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XBox 360 - Games On Demand (More Expensive than Retail?!)
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So, MS is finally offering digital distribution of full retail games. Good news for those of us with the 120GB drives.
Does anyone have a full list of the titles that will be available at launch?
Also just to get a proper discussion started, should MS also offer new games on the service, and if they did, how would retailers react?
Edit: Well the first few titles are now available for those using the new dashboard update, but sadly MS have pretty much shot themselves in the foot by pricing them higher than at retail. :?
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Gamestop on the other hand see's digital distribution as evil for obvious reasons.
I'm glad to see we're starting to see a Steam like service on consoles.
The worry I have is when xbox 3 comes out, all the digital content I bought for the 360 better work on it.
Tons of people have paid for the 120gig or an Elite. It's almost a necessity nowadays with all the DLC.
I'm pretty sure your knee jerk judgment is very wrong. :winky:
Hell, I'm part of that boat. I'm just waiting 'til I got a bit of cash to spend on MS's ridiculously overpriced harddrive. :P
I never asked for this!
And not at Microsoft prices. At the actual price of a 1TB drive.
I grabbed mine used from Gamestop for $100. Seems to be working just fine. Still a bit much for that size of HD, but hey, I don't have any other choice, so whatever.
Thats pretty much it when it comes to bitching about the HDD.
There isn't any other alternative (that I'm aware of) that won't potentially get your xbox banned from live.
And I could be like "Well, I'm going to make a stand and not buy it!", but I have a good job where I make decent money and I really like playing games on my 360. So I don't really bat an eyelash at it.
Although, I won't be buying things D2D unless the price difference is HUGE. I really like owning the physical game. That and I can trade it back in if I feel like it. It's the same reason I don't download music.
I wont pay $Texas for a 120GB harddrive when a normal 120GB HDD costs like $20.
They cost $50ish new, however a 500GB can be had for $90 new. That's the problem.
I honestly think it might increase the sales of the 120gig HDs.
I don't have any other choice and there is a ton of content on the 360 I want to play. Sorry, but if you really think some grass roots movement protesting against the cost of their components is going to do anything, you're sadly mistaken. I'm not a pushover, I just have a good job and I don't mind paying more to enjoy myself. If I had another option, I'd take it. At the least I bought my HD used. Hopefully that eases your troubled mind.
Installing full games to the HD, Live Games, and Rock Band songs takes up quite a bit of space. 20, even 60 gigs doesn't cut it. No laziness there.
I am not mistaken at all. If nobody buys the damn things they will have to stop with the gouging. If people want to legitimise it that's their choice, I'll have no part in it though.
For all Sony's 2005-6 arrogance it sure doesn't show with the PS3 design. I love how open that system is.
You're right. Take the fight to the streets. Start a campaign. Show them who's the boss.
But if all you're going to do is bitch about it on some forums, then just knock it off. You're not getting anything done.
I'll pay for the convenience to have the games I play on a semi-regular basis installed and ready to go. When I'm done with the things, they do go off. But there's plenty on there right now that I play quite regularly. I also like having extra room should something come along. I have no idea why you're so against this. If you don't like it, play with the tiny HD and stop bitching about the fact that I was willing to pay more.
In conclusion: don't tell me what to do just because you overpaid for a hard drive.
I didn't overpay. Overpaying implies that I had another option. Which I didn't. So, by that standard the price I paid was just fine. It didn't trouble my pocketbook, so I'm not losing any sleep.
And you haven't provided a valid argument against getting it other than "ZOMGZ! I'M CHEAP!". It's a great investment for extending the enjoyment of the 360. It's 2009. $100 is not a lot of money.
Although, in Australia, where bandwidth = $rape, this service will probably be more costly than it's worth.
Wow what a stupid reply. :...:
Simply not paying the MS tax on accessories is enough. It's called voting with your wallet. The shenanigans with HDDs was one of the reasons I gave up on the 360 (I had a 20GB which translated to 11GB usable so only enough space for 1 full game install). It's insulting that a 360 60GB HDD costs about as much as a 500GB HDD that is compatible with PS3.
jclast thinks no one should pay the premium in order to affect demand and therefore pricing.
One of these people has a realistic view of the Microsoft Corporation.
Fixed that for you because that price is easy enough to get if you watch for it. This is the only reason I'm still using my 20GB drive. I'd LOVE to be able to just download the games onto my drive, but I'll be damned if I'm going to get robbed for a bigger drive. It's not THAT inconvenient to move 10 feet to put a different disc in.
It may not be to you, but it's significant enough to some of us.
How is it a stupid reply? If you don't like it, do something about it. Otherwise, just be quiet. What's the point?
The 360 is so loud that it's distracting for me to play off the discs. Thus, I always install. Thus, I need the bigger hard drive.
*Coming 2012
Really? I don't even notice mine, and I sit barely 10 feet from it.
$90 will get you 1TB 3.5" drives. 2.5" 1TB drives aren't on the market that I can find.
I like quiet, clean sound and environments.
Crashtard thinks another thing is quiet.
Clearly only one of these subjective experiences holds true for 100% of all humans.
You have confused need with want. Hell, I have a 20 and managed to find enough room to install a game to it (Civ: Rev got installed for a while because of how often it seems to spin the disc drive up and down).
I've never checked to see what size drive it took. Guess I'm wrong on that one. Seems like there's a saying about assuming something..
Anywho, seems like someone said something about swapping the 20GB HD for a bigger one could get you banned off of live. What difference does it make?