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Microsoft Answers a Few Questions Regarding XBLA Delisting

With the airing of grievances (partially) out of the way, Microsoft has issued a few answers to commonly asked questions that have developed in the wake of the XBLA delistment announcement. The most important thing to note are that if you have purchased a game that is ultimately delisted, you will be able to download it again.

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Cryos5874d ago

so, microsoft, if you're going to leave the status quo with most other things (including leaving on server for Redownload if bought before delisting), why even delist at all? just leave it up, or better yet, isolate these games, but still make them accessible.

Coheno5874d ago

I am so confused by this move!? Why? And then from M$ who preech digital distribution? Where does this fit in?

gaffyh5874d ago

I can't believe that MS can be this stupid, especially seen as their "focus" on digital distribution is meant to be greater after HD-DVD lost the format war. If you're going to leave the stuff on the server to download, just leave it on XBLA all together.

Auron5874d ago

Just leave em alone this make no sense at all! really dumb indeed.

RAM MAGNUMS5874d ago (Edited 5874d ago )

welcome, people got there eye out fer anything wrong with xbox 360.
they realize they bought into & continue to pay for a generic console.
they wouldn't let a small thing like deleting a game before you bought it but had the trial version slip by!
ha! M$ decides what games should stay & what cornball games go! You just better hope the crown go's along because if you delete your game to make room on your limited hardrive & m$ took it away. You won't be re-downloading it! It might not be the perfect game but it might have been your niche game. Win - WiN M$! Lose, lose game over for gamer...
digital give & take distribution.
& you pay for it.

ice_prophecy5874d ago

Goodness me! After reading your post 4 times, I decided that I would not, for the life of me, be able to understand what you are trying to say!

Although I must say, this is a fairly interesting move from Microsoft. One wonders what their ultimate purpose for it is...

Dareaver15874d ago

Did you read the article? It said that if you downloaded one of the games before that they deleted, you would still be able to re-download the game.

If your gonna come in here and flame, why not make sure you know what you are talking about? It would make you look less obvious.

ShiftyLookingCow5874d ago

I have my own delisting to do of cr@p games that I unwittingly purchased like Space Girafe(did the creator smoke pot?). Thanks to MS, if I ever want to play cr@ppy games, I can download them whenever I want.

Citizen Cook5874d ago

Why delist them though? Are M$ running out of room on the service or something? I don't understand this...
Maybe the could make two files, Gold and Silver arcade games...

Seems strange to completely remove them... So if someone goes out and buys an xbox now, they won't even see games that they might have wanted to buy...

I wonder what those developers with removed games think?

HA HA HA HA!

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Infamous Franchise Deserves Another Chance From PlayStation

Sucker Punch rejuvenated the superhero genre with Infamous, a series that focused on the pure fun of wielding destructive powers.

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shinoff21831d 15h ago

Atleast release a remaster trilogy or something to gage interest. I'd buy it. With that said I'm pretty over superheroes at this point. Infamous is still dope as fk though so it'd be a buy

isarai1d ago

Omfg i would go apesh!t for that 😩

jznrpg1d 14h ago

I agree but games take 4-6 years to make so who knows when they would do it? After Ghost of Tsushima2? They could have something else in the world as well in early production who knows.

mkis0071d 13h ago

It's a shame Sucker Punch finally figured out a good open world formula only while making Ghost of Tsushima. Infamous 1 and 2 were great for their time, but Second son felt too much like a checklist in It's design. I love the hell out of all 3 games (2 and 3 are just so damn good, while 1 shows it's age and the ps3 struggles), but I would love to see how they would do another infamous with all they have learned. Wouldn't hurt to release a remastered collection either.

Demetrius1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

This series, days gone, will continue to get ignored by sony, luckily we still have the horizon series, sly cooper not getting pushed anymore, speaking of that I'm bout to get on my ps2 and play some sly 2 anyways lol, but seriously I never woulda thought back then sony would ever cold shoulder most of their franchises I'm actually surprised they're still letting ratchet&clank be around

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Why Far Cry 3 Was The Best Of The Franchise?

Far Cry 3, an open-world masterpiece that redefined the series. Gameplay and storyline makes it a timeless classic that still inspires today.

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Deeeeznuuuts4d ago

It's gotta be Far Cry 2 for me, the feeling of that game I'm still yet to find again, just everything about it, I'd kill for a remaster, I'd even be happy with just a bump in resolution and frame rate, occasionally go back to it, think I'm gunna have to do just that now 😂

porkChop4d ago

A remaster of Far Cry 2 would be amazing, especially with the mods that fixed the broken stealth system and the dumb checkpoint respawns. Include those fixes and it would be a huge upgrade over the original.

