Based on the pac-man thread from the other day (or was it earlier today, it's hard to remember in internet time), people are willing to buy the same game over and over. Hell, I bought two different Namco Museums for the Gamecube even though the only main difference, apart from a couple games, were the interfaces (the 50th anniv. version had the "game room" look). There are people out there who will buy the same game twice, if only to complete a certain virtual arcade collection.
I'd be amused if they do something where you pay 10 points or something small per play of a game (like quarters/tokens) but have access to all games at all times.
That would be kinda neat. A bigass ever expanding arcade. And pay 240-400 to "own" the machine and have perma freeplay.
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Originally Posted by Daltone
Well they have to generate new revenue somehow to compensate for replacing all of those crapped out 360's over the last 4 years...piece of shit.
Since when did MS decide game pricing for the whole industry? Kinda cool they decided Nintendo can sell for less, no?
This makes perfect sense to me. I'm unsure why anyone would think they're entitled to Time Pilot (For one example) free in this new service just because they own the XBLA release.
This is going to be fresh work running under emulation (Something XBLA releases from companies like Namco and Konami don't do).
No one's entitled to get it free anymore than you were entitled to get a percentage discount on Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Collection on last generation consoles because you owned the earlier Namco Museum with some of the same games on, to use one example that duplicated some content without changing platforms.
If you people think this is such a rip-off and there isn't value there to make it worthy to repurchase something like a emulated version of a game that you just have a port of on XBLA (And often, a poor port at that, such as the Stainless developed Atari releases), just don't buy it. After all, you already think you own the exact same thing anyways.
You didn't look closely enough or weren't familiar enough with the source material. The 50th Anniversary collection was a huge leap. It added a significant number of new games and used emulation (Which was accurate and well done), unlike past Namco Museum releases. So the games played, looked, and sounded correc. You could never even use a pattern in Pac-Man in a Namco Museum game until the 50th Anniversary collection, for one example, because it always was a inaccurate imitation and not the original game.
Last edited by Leo_A; 01-27-2010 at 11:29 PM.
They were first. They set the standard for others to follow suit.
And Nintendo is technically a generation behind the 360 and PS3. If Nintendo tried to charge $60 for a game not much powerful than most Xbox titles, the Wii would've been a tremendous flop. Especially with all the crap titles avalible for the Wii.
MS Has no control over game prices unless they are publishing the game and set the MSRP. Sony has no control either. Or Nintendo.
yeh. they will charge you to turn on the system if it works...On third one now.
Awesome! I can't even remember the last time I bought Pac-Man for the 2nd time this generation!
I can buy an Arcade 360 for $150 ? Where ? I'm actually in the market for a new Arcade 360.
It kinda looks like they are ripping off Playstation Home.
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