Xbox Live Market Place - General Discussion Thread 1

[iMad]

Guys I found this website www.definiteplay.co.uk and they send the codes instantly after payment, no need to worry about the hassle of phone or address verification like gamepointsnow requires for paypal payments and thier prices are cheaper too with no currency exchange fees since it's a UK site.

[toythatkills]

ARGH. Swore I'd never get sucked into episodic DLC, but Sam & Max may well do it for me!

It's not going to be episodic, that's the beauty of it! They're releasing the two seasons as wholes.

[Friction]

I'm after Braid for 800 points, and yet when I click it to purchase it says it will cost me 1200 points, despite being listed as 800 on every other screen Anyone else had this prob and have any ideas? Back to full price tomorrow isn't it I think?!

**Update**
Looking at Major Nelsons page it looked like I had to get it via the online market place on my PC - signed into that, and sure enough it was 800 points and went through at 800. Still a bit odd though!

[goldenhawk]

It's not going to be episodic, that's the beauty of it! They're releasing the two seasons as wholes.

Just hopefully they get the pricing right.

[DryRice]

I'm after Braid for 800 points, and yet when I click it to purchase it says it will cost me 1200 points, despite being listed as 800 on every other screen Anyone else had this prob and have any ideas? Back to full price tomorrow isn't it I think?!

**Update**
Looking at Major Nelsons page it looked like I had to get it via the online market place on my PC - signed into that, and sure enough it was 800 points and went through at 800. Still a bit odd though!

Its a little buggy with Braid pricing issue but if you go into the marketplace and search through it, the price might be stated as 800 instead of 1200. I had this issue the other day and i manage to get it for the cheaper price by doing this method.

[Alex_976]

I brought it thru Marketplace friday night no probs at all. 800 points.

[Dezm0nd]

This weeks deal of the week is...

The Ninja Gaiden II Mission Mode add on, normally priced at 800 points, is now available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members for 560 points, a savings of 33%.

Read more about Mission Mode and add it to kour Xbox 360 download queue.

*yawn*

Pac-Man C.E for 400 points next week please

[Spatial]

Watchmen: The End is Nigh this week for 1600 points.

**** me, for that price Alan Moore better pop around with a nice sponge cake, pop the kettle on for me and then do a lovely snake charming display in my front room while I sit with a brew and piece of cake!

[Dezm0nd]

MS have been a bit mad with their pricing of XBLA games recently, Death Tank for 1200 and now this, a game which is the same price of The Lost and Damned.

It's not gonna sell it to me, on price alone.

[Skull Commander]

What justification do they have for selling Watchmen at this inflated price?

[Lebowski]

What justification do they have for selling Watchmen at this inflated price?

its supposed to have a lot higher production value than your usual run of the mill arcade game i think there going for the same sort of model as games like wipeout, siren and warhawk on the ps3 not sure if it breaks the download limit with the improved graphics though we will see come wed.

[Spatial]

Supposedly so, but the game can apparently be clocked quite quickly (one of the achievements / trophies is based on that - I think it's something like less than an hour). I can't help but think it's being done to cash in on the film fans.

The demo will need to `wow` me for that price.

[Family Fry]

Wanted: Weapons Of Fate Demo out this Thursday, looking forward to trying this one out

[rmoxon]

What justification do they have for selling Watchmen at this inflated price?

The PC version is about £13 on steam isnt it? So its not much cheaper on there.

The new puzzle quest game is £16 on steam so god knows how much thats gonna be on XBL. Do we know yet?

[ChrisF]

I think as someone else mentioned they're marketing it as a full price game, but just distributed via download (i.e like Warhawk etc...). I have to admit that from the few screenshots I've seen, it does look better than other XBLA titles, although how it plays is another matter. The 1hr play through may be an issue, just depends if it's replayable or not.

I don't get the fuss though... if people play the demo and don't think it's worth the space bucks, they don't pay. Simple. You know it'll be reduced when the hype about the film has died down anyway