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NO SPRING UPDATE / Shitty XBLA games getting de-listed!
Xbudz | 3:15 PM on 05.22.2008 12 comments


I was just keeping the Internet company when all of a sudden my dreams were crushed.. there is an exclusive interview from Next-Gen which clarifies the state of the much-wanted Spring Update... and as it turns out-

THERE WON'T BE ONE!

Click here for the 3 page Interview.

Also, Marc Whitten from Microsoft (the dude they interviewed) says this:

"XBLA titles that have been out for more than six months, have a Metacritic score of less than 65%, and have a conversion rate of less than 6% will be eligible for desliting."
.. I'm predicting Space Giraffe will be removed from Xbox Live Arcade.

Other things from the interview:

* There will be a change to DRM policy and a tool released next month that will allow 360 owners to re-license content to a single console.

* With this new 350mb XBLA file-size cap, the "bigger and better" XBLA games will likely cost 1600 Microsoft Points.

So.... instead of a Sping Update, Microsoft has spent their time and resources on

"building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service not just today but also into the future."

Ok great! So, how about a SUMMER Update?

What do you guys think?
So much for our 4 person voice chat any time soon.



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taumpytears's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 16:08
taumpytears
Haha Space Giraffe, it gets me every time.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 16:10
king3vbo
Space Giraffe NEEDS to be removed
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 16:15
Gangles
What's the point of de-listing unpopular games? I'm sure some people like them. Less content is really never a good idea :S
Genfuyung's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 16:21
Genfuyung
delisting games is a mistake. What if someone needs to redownload them? I know Ive gone to delete some to make space for something and its told me that the game is no longer on XBLA and if I delete I wont be able to get it again. And I get no refund. That, my friends, is horse shit.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 17:06
Clockwork
Very bad poor stupid idea. Genfuyung makes a good point. You never know what'll happen.
Demios's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 21:22
Demios
Space Giraffe...man that made me chuckle.

Man Jeff Minter is going to be pissed. He's prepping the Llama-cannon as we speak.
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2008 21:53
007
Don't talk shit about space giraffe, bitches. It was just... misunderstood. That's all.
nintendoll's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2008 01:37
nintendoll
Space Giraffe made me want to throw up. It was seriously tripped out.
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