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Publishers Embrace Xbox Live Arcade
With many of the high profile 'launch window' titles still coming, the Xbox Live Arcade is one of the most entertaining elements to the Xbox 360. Joystiq posts about a recent Major Nelson podcast in which he interviews the general manager of the Xbox Live Arcade. Big-name publishers are jumping on board, and they plan numerous additions to the service in the coming months. From the post: "Just one important caveat: the Xbox Live Arcade party lasts only so long as Microsoft plays the gatekeeper role well. If the company softens its standards and starts to include mediocre titles for download, gamer trust and interest in the service will decline rapidly. So far, they're on the right path. Geometry Wars--that little $5.00 Xbox Live Arcade title that has surprised and delighted the majority of those who have given it a shot--still reigns as the top Xbox 360 title in our book."
The Live Arcade is something that interest me. I haven't bought a console since Super Nintendo. Reason being, the console market never really interest me since the games I mostly like to play are usually built for the computer. I really enjoyed Street Fighter II, Super Mario Brothers 3, Mario Kart, etc. I did play a lot of James Bond, FFVII, and Zelda a bunch, but that was in college on other people's consoles.
The Arcade idea is something that might bring me to buying a console as it is something a computer does not give me, or atleast give it to me effeciently. I say that because for about every 10 demos I download to my computer, I'd say one is worth a damn. I'm gonna wait until the Revolution comes out before I really make a decision on if I want a console or not. With the severe lack of fun computer software (only WoW, BF2, and HL2 come to mind out of a 3 year span that were good games) over the last two years and this Arcade idea, I might succomb and return back to the darkside.
I couldn't think of anything witty to say, so...you're stuck with this.