Dashboard Update: Dec 2 + Xbox game downloads

CVG has announced a stunner for the Xbox 360 dashboard update coming
on December 2: you'll be able to download full original Xbox games to
your 360, including Halo: Combat Evolved, Fable, Indigo Prophecy,
Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of
Cortex, and Burnout 3. The games will cost 1200 Microsoft Points ($15
USD).

You just know there's going to be a revival of Crimson Skies Live
games, and will Live functionality be included in the original Halo?
People jumped through hoops to have internet play with it - GameSpy
Tunnel, anyone?

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/13/fa...halo-december/

I'm all for having older games available through download services,
but unless they're doing something (ie adding online to Halo 1 which
would be fantastic, but isn't likely) $15 for a 5 year old game kinda
sucks. Especially when you can pick up used copies of these games for
far less than that. Last time I looked Crimson Skies was a $5 game
used at EB. Hell, there are plenty of older 360 games that can be had
used for $15 these days.

Nintendo is doing the same thing, chargining $8 for a 10+ year old
game? Seems a bit excessive. I'd look into some of these if the prices
made more sense. The only N64 game I'm paying $8 or $10 for would be
Goldeneye, anything else I'll just hook my n64 back up and play it
there.. or see how it runs under one of the n64 emulators for the
XBOX.

$5 for an original XBOX game seems more reasonable, especially when
you consider previously these games would be long passed any sort of
their earning lifecycle so getting new revenue at this point is pure
bonus money. Otherwise, why not just track down an original copy of it
for less?

= numsix
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On Nov 13, 9:31 am, numsix...@gmail.com wrote:

No one is forcing you to buy these games - if you want to buy used
Xbox games at GameStop, go ahead.

On Nov 13, 7:07 am, Jonah Falcon <jonahny...@mindspring.com> wrote:

I wouldn't mind having the original Halo downloadable if they made it
widescreen capable.

stars20226@hotmail.com wrote:

I'm for this if:

a) They include titles that are difficult to track down used
b) They don't gimp content by region

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> No one is forcing you to buy these games - if you want to buy used

You mean, nobody is forcing me to buy this?

I am so sorry, what the FUCK was I doing posting a comment about
something on a usenet group?

Son of a bitch, i'm sorry..

No, really. Can I donate something in your name to a charity? Just let
me know.

= numsix
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> I wouldn't mind having the original Halo downloadable if they made it

If they offer some sort of an enhancement they maybe possibly you
could justify charging $15 for an old game.. but honestly I doubt they
will.

Plus, with most XBOX 1 game racking in a 2gb-3gb in size that 20gb
hard drive is going to seem smaller.

A few points for possibly good intent here, but have to take quite a
bit back for the pricing structure if $15 holds true.

= numsix
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:49 -0800, numsixof1@gmail.com wrote:


LOL. Gotta wonder why people get so defensive even when a
constructive criticism is put forth, unless the person's a total
fanboy.....oh, wait a minute, who was the original poster?

On Nov 13, 9:31 am, numsix...@gmail.com wrote:

The problem with your analysis is that you're assuming every consumer
out there has already played these games or has the older systems.

There are TONS of people who own Wiis who have never played a single
one of the games available for download.

Additionally, there are plenty of people who just don't want to be
bothered with going on eBay (with shipping, you'll pay more than $15)
or digging through nasty used games piles in the local game store.

My friend is the same way - he's always criticizing Nintendo for
milking their classic games but never stops to think that most people
didn't spend their whole lives in front of a television with a
controller in hand.

> The problem with your analysis is that you're assuming every consumer

My "analysis" was never that the "Virtual Consoles" et al are a bad
thing. Quite the opposite.

The complaint is, they are overcharging for old games.

Obviously they'll charge as much as the market will possibly bare..
however, that doesn't mean its a good deal.

At least with the XBOX Live "classic games", each game has been
enhanced in some way to justify the $5 - $10 price. Take some 10 year
old game, slick up the graphics into HD and add online play? OK,
you've got my money. Take a 10 year old game, throw the rom in an
emulator AS-IS and charge $8 for it? No thanks. Sure there's a price
for convienence, but that still doesn't justify some of these prices
to me. Of course everyone is different and at least in Nintendo's case
people must be paying it as they haven't reduced prices yet so more
power to them.

= numsix
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