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Xbox Live Arcade Details Emerge

Posted by Zonk on from the classic-games-on-next-gen-consoles dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money's latest Game Over column spills the beans on Xbox Live Arcade (previously mentioned on Slashdot), Microsoft's forthcoming effort to attract more casual gamers to its console. The feature, which will offer classic arcade games and popular online fare like Bejeweled, will launch Nov. 3, but as the column points out, it will have a very small line-up of titles and will charge rather high fees to purchase them."

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  1. Re:I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Owning one of every worthwhile console ever would require filling your house with several miles of cable. Replacing that old system with a nice small CD makes sense for people who don't like dealing with flaky old hardware (yeah, I know, it's for PS2, irony) and who don't have a dedicated, big, games room.

    Personally I mostly use emulators. But I have a GBA with some retro games on because, duh, it's a handheld. Want to play an original NES game on the train?