Comcast Tries Online Game Subscription Route

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday June 2, 2004 @03:45AM from the rent-a-ghost dept.

WebGangsta writes "Comcast announced a new gaming service available to anyone: for a monthly fee of $14.95, subscribers will have unlimited access to more than 60 PC-based games, from mainstream titles to educational software. New titles will be added each month. Games referenced in the press release included Atari's Dead Man's Hand [plus other largely Atari titles from the recently launched, similar Atari On Demand, including Neverwinter Nights and Civilization III: Conquests]. Is this one of the revenue streams Comcast was thinking about developing when they combined G4 with TechTV? Is there really a market for pay-service video games, and was there a lesson to be learned from Sega's attempt at this market (which was priced $2 less just nine years ago)?" Update: 06/02 17:06 GMT by S : Commenters point out Yahoo! is offering a similar service, currently with a greater variety of games.

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This is not new by greywar · 2004-06-02 04:26 · Score: 0, Redundant

@home, later attbi.com, now comcast.net...about 3 years ago tried this. It was OK, but...well..I just couldn't get involved, too low of a selection at the time. And no 'new' releases. If someone does it with new releases....THEN we'll be talking about something that works. So it depends on the management team of it.