Microsoft reveals Xbox 360 Games on Demand line-up and pricing
Microsoft has revealed the launch line-up for full Xbox 360 Games On Demand, which will launch with the latest dashboard update next Tuesday 11th August.
Most of the titles are no surprise, but there are a few omissions of titles such as Colin McRae DiRT, Crackdown and Bioshock that were previously promised for the service. There will probably be no tears shed over the lack of Sonic the Hedgehog though…
Here follows the full list:
- Assassin’s Creed
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Burnout Paradise
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Call of Duty 2
- Prey
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
- Fight Night Round 3
- SEGA Rally
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- Test Drive: Unlimited
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
- Mass Effect
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Meet The Robinsons
- Viva Piñata
- MX vs. ATV Untamed
- Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise
- Need for Speed Carbon
America is getting a few more games in addition to these such as Bioshock, Ridge Racer 6, Dance Dance Revolution Universe, Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore, and of course Sonic the Hedgehog.
Microsoft says that the games will cost between 1600 – 2400 MS Points, and that Games on Demand can be purchased directly with a credit card, rather than using silly points. In real money this will translate to around £13.60 – £20.40, although individual pricing for each title has not yet been revealed.
As downloadable games are still yet to undercut retail in the pricing stakes, it’s up to consumers to decide whether they’d rather have the convenience of digitally distributed games, or the satisfaction of a physical product that can be sold or traded for profit.
7 comments ↓
Alan
August 6th, 2009
The aim here surely is to sell older titles as downloads at a price that would undercut second hand sales at retail.
It’s a nice idea and I can’t see digital distribution actively competing with game or gamestation with day 1 sales of Bioshock 2 any time soon.
Monkey Rimmer
August 6th, 2009
At those prices I can’t imagine I’ll bother buying any online… I reckon I could find cheaper copies in bargain bins or second hand!
Will there be any DRM on them or are they linked to your Gamertag? What happens if I have a new machine / HDD, how many times can I download the games?
Yeah, nice idea, but I think I’d rather have the disk in my grubby little hands… I feel like I’ve bought something!
Seth
August 6th, 2009
When it comes to DRM , it seems that these will work the same as Xbox Originals and XBLA games. ie. They are tied to your gamertag, and can be re-downloaded as many times as you like.
Ian
August 6th, 2009
The lower end of the pricing seems fair, I wouldn’t mind getting Oblivion just to jump into whenever there’s nothing else to do (which thinking about it isn’t that often).
jlajla
August 13th, 2009
will they add more games then just those 30
Seth
August 13th, 2009
Yes. They do plan to add more of them in the future. Although they haven’t said when or which games.
It’s a shame they’ve decided to go for a price of £19.99 for every game, otherwise this could have been interesting service.
Ian
August 13th, 2009
They’ve already added Battlefield Bad Company, which doesn’t appear on the above list. Had I not already bought it, twenty quid wouldn’t seem TOO bad.