!!!! >< not "that" kind of wooden object >> if you must know it was my bed, but yeah lol I always feel it necessary to touch wood when talking about console reliability, especially where the 360 is concerned, I'm happy that mine has lasted so long but I too am wondering when it's gonna go even though it seems perfectly fine *touches wood* (again) meh it better not go any time soon as I just ordered Rock Band lol.
Guest Jordan Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 My GRID just got dispatched from Game (with the exclusive sleeve and book zomg.)... as if i don't have enough to play right now! >_> EDIT: Anyone who buys from Game.co.uk, a new voucher code is up: MODGAMER I just pre ordered Soul Calibur IV and Too Human (the latter i got for £31!). I looked through till the 1st Sept... theres only those two games across all platforms after Metal Gear Solid 4 that i actually want. Going to be a quiet Summer again.
Daft Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Everyone go buy Infinite Undiscovery when its released. I just found out I'm on the credits! :p
Guest Jordan Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Haha, really? Shame its an RPG that'll probably not play.
Gizmo Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 EDIT: Anyone who buys from Game.co.uk, a new voucher code is up: MODGAMER How much off does that give?
Daft Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Haha, really? Shame its an RPG that'll probably not play. Same, and I get a free copy of it as well!
Hellfire Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Same, and I get a free copy of it as well! Give it to me then :P
Daft Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Just had a look at The Last Remnant again. Looks like a lot of fun actually. Give it to me then :P I think I'll eBay it to cover a bit of the cost of Rock Band. :p That makes it 6 games I've worked on and owed. I wouldn't be surprised if I eBay all of them tbh. I've played them all to death while working on them.
Shorty Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 How much off does that give?£3 off minimum spend of £30.
Solo Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Oooh Beyond Good & Evil 2. Looks nice. http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6556_en.html
Babooo Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Oooh Beyond Good & Evil 2. Looks nice. http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6556_en.html Everyone is getting well hyped but I didn't really enjoy the first game. I was alot younger and maybe I didn't give it enough time.
Gizmo Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 £3 off minimum spend of £30. Ah damn. They used to have £5 ones most of the time but its been a while. They used to do £5 vouchers for GAME in magazines, in fact I distinctly remember one time buying a £3.50 magazine, walking to the back of the queue, ripping out the voucher and then using it straight away. £1.50 off and a free magazine!
Chuck Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 Europe, take a bow. That Nielsen report from the other day, the one which gave us all kinds of neat statistics on European gamers, also gives us one piece of information that's much more important: the fact that Europe has overtaken the US in terms of market size. And not even all of Europe, just the European Union, since Nielsen's poll only included countries from the continental body. Turns out that in 2007, gaming pulled in $11.4 billion in the EU, compared to "only" $10.7 billion in the US. That figure puts the EU second only to Asia in terms of size, where $11.5 billion in gaming revenue was generated during 2007. The figure's probably skewed by the fact there are nearly 500,000,000 people in the EU, who in US dollar terms are paying almost double what Americans are, but hey, we're here for numbers, not nitpicking. I think more needs to be made of that Europeans are actually paying double what americans pay for games. So its not strictly true.
spirited away Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 Anyone seen the EndWar demonstration? The voice-control seemed pretty slick and responsive.I'm really impressed by Ubisofts' output at the moment:heh:. I'm still unsure whether to consider buying this or Halowars?
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