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sega4life on 01 June 2009

UPDATED: 6/7/09

Video: Xbox 360 Games on Demand service

by Christopher Grant


Curious how the Xbox 360's recently announced "Games on Demand" service is going to look in your Dashboard? Microsoft made this helpful video, walking you through the entire process. First off: Buying Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, for $19.99 (note: no Microsoft Points here, folks). Next: Booting up the already purchased BioShock. Simple as pie, no disc needed. And the cherry on top: Quick Launching Mass Effect from inside BioShock. Looks like a great feature ...

... now, let's talk about those hard drive prices.

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Microsoft Offering 360 Games On Demand Starting August

By Stephen Totilo

Microsoft had more news than they could fit in their press briefing, announcing an on-demand download gaming service during a post-briefing lunch. Microsoft points not required.

Xbox Live's Marc Whitten announced that, starting in August, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download full Xbox 360 games. Titles shown in a dashboard mock-up included Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, BioWare, LEGO Star Wars and Oblivion.

New games will be offered each week.

Microsoft points will not be required, as the service will support credit card purchases.

Whitten declined to say how closely the games will be released to regular retail releases. Prices were not announced.



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leo-j on 01 June 2009

What a turn around, Im going to start playing my 360 more than my ps3 soon, Halo ODST, forza 3, NATAL(especially) have me extreemly hyped.



 

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MrBubbles on 01 June 2009

microsoft destined for first place this gen...they have GoD on their side.



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Cactus on 01 June 2009

Hmm, depending on the prices, it might be beneficial for me to upgrade my harddrive,,,



leo-j on 01 June 2009
MrBubbles said:
microsoft destined for first place this gen...they have GoD on their side.

I am so close to agreeing with you LOL

we have to wait for the other two e3 conferences, it was like this last year ( or should I say the year before that)



 

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Lostplanet22 on 01 June 2009

First I was like....AWESOME...Then I remembered I don't have much place on my HD so I can't download them....It is good for one game or two but this will only full your HD much quicker and will force 20GB/60GB owners to get a bigger HD.



 

JaggedSac on 01 June 2009

This is good news. I might just have to upgrade my hard drive.



ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 01 June 2009

very cool idea, i would only do this with "rpg's" . with all this great 360 news, i am tempted to get back into the 360 arena, now if ff13 does indeed come to the 360 1st in the states, that alone might make that decision easy for me to make. but as of right now, i am staying with just my ps3.



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JaggedSac on 01 June 2009

So will 6 discs matter now with FFXIII to the person who gets it off this? That would be a hell of a download though huh? What will retailers think?



Squilliam on 01 June 2009

Its a good thing I have been taught the value of not getting up to change discs by very enlightened Sony fanboys. Now I have a good excuse to never buy any multi-plats on the PS3 again.



Tease.