Games-On-Demand line-up revealed

mailrewop

no sign of any price structure yet and with my 2mb connection i don't know if its worth it seeing as it takes forever to download a demo thats 1gig. i'll give it a go anyway.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-live-god-line-up-revealed

Here's the launch line-up in full:

* Assassin's Creed
* Need for Speed: Most Wanted
* Burnout Paradise
* Perfect Dark Zero
* Call of Duty 2
* Prey
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
* Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
* Fight Night Round 3
* SEGA Rally
* Kameo: Elements of Power
* Test Drive: Unlimited
* LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
* Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
* Mass Effect
* Tomb Raider: Legend
* Meet The Robinsons
* Viva Piñata
* MX vs. ATV Untamed
* Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise
* Need for Speed Carbon

Kinetic^

mailrewop wrote: »

* Call of Duty 2
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
* Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
* Fight Night Round 3
* Mass Effect

I can see these being the most popular.

Retr0gamer

I'd put money on them costing more than they would second hand or new in some cases.

corcaigh07

how much would you pay for these games? it shouldn't be more than 1500 points. could be cool to see more online activity in old games like Test Drive.

rizzla

I've seen screens before, it's actual money and I think they where like $19.99.



Could've changed since then though.

mailrewop

yea its real money, no buying points to buy the game unless theres an option to do both. i wouldn't mind paying €20 its just downloading the game thats my concern like in the pic, 5.71gb for star wars is alot to be downloading.

corcaigh07

i think i would prefer using points tbh.

Mindkiller

You can use both points and real money.

dazftw

whats the difference like?

I saw mass effect for 1600 points!

silvine

Xtravision second hand for the win.

Tea_Bag

i wonder if they're releasing bigger HDD's. im running out of space on my 120gb..

mailrewop

Microsoft has revealed that titles downloaded from Xbox Live's new games-on-demand channel will cost between 1600 and 2400 Microsoft Points.

In real money that equates to between £13.60 / €19.20 and £20.40 / €28.80.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-live-god-service-priced

RobertFoster

You can get most of the games new at retail for cheaper than €20, nevermind second hand. Hopefully the prices will come down.

Captain Chaos

Its like Steam, your paying extra for the convenience of not have to go to and que in a shop. Yet still you can get some new releases as cheap as €30 delivered through ebay so they need to do something alright.

quarryman

RobertFoster wrote: »

You can get most of the games new at retail for cheaper than €20, nevermind second hand. Hopefully the prices will come down.

plus you can trade them in when you're done!

AdMMM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Its like Steam, your paying extra for the convenience of not have to go to and que in a shop. Yet still you can get some new releases as cheap as €30 delivered through ebay so they need to do something alright.

The convenience? I could walk to a GameStop in Limerick (I live in Waterford!) to buy a game and still be back in time before one of these "On-Demand" games finishes downloading!

quarryman

AdMMM wrote: »

The convenience? I could walk to a GameStop in Limerick (I live in Waterford!) to buy a game and still be back in time before one of these "On-Demand" games finishes downloading!

in your boxers though?

RobertFoster

quarryman wrote: »

in your boxers though?

That'd sort out the queues...


Digitally distributed content should be cheaper than a boxed copy. As it is, retailers take a 50% cut; there's also no boxes, discs or manuals to add to manufacturing costs; setting up a download server is probably cheaper than physically distributing things too. It's only convenient for those selling the game tbh.

MikeHoncho

RobertFoster wrote: »

That'd sort out the queues...


Digitally distributed content should be cheaper than a boxed copy. As it is, retailers take a 50% cut; there's also no boxes, discs or manuals to add to manufacturing costs; setting up a download server is probably cheaper than physically distributing things too. It's only convenient for those selling the game tbh.

Exactly. Are people going to be stupid enough to pay 50 or 60 euro for New Releases when they are released this way? When you cut out all the costs of physical distribution they should only cost half that.

corcaigh07

there a video on LIVE that shows Mass Effect for 1600 points, thats not too bad.

markfla

well my 20G HDD is pretty much useless now! I've seen the odd rumour of a terabyte HDD on the way for the 360...that would be cool but can't see it....

rizzla

markfla wrote: »

well my 20G HDD is pretty much useless now! I've seen the odd rumour of a terabyte HDD on the way for the 360...that would be cool but can't see it....

Well, MS are getting rid of the Pro console. So there will just be the Arcade and the Elite. I think it could be a possiblilty, everything is moving to digital distribution.

Soby

Jesus Oblvion will prob take a age to download.Good list of games though

bucks73

Too expensive though. According to Joystiq games will be priced between 1600 and 2400 MS points or its equivalent in currency.

If the cheapest is 1600 points (EUR18.60) and the likes of Rainbow and Lego Star Wars is what you get then its too expensive. You can get Rainbow 2 cheaper than that. So that means the more expensive games will be selling for 2400 points (EUR27.90). Chances are you would get most of them cheaper in stores.

At those prices its not worth it.

mailrewop

theres seven 360 games available to download now

Assassins creed
Call of duty 2
Star wars TCS
Mass effect
Need for speed carbon
Oblivian
Viva pinata

too bad they want €30 per game , i said a few days ago that i was going to try it out, not anymore. no way is cod 2 or need for speed carbon worth €30. if they keep the prices like this theres no way its gonna work unless on the 11th the prices change

just took another look and if you want to use ms points its 2400

ciano1

Jaysus...I bought Need for speed carbon for €6 a while back in tesco !!:eek:

Rev. Kitchen

Are they gone mad charging 30 euro for a game and you cant trade it in afterwards!!

You can buy most of those games brand new in stores for about a 10-20 euro and you can get some cash back on them.

You can even get oblivian and bio shock on the 1 disk for 30 euro brand new !!! . this would be a great service if they where 10 euro which would be acceptable.

cobrastarship

and there is going to be fools going to buy the games its hady for x-mas do

ShaneU

€30 is a complete joke, I can buy assassins creed at play.com for €12.

bmdmac

The hard drive is going to be a real pain, 20Gb with only 13 available. So one game installed at a time. There new NXE that is coming out soon decreases install space needed for most games so that might be handy. I remember seeing DiRT in a video demo of this, kinda disappointed that hasn't made it, maybe they are waiting for the new one to be released first.

nevaeh-2die-4

30 is a joke and for the people that say convenience there is nothing convenient about downloading a 6gb game, that would take forever.

I’m all for full game downloads but at a price that matches the shops.

They also have to note that were not getting the box or manual/artwork which people like myself like to have that on the shelf.