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Xbox 360 dash update - Download Halo and other OLD games

by Steven Williamson on 13 November 2007, 11:22

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Full Xbox games included in update

The Official Xbox Magazine has the scoop for the December 4th Xbox 360 dashboard update, with news that we'll be able to download full Xbox games, including the original Halo.

Halo will be just the first of many full Xbox games to be released on the Xbox live marketplace, with each game said to cost approximately 1200 Microsoft points (£10).

The initial line-up will include Halo, Fable, Fahrenheit, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex and Burnout 3.

Or, before you go to download the games, you could simply check out the backwards compatibility list for the Xbox 360, make sure the original Xbox game of your choice will work and then head over to Ebay where you can pick up most Xbox game for around £7-£8 or as cheap as £2-£3 - and you'll have the instructions and a nice box to keep your old game.

So, what's happened to this movie and TV show download service then? Well, OXM say that it is coming, but it won't be part of the December update. Ah well, we're only 12 months - and counting - behind the US.

Full details on the Xbox 360 dashboard update should be made available at some point this month.

Source :: CVG


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Posted by chrisg22 - Tue 13 Nov 2007 12:05
“This article has been removed. Return to the CVG homepage here.”

Hmmm interesting?
Posted by Steven W - Tue 13 Nov 2007 12:55
chrisg22
“This article has been removed. Return to the CVG homepage here.”

Hmmm interesting?

Very interesting indeed, I wonder what that is all about.

I wonder if OXM have been knocking at their door to take it down or MS.
Posted by Parm - Tue 13 Nov 2007 13:30
Interesting, I do love a good fall update. :)

I'm not that interested in the original Xbox titles but I wonder if this will mean a reduction in price for some or the arcade titles? If the full original Xbox titles will retail for 1200 MS Points, an 800 Point arcade title starts to seem a little pricey I think.

There's a few games on the arcade that are 800 points that I probably would have purchased if they were 600 and definately if they were 400.
Posted by daggre - Tue 13 Nov 2007 14:46
I'm reasonably sure the Video Marketplace delays in Europe have everything to do with the EU regulatory pressure on Microsoft. The last thing they need to do while trying to conform with antitrust investigations is launch a product that competes with the BBC. The television taxation in England in particular is very different than here in the states, too. We don't pay for broadcast licenses here, all broadcast TV is paid for by the advertising, so MS may have to pay the British government some new tax on TV content that they would not have to pay here in the states. I'm just guessing on the tax comments but it does make sense.

I hope they do get through it quickly and get the Video Marketplace world-wide. Downloadable HD video is VERY good and could help decide the winner in the Blu-Ray HD-DVD format war (neither!). Word to the wise though - if you think you're going to use the Video Marketplace when it does launch and you haven't already bought a 360, get the Elite - the 20GB hard drive gets eaten up quickly by HD video content.
Posted by Steven W - Tue 13 Nov 2007 16:21
daggre
I'm reasonably sure the Video Marketplace delays in Europe have everything to do with the EU regulatory pressure on Microsoft. The last thing they need to do while trying to conform with antitrust investigations is launch a product that competes with the BBC. The television taxation in England in particular is very different than here in the states, too. We don't pay for broadcast licenses here, all broadcast TV is paid for by the advertising, so MS may have to pay the British government some new tax on TV content that they would not have to pay here in the states. I'm just guessing on the tax comments but it does make sense.

I hope they do get through it quickly and get the Video Marketplace world-wide. Downloadable HD video is VERY good and could help decide the winner in the Blu-Ray HD-DVD format war (neither!). Word to the wise though - if you think you're going to use the Video Marketplace when it does launch and you haven't already bought a 360, get the Elite - the 20GB hard drive gets eaten up quickly by HD video content.

I have a second hard drive ready to use as soon as the Video marketplace goes live. Looking forward to seeing what we get.

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