There are some great games on there now, and lot we're looking forward to, but why are we waiting so long between new releases? There's a demand for these games that's obviously not being met. While I'm not quite sure if I believe the story, Peter Moore has a reason for the lack of new content. Here's what he told Edge magazine:
Moore: "Here's what happened - people didn't believe that Arcade was going to fly. So we went round a year and a half ago as we were doing the final plans for launching 360, and told our publishing friends that here's what we think is really cool idea, where you could make games for hundreds of thousands of dollars instead of tens of millions, and at very low risk, but people didn't believe it. And we released it and it blew the doors down. Now all of a sudden we're in this phase where Sega, Namco, Konami, Midway... they want some of that. But we do have an important quality bar in place - we could probably throw 300 games up there quickly, and we are trying to get the independent guys going as well. It's almost going to be like Pop Idol, where someone will pop out suddenly - Geometry Wars is a great example."
Salman from Tech4Gamers writes "Mortal Kombat 9 revived the series from a low point after bringing it back to 2D combat. It marked a new high-point for the franchise due to its incredible roster, exciting cinematic story mode, and high-octane combat."
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
Microsoft has slashed the prices of games across the Xbox 360 store in preparation for its July 29th closure.
The Dishwasher
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Two non-BC and no-PC-version Arcade titles I downloaded recently. Dishwasher's sequel is on Steam at least.
I've also downloaded Ninety-Nine Nights II (shame the first wasn't available). I still want to download Burnout 3: Takedown before the weekend's up, though that is still the full $9.99 non-discounted price
The Xbox 360 Marketplace is officially shutting down in three days, which means dozens of exclusive, digital-only 360 games will no longer be available to purchase anywhere else once it does.
The Xbox 360 will be almost 20 years old next year, and to celebrate this milestone Microsoft have decided to obliterate all of its online functionality.
Fortunately, the X360 was jailbroken a long time ago, so a good part of its library is available for download from 'alternative' sources. Still, it's a bummer to see the store going away.
Dawn of The First Day
-72 Hours Remain-
Also they can keep the store up for life if they wanted.
Series X for the back compat titles, and OG Xbox and X360 for those not on BC. I pretty much bought all of the digital games I want for the 360 so I am good.
I reckon it'd be ace if MS released a program that we could buy/dload, that let us try to make games and things (themes etc) for the marketplace. Obviously the games/characters etc would have to be in a seperate place to the real arcade, but it would let gamers show companies what the public really want to see. And it would be a part of the marketplace that was run by us!
Live Arcade is exactly what microsoft needed for the casaul gamers. Its easy, convenient, and very inexpensive. It surprised me when I got my 360. Very invovative.
Hmmmm I wonnder what would happen If that xbox would fall off his hand.....dunno
you guys do know when crazy ken, and bill gates and all these big wigs are waving around the consoles like this, that in actuality there just empty cases. When was the last time you held your 360 like this?
yah it's empty for the most part, that's obvious enough. But they could still drop it.