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I'm not sure about that. Seeing as Perfect Dark went for 800 means that some quality games will still be released at that price. But this 1200 point prevalence is confusing. It doesn't make a lot of sense economically. I keep referring to 360voice because it's a steady population and you can compare apples with apples.
Compare these two decent retro ports : Final Fight Double Impact was an 800 point game and on its first day sold 890 copies to 360voice members (including me). The also well-made port Raystorm HD was priced at 1200 points and sold 106 copies (and I wasn't among them). Are other factors in play (such as more nostalgia for Final Fight)? Sure, it's possible. Still these numbers consistently show that if games are priced at that 1200 point, people won't buy them much unless they're remarkable like Toy Soldiers or Shadow Complex. Any increased profit one might see from a higher price point would be more than negated by poor sales numbers.
I really don't see why so many companies are pricing their XBLA games so high.

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Perfect Dark is a MS game though and shouldn't be used as a measuring stick.

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IMO neither should Shadow Complex or Toy Soldiers based on the same criteria.

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argh Metal Slug XX is tempting but I think I'll just wait and see if it goes on sale.

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I don't understand the "promotion" of XBLA games at all.

May 12 - Things on Wheels - 800 pts

Re: XBLA Thread Part 400 - Pinata's got a brown nose
 

As in, you've never heard of this one until today?

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No. I've known about Things on Wheels for like a year or more. Why am I just finding about its release this week?

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I was only announced late last week.

It could be that the game sucks and they're sweeping it under the rug. Or it could be part of the pre-E3 push that Major Nelson mentioned on his show this weekend as to why some things are hush-hush and there are gaps in the release schedule.

Who knows. There are times when even they don't. I'm still waiting on my Magic: The Gathering expansion that was announced for a 3/31 release.

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Personally, I think they should either do a monthly calendar with everything coming out during the month, or do a weekly thing like they do for Rock Band. Having it mixed and matched and things just getting announced a few days before release or not even announced at all is pretty silly in my opinion.

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They've gotten pretty good about that lately, though, especially with the DotW.

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Still not good enough if this wasn't on there and neither was Metal Slug XX.

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This is very reminiscent of jdpatri's complaining about RBN on the PS3. I'm sure Microsoft has a suggestion box out there.

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:lol:

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I turned on my 360 in the hopes of downloading Rocket Knight only to find it's not out until next week :(

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:lol: http://www.xblagamenews.com/2010/05/...ource=wordtwit

Tomorrow, Ninjas! (Sorry, watching the Thrilla Killa Klownz from SNL again :))

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Why are some mountains shaped like presidents?

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Try turning on your 360 after the store update Wednesday morning. You might be pleasently surprised then.

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:banana:

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Ass Dan's kids look just like Ass Dan. And my two kids looks just like Ass Dan.

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Will M:TG be the first XBLA game to go all the way to 300 GS?

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Personally, my guess is that for the most part completion times for XBLA games end up going down to the wire since it's easy and quick to put up on their servers for digital distribution, versus retail games that need lead times to press and package discs. Because of that, they don't have release dates planned a month ahead because the game is still being developed up until a week or two before release.

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Update to M:TG broke the game. Fuck your QA department, Microsoft.

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That sucks, what happened? (and can I avoid it if I try to play?)

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The update is for everyone. As far as I know, it's the update that's broken - not necessarily the new DLC.

If you play while connected to Live, you're hosed.

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Rocket Knight - 1200 points (demo link)

Things On Wheels - 800 points (demo link)

I tried the first level of Rocket Knight on "Normal" difficulty (aka "Mind-Numbingly Easy" difficulty). It's nice. A throwback to those old PS1 2.5 D action platformers like Crash Bandicoot and such. He has a large number of moves and it looks pretty good in a cartoony way. It would have been an instant-buy for me at 800 points. At 1200, I'm waiting for reviews and maybe a sale.