Tuesday, November 13th 2007
Microsoft to Release Xbox Games on LIVE
Microsoft already lets users to download retro games via Xbox LIVE Arcade, but the company is now planning to expand on its game downloads by offering users the ability to download full games from the original Xbox. With the release if the Xbox 360's next software update, which is planned for 2nd December, Microsoft will allow gamers to download from an initial selection of half a dozen Xbox games, with the first wave of titles being Burnout 3, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Fable, Indigo Prophecy and, of course, Halo: Combat Evolved. The pricing is expected to be 1200 Microsoft Points per game, which works out at about $15, and although no details about content protection were released, Microsoft is likely to prevent users sharing games between more than one account. Microsoft intends to gradually make more games available for download, although any Xbox 360 owners who are interested in this and only have a 20GB hard drive may want to invest in bigger storage.
Source:
DailyTech
16 Comments on Microsoft to Release Xbox Games on LIVE
the hdd is to small, and who is going to pay for a game you already own? oh wait, i know who, everyone because m$ didn't do a hardware emulator so therefore they'll stop support on the emulator and force everyone to buy the game on xbl :eek:
M$ I :slap: :slap: :slap: :slap: :slap: :slap: :slap: you that many times
If MS starts shipping their consoles with HD players and converts their games to HD discs, the discs still won't have as much storage capacity as Blu Ray. Everything is really a loose loose as far as large games go on the Xbox.
once you have purchased you can delete and download the game at your leisure, just like itunes and stuff.
p.s. if space is an issue just get an external usb HDD that is fat32 formatted and copy it there for safe keep or just get an elite and final option, get the 120GB drive.
I crack me up. I'm giving the xbox one more shot. If it breaks down on me one more time i'm returning it for repair and selling it once i get it back. I'll bring my business to SONY. I remember my first Playstation being built really well. Never had a single problem with it for years until some jerk poured Iced Tea on it...a week later it started working again. I sold it to my step-brother for like 50 bucks with a ton of games and he's still playing it.
This is a good thing for the microsoft corperation so that they don't have to ship games or really make copies of them just make one and put it on LIVE to let people download it for a small amount of money. This is a bad hting because are'nt the game stores going to be hurt by not making profits off XBOX and XBOX 360 games which could put them out of buisness and that would stink because i go there all the time to buy used and new games for my PS2...But that stinks for me and the game stores.
Your hard drive is also used to store movies, demos, and other indie games. Mix that in with an entire games stored on your HD and that means you would have to swap out hard drives. At that point, it really becomes more of a hassle than anything else. This is why this solution only works computers, where you can have multiple hard drives connected at the same time.
Personally, I'll never buy another game off of Live. When my first 360 bricked, and I took it back, I found out that I couldn't redownload my Live games onto my new console. They're tied to the console they were purchased from.
Anyway i think downloadable xbox games are a good idea way better than the downloadable ps1 games on ps3. I think that they are meant to be like a sort of better than xbox live arcade game, i mean look how many people owned a ps2 compared to a xbox i mean there bound to be millions of gamers who didnt have a xbox and have a 360 so they can now try these games.
BTW i didnt have a xbox so its good so i can try some real classics like that oddworld FPS game.
No i didnt have a ps2 the ps2 was okay but never had any real games that would make me buy one over playing them for free at a friends or cousins.
Yes i know it would be good if you could use any SATA hard drive you but maybe you will be able to back up to pc?
Yes i hate the core or arcade as it is now its stupid and a waste of money but its what the same price as a wii.
Anyway whats up with the dvd space its what 8gb for a dual layer and max 16gb on a dvd so what you dont see pc games being bloody 30gb or whatever requiring a blu ray disk but at the same time pc games are usually the best.
Tell me a ps3 game thats used up at least 20gb on the disk go on.
I think most people dont need hd dvd and the fact that microsoft made it optional is a good choice think about it microsoft make profits on the 360 due to the lower manufacturing costs SONY LOSE MONEY ON EACH CONSOLE!