The 360 thread!

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:23 pm 0

benedictw wrote:Beautiful Katamari Demo - 430Mb - US\Canada only. Grrrrr.

Most likely because the UK Official Xbox Magazine currently has this demo on it's cover disk - I suspect it'll surface on the UK Marketplace in the next few weeks.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:31 pm 0

It's a good job I have a second home in Beverly Hills 90210 or I'd have missed the Katamari goodness.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:42 pm 0

HGFB wrote:It's a good job I have a second home in Beverly Hills 90210 or I'd have missed the Katamari goodness.

Funny that, I've got one in the US as well.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:41 am 0

The Katamari version was on the US OXM as well. There's really no reason other than a desire to give the finger to Europe not to release it.

Plus it's great! I was worried after the PSP game sucked so hard, but this seems like a (too short) version of the Katamari I loved in the first place.

James

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:54 am 0

Don't think it has a European publisher yet, so there's noone to submit it to certification...

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:03 am 0

Hexic 2 & Ecco the Dolphin are now up.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:16 am 0

benedictw wrote:
HGFB wrote:It's a good job I have a second home in Beverly Hills 90210 or I'd have missed the Katamari goodness.
Funny that, I've got one in the US as well.

So do I, but recently I tried to d/l something from the US and I got a message saying that I wasn't allowed to d/l it, so they're starting to enforce that now.

Let us know if you can grab it though; it'll save some wear on the DVD drive.

fog · Post by **fog** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:05 am 0

Some people getting Bioshock already....

http://kotaku.com/gaming/tru-breaks-str ... 289530.php

Lucky bastards

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:11 am 0

PVB wrote:
benedictw wrote:Funny that, I've got one in the US as well.
So do I, but recently I tried to d/l something from the US and I got a message saying that I wasn't allowed to d/l it, so they're starting to enforce that now.

Let us know if you can grab it though; it'll save some wear on the DVD drive.

Yeah the Beatiful Katamari demo came down fine. You get about 3 mins of gameplay. It appears that certain content is 'available' from the US only but other content is 'locked' to the US.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:15 pm 0

benedictw wrote:
PVB wrote:
benedictw wrote:Funny that, I've got one in the US as well.
So do I, but recently I tried to d/l something from the US and I got a message saying that I wasn't allowed to d/l it, so they're starting to enforce that now.

Let us know if you can grab it though; it'll save some wear on the DVD drive.
Yeah the Beatiful Katamari demo came down fine. You get about 3 mins of gameplay. It appears that certain content is 'available' from the US only but other content is 'locked' to the US.

Cool.

mutopian · Post by **mutopian** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:03 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Hexic 2 & Ecco the Dolphin are now up.

Loving Hexic 2 - the multiplayer mode is great fun

Only thing I find slightly annoying about it is the tile colours/size - might just have to start saving for a bigger screen sometime.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:22 am 0

Probally more of use to developers:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=15117

Only 35% of XBLA sales happen in the first two months - classic long tail scenario - bet boxed titles don't see this. Average conversion rate is 18% - bloody good!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:28 pm 0

Um, Bioshock demo. Um, damn. Wow, just, wow.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:08 am 0

Dave wrote:Um, Bioshock demo. Um, damn. Wow, just, wow.

Good stuff isn't it? Lovely immersion and presentation. I am looking forward to the full game.

The Captain · Post by **The Captain** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:14 pm 0

Dave wrote:Um, Bioshock demo. Um, damn. Wow, just, wow.

Yes. That was pretty much my commentary whilst playing. With a few more "holy Jesus CHRIST!"s and "Fucking HELL!"s thrown in.

This and Space Giraffe are the reasons I got a 360.