One of the first things we thought of when we heard that the Xbox 360 would get downloadable Xbox games was Achievements. Surely the addition of Achievements would make bargain bin games like Halo, Psychonauts, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fable worth paying 1200 Microsoft Points for, right?
Major Nelson breaks the bad news:
I have gotten quite a few questions about yesterday’s Xbox Originals announcement. Specifically, folks want to know if these games will have additional functionality like Achievements and Gamer score. The answer is no. These are the original games that were created before Xbox 360. In order to preserve the integrity of the original gaming experience they provide, they will have the features available at the time of their initial release. I hope that clears that up.
Again, why is this better than purchasing a used copy at GameStop for $5? I did hear rumors saying that game stores like GameStop are "getting rid of" older Xbox games; shipping them back to Microsoft. If true, this could be a messed up way of making us purchase these downloads?
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4:34 PM on 11.14.2007
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Drawbacks are the obvious cost and hard drive usage.
My roomie already owns HALO and he plans on downloading it just because he is that lazy (late at night gaming from bed can be fun).
"Give us mod chips or give us death!" -some guy, 18th century
real copies ftw.
As for everyone else, I don't understand the big deal. You can still play your disc copies, but this way people that can't find a copy of these games can download them.
I would think from reading the comments that consumer choice is a bad thing.
Hey, you don't want it, don't buy it! What's the problem, here? Plenty of people don't want to troll the GameStop bargain bin. What's the issue with letting more people play some of these titles they never have before? Hell, if just a few people at developers play Psychonauts and it inspires them to try new things, great!
Ridiculous.
I guess the only real incentive for buying these games is not having to go to stores, going through used bins, and dealing with employees beating you over the head with, "would you like to pre-order this game in return for a free keychain while we get rich of interest?"
They are definitely missing the boat by not adding achievements into these games but I'm sure since they work through emulation it'd be difficult to implement. Hell, you can't even bring up the 360 guide while playing original Xbox games. Achievements probably wouldn't be possible without recoding the entire game.
But achievements would be nice instead of 100% emulation (also why I'm hatin on the wii VC...man I want Ice Hockey online multiplayer...gotta love them zambonis) and since MS is the big online system they should be able to work with developers on adding that in.
"You don't need backwards-compatibility anymore, right?! You can just reBUY those games that don't work! :D"
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