[360] Official XBLA thread. Complain about the new price points but buy the garbage anyway!

Once I get some points in my account I'll be buying this.

I want to race against some GFFers .

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Originally Posted by Tails

OutRun is out and it's only 800 points.

You guys need to stop being a bunch of niggers and get on this shit so we can get some six man races going.

Got it, had Skills razz me about going for the low-hanging fruit first (got a good chuckle out of that), still trying to clear route E in Outrun. Note to self: see if using the transmission for drifting works over in Ridge Racer 6 (the first of whose last five races is proving quite challenging).
Lode Runner lands this coming Wednesday, too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Huh. That's a good question. RR has always just been "brake + turn" or in some occasions to just let off the gas a little.

If you're talking about the Final Route, have fun with that. It took me forever to outdo the fucking AI in that bullshit. It's the most satisfying feeling ever when you win though. If it helps any, I had to do it with the Angelus. The other cars just can't do it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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A friend of mine also spotted King of Fighters Skystage, which is apparently a 2D shmup with Kyo and Athena. I have no idea what they're smoking.


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Originally Posted by Tails

OutRun is out and it's only 800 points.

You guys need to stop being a bunch of niggers and get on this shit so we can get some six man races going.

I think I saw you on earlier this morning. I'll try and be on there later today or tomorrow, once I get some more points and buy that bitch which totally reminds me of Cruisin USA :3

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King of Fighters Skystage, which is apparently a 2D shmup with Kyo and Athena. I have no idea what they're smoking.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Qwarky

So Garou: Mark of the Wolves is coming to XBLA

Oh hell yes. Fucking sold.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

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Oh wow. Oh fucking wow. Never in my wildest thoughts this will happen.

Whatever the price I shall buy.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I wouldn't mind a Capcom vs. SNK 2 port to XBLA now.

Or at least the Xbox version put up on the Xbox Classics.

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Originally Posted by Taco

I wouldn't mind a Capcom vs. SNK 2 port to XBLA now.

Or at least the Xbox version put up on the Xbox Classics.

That along with the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. 3rd Strike online? Hell yes.

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Originally Posted by Luxray

That along with the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. 3rd Strike online? Hell yes.

Hold up. Before that EVER comes a reality, they NEED to desperately fix the online system, BADLY!!! I sometimes still find myself trying to play 3rd Strike online, and latency issues are still horrid, even after 4 years. (FYI, my connection only lag coughs every 30 minutes or so, and not a seriously horrible lag at that... just enough to kick me out of Xbox Live parties)

On a side note, they'd have to just find a way to get 3rd Strike, because Super Turbo and Hyper Fighting, the 2 bigger SFII titles, are already up on XBLA.

And I pray to God the achievements, should this happen, are not as stupid as some of MvC2's. I mean, shit, how many people they expect to pull off 100 or 200 combos? Not everyone can pull off them Magneto grab-cancel-tempest-quick attack-repeatandcancelintosomethingelse combos. We're not all EVO players here.

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I dunno, I'm sure I managed a good 70 odd hit combo once or twice and I'm far from being an expert at the game. Anyway, it's nice to have some achievements once in a while which are actually, you know, an achievement, needing some skill to get rather than just a lot of free time.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

So Lode Runner started off at 800 points this morning, but now I hear they've jacked it back up to 1200. I'll try the demo, but in keeping with the thread title, I probably won't buy it. I played this game a ton on my Apple IIc, so we'll see.

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Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

So Lode Runner started off at 800 points this morning, but now I hear they've jacked it back up to 1200.

What the fuck, are you saying they upped the price on the day of release, because that is somewhat off.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yep. It was supposed to be priced at 1200 (which I thought was too high), they posted it this morning at 800, people bought it, then they changed the price.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by SimDaddyGT

I mean, shit, how many people they expect to pull off 100 or 200 combos? Not everyone can pull off them Magneto grab-cancel-tempest-quick attack-repeatandcancelintosomethingelse combos. We're not all EVO players here.

Iron Man - BB Hood - Cable?

They all have attacks that will just continuously combo someone when you transition into their specials.

Plus, I bought Outrun. If anyone wants to race me, given I'm not busy doing something else, challenge me. I'm not the greatest racer, but I'm always up for a race.

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Christ, they upped the price after it had already been posted? I'm still on the fence about Lode Runner. The demo was pretty fun and it seems like a fairly good-sized game, but I just hate this trend of $15 being the new typical price point. I would've bought it right away for 800 points, but unless a few other people here get it for co-op I don't think I'll dish out 1200 points.

EDIT: I was flipping through the comments on Nelson's blog about Lode Runner and somebody pointed out that Flock is only $10 on Amazon today. I think I might pick that up since that was another one where the demo was fun, but not worth 1200.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tritoch

EDIT: I was flipping through the comments on Nelson's blog about Lode Runner and somebody pointed out that Flock is only $10 on Amazon today. I think I might pick that up since that was another one where the demo was fun, but not worth 1200.

Because you need another game, yes?

Also, I agree, the slow shift to 1200 being the standard price point for 'big titles' is pissing me off now. When the games seemed truly worth an increase in price, when they were more full indie games, then I could swing with it, but now it's just become more of the go-to price and that's unfortunate because there's so many things I would have bought on the Xbox Marketplace if they'd been pitched at a lower price point.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

Flock is only $10 on Amazon today.

You know what else is 10 dollars, you dirty sack of dog shit?


How ya doing, buddy?

Amazon has been having XBLA sales every couple of days, it seems. If this keeps up, and they reduce prices on games like Flock that have only been out a few weeks, that may be the best way to combat the price point increase. That said, the Flock demo didn't do much for me.

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Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

You know what else is 10 dollars, you dirty sack of dog shit?

Don't worry. I already know that I can't buy anything else on XBLA unless I get Outrun with it, or I'll never hear the end of it.

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Originally Posted by Tritoch

Don't worry. I already know that I can't buy anything else on XBLA unless I get Outrun with it, or I'll never hear the end of it.

*psst* If you ignore Skills' rampant prostitution of video games you avoid buying 5 games a year purely on recommendation of a psycho Canadian

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Normally I do ignore him, but I did like the Outrun demo. I'm just going to balance it out by getting the Nuts & Bolts DLC at the same time.

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Virtual On finally has a date, and it's in 4 days:

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Virtual On will be available for download on April 29. Sega's press release made no mention of price, so we sent out our Joystiq Attack Dogs™ to track down someone at Sega and extract the info. They came back and confirmed that the game will be priced the same in North America as in Japan: 1200 ($15).

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So, alongside Banjo?

Well, damn.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

Virtual On finally has a date, and it's in 4 days:

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Yes! Finally something I can play on Live where I won't have to wait an hour to find an opponent. Hopefully.

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