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[Annon]

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Microsoft had too much news for the keynote, so they're taking care of the spillover now: First up, full Xbox Live games on demand. That's right, you can download Mass Effect, Bioshock and more. Using a real credit card—no Xbox Live points. Oh happy day.

http://gizmodo.com/5...ect-or-bioshock

[soul2soul]

Amazing, might pull me over to get Crackdown.

[Bitchwax]

Goddamn!

[Slam]

Good, I hate going to the game store to buy a game, I'm much too lazy for that.
My Backlog is about to get a lot bigger.


DD

[Hans]

If Microsoft allowed OEM HDDs, I'd probably be excited.

[Bitchwax]

Hans, on 01 June 2009 - 10:35 PM, said:

If Microsoft allowed OEM HDDs, I'd probably be excited.

HDDHackr

[Metric]

I think people prefer how it is today, downloading for free.

That way you also get the new games.

Stupid ass MS. I'm sure at least half the X3DO userbase in Europe pirates games.

Edited by Metric, 01 June 2009 - 10:42 PM.

[jdg345]

Metric, on 01 June 2009 - 10:42 PM, said:

I think people prefer how it is today, downloading for free.

That way you also get the new games.

Stupid ass MS. I'm sure at least half the X3DO userbase in Europe pirates games.

Wow, so you admit that the MS attach ratio for 360 is two times higher than Microsoft states?

[Slam]

The games on demand option certainly sounds like MSFT is hinting at much larger HDD's becoming an option soon.

[madarame]

DJ Sl4m, on 01 June 2009 - 11:19 PM, said:

The games on demand option certainly sounds like MSFT is hinting at much larger HDD's becoming an option soon.

You'll only have to take out a loan to afford the bigger HDD. I'm not for this at all. Same price as retail without
the price drop that the retailers give after a while. No thanks.

[Annon]

jdg345, on 01 June 2009 - 11:12 PM, said:

Wow, so you admit that the MS attach ratio for 360 is two times higher than Microsoft states?

The attach rate is to show how much each gamer pays for games, moron. If it's pirated it shouldn't effect your attach rate.

[Slam]

madarame, on 02 June 2009 - 01:25 AM, said:

You'll only have to take out a loan to afford the bigger HDD. I'm not for this at all. Same price as retail without
the price drop that the retailers give after a while. No thanks.

I agree totally with that, but, if the prices are competitive to places like Gamestop Wal*Mart etc then that's good news.
Too bad they're jews when it comes to peripheral pricing.

[demi]

http://e3.gamespot.c...tar-marketplace

As reported earlier this week, the Games on Demand feature will let Xbox 360 owners buy and download full games to their console using a credit or debit card, as well as Microsoft points.

The reason why I think this is important is because there usually deals on MS points, meaning cheaper games, or those free giveaways you can exploit and shit.

Edited by demi, 03 June 2009 - 07:29 AM.

[tyrone]

Annon, on 02 June 2009 - 01:46 AM, said:

The attach rate is to show how much each gamer pays for games, moron. If it's pirated it shouldn't effect your attach rate.

Uh, what?

Pirating would effect the attach rate. The attach rate is how many games sold per unit hardware. It's something like 8.3 on 360 right now.

Although I'm certain pirating is nothing like as common as Metric suggests.

[tyrone]

demi, on 03 June 2009 - 07:27 AM, said:

http://e3.gamespot.c...tar-marketplace

As reported earlier this week, the Games on Demand feature will let Xbox 360 owners buy and download full games to their console using a credit or debit card, as well as Microsoft points.

The reason why I think this is important is because there usually deals on MS points, meaning cheaper games, or those free giveaways you can exploit and shit.

Thats exactly why I figured they WOULDNT allow points to be used.

The scammers on GAF like Wario 64 pointed that out very quickly.

MS does need to slash HDD prices. I expect that and bigger HDD's are coming.

I'm thinking of buying an Elite really. I mean, paying 150 for a 120GB HDD, I can get close to that after selling my current box, ya know?

The 60GB buyers are lucky..

Anybody know about those supposed chinese knockoff HDD on ebay?

Edited by tyrone, 03 June 2009 - 07:42 AM.

[Annon]

How are you guys getting cheaper MS points?

[Pariah]

Annon, on 03 June 2009 - 03:37 PM, said:

How are you guys getting cheaper MS points?

bookmark cheapassgamer.com thats where most of gaf and wario64 grab their deals from...they always post up places where you can get points for cheap..

u.s only most of the time though

[Lokidoki]

Allowing MS points is awesome. I can buy those online for less or find the deals that occasionally pop up.

Not going to be giving MS my bank info, no thanks.