I haven't been able to find ANY information about this online, and we certainly don't have a SKU for it at work, but when I was at Target today I noticed what appeared to be an actual retail release of a download code for Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Though I didn't think to take a picture of it at the time, what I saw looked pretty much identical to the normal Xbox Live Marketplace points card packaging, except it was plastered with Geometry Wars art and was selling for $4.99. Has anyone else seen these cards in stores?

Personally, I think the idea of selling download codes for individual games is kind of redundant, as Microsoft already offers no less than three methods to obtain a game like Geometry Wars (points via Xbox Live, points via MS point cards, and Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged), but what do I know? I also would have thought that everyone who could have possibly wanted Geometry Wars would have already purchased a copy, what with the game being almost three years old and one of the most downloaded games on the entire Xbox Live Marketplace, but I guess Microsoft hopes to entice all five people who wanted the game, but were too brain dead / lazy to actually navigate through the marketplace to find their precious shape shooter themselves. But I digress.

Do we really need download cards for Xbox Live Arcade games?