JEECE4d ago

Enemies respawn in Far Cry 2? Terrible! It's a broken system! Make me a one-man army who can inexplicably hold an entire region!

Enemies respawn in Dark Souls and Zelda? Brilliant! So much more hardcore! Glad the devs took risks!

porkChop3d ago

The problem isn't them respawning. It's that they respawned after just 5 minutes. Like you'd still be in the area looking for diamonds, loot, exploring, etc, and the enemies would just respawn with you there.

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Red Dead Redemption 1 Isn't As Good As People Remember It To Be

RDR 1 was a great game, but the lack of screen time for some characters, boring horse riding, and lack of mission variety takes away the fun at times.

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jambola5d ago

Yeah
It's as good as you remember
Feels like one of those "10 HARSH realities of Re-watching" articles

just_looken4d ago

I love how it seems a extreme few remember that red dead redemption is red dead revolver 2.

red dead revolver now that is rough red dead redemption for its time was groundbreaking and it still has way better cover system/dlc/mp content then red dead 2.

I remember all the bugs the game had day one like donkey lady so dam funny

Cacabunga4d ago

RDR1 is a legendary game!!!

Really how to cope with a slow news day…

just_looken4d ago

@caca

I know i said that

Oh boy let me guess no one here knows what red dead revolver is

Or you all never played version 1.0 of rdr 1 i bet its that so many on here have the stench of being in gaming for 10 years at most.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Stop pretending being superior in knowledge to everyone else..

The article title is about RDR1 and the thumbnail also confirma that. No one (at least i dont) care about what you say about RDRev.

You are the only one who spoke off topic abt another game.
If it makes you glad that you are the only one who knows what RDRev is then congratulations.. just pathetic

“ red dead revolver now that is rough red dead redemption for its time was groundbreaking and it still has way better cover system/dlc/mp content then red dead 2.”

Oh and thanks for the laugh ..

jznrpg4d ago

They didn’t name it Red Dead Revolver 2. They named it Red Dead Redemption

neutralgamer19924d ago

Looken

It was made by Capcom until they gave up and R* bought the IP. Hopefully one day we get a complete remake of the original to bring it in line with rest of the series along with other quality if life features. Another great is Gun very under rated

On topic:

If we are going to compare RDR to current generation games then we will surly find some stuff that's lacking but for it's time it was a masterpiece and for me it's one of the best games I have ever played. I hope it ends up on Pc where nodding community can take full advantage and make the game even better. Other than that's no it's not overrated at all. We don't even get that many western games and it's to me the best one (yes better then RDR2)

jeromeface4d ago

is also so damn funny how no one agrees with you

just_looken1d 8h ago

@neutralgamer1992

Really so that gaint R symbol on the box is just a myth
https://th.bing.com/th/id/O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

@all

the disagrees with actual evidence just shows how many on this site ignore truth fact.

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shinoff21835d ago

Junk article. Game was dope and still is. The swimming part sucks though.

just_looken4d ago

It does but the game was made originally for ps2 back after san andreas so for the dev window and timeline it makes sense.

just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

red dead revolver was back in 2004
https://www.gamesradar.com/...

after this they were making gta iv and a squeal that became read dead redemption

But you all will hate this because facts are scary

"Red Dead [Redemption] has been in production for six years (mainly because of horrible management/lack of direction due to fear of disrespecting Rockstar NY) and it will never get the money back in sales it cost to create for those six years," claimed another source.

From a 2010 article hmm what is 2010 - 6 hmmm

https://www.engadget.com/20...

The swimming in red dead one made sense for the time period and dev hell it was in

Again though it seems alot on here have 0 game knowledge before 2018.

jambola4d ago

Nobody asked about or mentioned revolver
Why are you bringing it up in every reply?

shinoff21834d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Just looken

I could agree with you about the swimming part but I was swimming my ass off in San Andreas which pre dates

Either way it's not a deal breaker and the game was dope af

-Foxtrot4d ago

I liked it a bit better because I didn’t think it had many “small nitpicky” things RDR2 had that on its own meant nothing but when a lot built up it was annoying. For example getting off your horse and you had to reselect your weapons again or walking around the camp slowly. None issues but built up with others sometimes it was a little frustrating at times.

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