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chub wrote:Yeah, it's just that if it only gets released via XBIG then I won't be able to play it.
Erm, you do know that if you can buy XBLA then you can also buy from the indie games section?
You don't need an XNA creators club membership to buy the finished games...
Not necessarily. XBIG titles currently have a stupid restriction on them that means they can only be purchased in certain countries. Some more were just added (Sweden & Japan IIRC) , but there is still a sizable chunk of the world that can't access any XBIG title all.
chub wrote:Yeah, it's just that if it only gets released via XBIG then I won't be able to play it.
Erm, you do know that if you can buy XBLA then you can also buy from the indie games section?
You don't need an XNA creators club membership to buy the finished games...
Not necessarily. XBIG titles currently have a stupid restriction on them that means they can only be purchased in certain countries. Some more were just added (Sweden & Japan IIRC) , but there is still a sizable chunk of the world that can't access any XBIG title all.
Exactly. The only countries that have access to Independent Games are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States.
At least Sweden was added, which gives me hope. Come on Microsoft, just one more country to the right.
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I grabbed Turtles in Time: Reshelled last night- It's not quite worth the 800 MSP but its certainly playable. * I just wish they'd do Moonwalker (tm), but not try to make it fucking "HD".
*Anyone who wants to have a 4-player game is welcome to contact me
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benedictw wrote:
I'm really hoping that these are just placeholder prices - but charging more than for a physical disc? Hello!
Their hands are probably tied to be honest. if they charge cheaper they'll piss off the retailers, and right now they can't afford to do that.
It's the same reason that if you want to buy, for example, a Popcap downloadable game the last place you should get it from is the Popcap website. They list their own games at the current full prices because they don't want to piss off the portals by undercutting them. It means they won't sell as many from their own site, but the exposure from Steam et al is much more valuable to them than the loss of direct sales.
Another potentially great feature that turns out to be a bit shit then. Still, at least we aren't Australian...
Others are ridiculous, especially when you compare prices across different regions. Take poor Australia, for example. In Australia, if you want to buy Mass Effect from the safety of your couch, it'll cost you 6000 Microsoft Points.
6000.
The game retails in stores for AUD$30-50, but on Games on Demand, that's AUD$99. Over twice the price. It's a similar story with Call of Duty 2; in the US, it's 2400 MSP, but in New Zealand, it's 4400 MSP.
