Xbox Live Marketplace thread

[Twigg4075]

All sorts of goodies available.
Free ODST theme

Arcade:
Warriors: Street Brawl
Zombie Apocalypse (I've been looking forward to this one)

Demos:
Brutal Legend (Sweet!)
Forza 3
Wolfenstein

 

[Leftwich]

I'm gonna sticky this thread.

 

[Buzzman]

why not sticky the PSN one also.

 

[Twigg4075]

Zombie Apocalypse is damn fun.

 

[Twigg4075]

Now there are fucking NFL jerseys for your avatar. Not only are they way over priced, 320pts ($4.50 I think?) but you can't customize them or even get actual players names and numbers. Just double zero.

Fail.

 

[BazookaJoe5]

Yeah, I was actually going to buy a Ravens one until I saw it's just 00. I guess they can't get the players names without having to pay a % or something? Who knows.

 

[Twigg4075]

Yeah, I was actually going to buy a Ravens one until I saw it's just 00. I guess they can't get the players names without having to pay a % or something? Who knows.

Yeah, but they have no problems charging the consumer almost $5 a piece though.

 

[Twigg4075]

For anyone that doesn't know MS has been trying a new marketing strategy. The first game to do this is Fable II. What they are doing os breaking the game down into parts and selling the parts individually. that way if you like what you see after the first few hours you can continue to pay or just roll out after only having wasted a fraction of the games price. I'm not sure if they are going to do this with the other games but they are giving you the first part of Fable 2 for free. Hell, I'm even downloading it to check it out and I don't like RPG's.

 

[jms493]

thats interesting twigg....not a bad strategy imo.

 

[FedEx227]

I like that idea a lot. What does the price breakdown look like?

 

[Twigg4075]

thats interesting twigg....not a bad strategy imo.

I think so too.

I like that idea a lot. What does the price breakdown look like?

I'm not sure. I forgot to check. But I'm pretty sure it comes out to the same price as teh actual game, which I guess is $40 now? Don't quote me on that.

 

[killgod]

For anyone that doesn't know MS has been trying a new marketing strategy. The first game to do this is Fable II. What they are doing os breaking the game down into parts and selling the parts individually. that way if you like what you see after the first few hours you can continue to pay or just roll out after only having wasted a fraction of the games price. I'm not sure if they are going to do this with the other games but they are giving you the first part of Fable 2 for free. Hell, I'm even downloading it to check it out and I don't like RPG's.

I think that's only a Fable thing. Mainly because of the game's design is broken into parts like that to begin with.

It wouldn't be a strategy that they could apply to any game, that's for sure.

It is cool tho. I can't wait until brand new games become digitially accessible, I'm tired of dealing with retailers.

 

[Twigg4075]

It is cool tho. I can't wait until brand new games become digitially accessible, I'm tired of dealing with retailers.

I hope that is far away. I don't think it will be but I definitely prefer buying retail copies. Not to mention you can always find a deal on games, even new ones. With downloaded versions you're stuck paying full price and it's not like you can trade it in or sell it once you get bored.

 

[killgod]

I hope that is far away. I don't think it will be but I definitely prefer buying retail copies. Not to mention you can always find a deal on games, even new ones. With downloaded versions you're stuck paying full price and it's not like you can trade it in or sell it once you get bored.

While the loss of a trade factor is one negative, the costs of games can reduce since there's many factors removed in the distrubution process. Packaging, transportation and retailers all become obsolete.


Not to mention the irritation behind dealing with dipshit store clerks, delayed shipments, etc.


I'm sure trials and such will come along with digital downloads, allowing players to try out games for a certain time duration before buying. Things like this will negate the fears you have.

Or so I'd assume that'll be how it goes....

 

[Maynard]

i would love to buy the games and DL them to my hd....only issue then becomes space and no trade value. games are the one media that i actually own. i dont own CD's or DVD's, but with games idk if the DL option is the best idea.

This idea of DL portions of games....i am fine with them doing that, but i wouldnt use feature. I would rather play the demo for free assuming they dont kill demos in favor of this trend

 

[Twigg4075]

While the loss of a trade factor is one negative, the costs of games can reduce since there's many factors removed in the distrubution process. Packaging, transportation and retailers all become obsolete.


Not to mention the irritation behind dealing with dipshit store clerks, delayed shipments, etc.


I'm sure trials and such will come along with digital downloads, allowing players to try out games for a certain time duration before buying. Things like this will negate the fears you have.

Or so I'd assume that'll be how it goes....

i would love to buy the games and DL them to my hd....only issue then becomes space and no trade value. games are the one media that i actually own. i dont own CD's or DVD's, but with games idk if the DL option is the best idea.

This idea of DL portions of games....i am fine with them doing that, but i wouldnt use feature. I would rather play the demo for free assuming they dont kill demos in favor of this trend

This discussion about digital downloads is for another topic I guess. One argument is that mega retailers like Best Buy and Gamestop will never allow this to happen, Hell, look at the pressure they put on companies now to keep the digital version the same price as the hard copies. And sure the digital version can be discounted (like on Steam) but that's usually after a game has been available for several months. That's not the same as a "sale" that you can get from many retailers, including online ones like Amazon, day and date with the game release.

Maynard makes another great point. These games take up a TON of HDD space. When companies like M$ fuck you and force you to buy their completely overpriced proprietary HDD's then it's like getting fucked twice.

 

[Twigg4075]

Fairytale Fights, Bayonetta and that Dino Hunting game have demos available. Shipwreck from CAG said the Dino hunting game isn't half bad and it's a budget title.

 

[Twigg4075]

There is a a demo for Army of Two:40th Day and some trailer for co-op in the new Splinter Cell! Man do I hope they bring back the co-mode from Chaos Theory. That was the shit!

 

[Twigg4075]

Trials HD track pack for $5...
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0001-0000-4000-8000-00005841095a

And the new Borderlands DLC is avilable.

 

[Twigg4075]

Today only, Castle Crashers for only 560pts! (Which I think is $7? Fucking carnival money.)

Great game for a great price.

I'd posty a link but every time I click on shit on xnox.xom that I have already purchased it won't show the price. Stupid.