The Xbox 360 Games on Demand train continues to roll, as Resident Evil 5 and Beautiful Katamari have hit the service in North America today. The seven gig Resident Evil 5 will run you $29.99, and $19.99 will get you all three gigs of Beautiful Katamari.
Resident Evil 5, while arguably not as good as the title that came before it, is a no-brainer for fans of actions games. When we reviewed the game last year, we urged readers to "buy it," and that recommendation still stands. However, with the impending release of Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (which will run you $49.99 at retail), you might want to just hold off.
Namco Bandai's Beautiful Katamari is... well, it's a Katamari game and, yes, it's beautiful on the Xbox 360.
Let me ask -- has anyone purchased these Games on Demand, or are you finding that they're hitting the service so late you already own them by the time they're available? Personally, I haven't bought a single one. It's not that I have anything against the distribution model; in fact, I'd rather be done with physical media sooner rather than later. But can we get some day-and-date releases on the service already? I need more reasons not to leave the house, so help me out, Microsoft.
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9:40 AM on 02.16.2010
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1) My broadband connection sucks (lucky if I get 1MBps) it's a long story, but hoping it will be sorted later in the year. It just about lets me play on LIVE and download XBLA games eventually.
2) (At least in the UK) the prices are just not competitive when compared to retail, where I can pick up these games at a significant discount thanks to the fact they've been out in the shops so long.
3) My 360 hard drive sucks (just the 20GB arcade entry HD), but I am not in a hurry to fix that until points (1) and (2) are fixed.
I prefer digital copies over physical for numerous reasons, and have completely made the switch from physical to digital on my computer. I think xbox could achieve a similar model, if they tried.
Steam works because they are competitive; they realize they are selling digital, non-tradeable media, and make up for it by offering periodical sales and easy access to various titles. Also, Steam is on a computer, the ever enduring 'Console'. What happens to the games you bought on the 360 when they shut down the xbox servers similar to the way they did with the original??
Simply put, i am not going to buy a Digital xbox game for 30 dollars if i can buy it on newegg for 9 dollars with free shipping.
@jawshoeuh
PSP GO (fuck yourself, we aren't going to put any games on the store for you. Thanks for the money) is the official title of that platform.
<3 PSP3000. Especially since I can get the few games on the PSN store for it aswell.
Also 20gb HDD is the suck. And I dont intend to buy a hdd for a price only things that could fly me to the moon should have.
so.. yup
NAAAA NA NA NA NANA NA NAAAAAAAAAAAAA NA NAAA NA NANA NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
--Prohibitive cost of large hard drives for the 360
--Games cost as much or more to download than they do in the store
--Savings of packaging, shipping, etc. STILL not passed on to the consumer
--You can't sell them, loan them to friends, etc.
--Nothing to put on your shelf to scratch the obsessive collector/consumer/show-off itch
Tell me again why we're all supposed to be excited about digital distribution, and more specifically, Games on Demand on the 360?
Also, will the downloadable Beautiful Katamari include the *full* game (that disc buyers had to pay extra for via DLC) or are they still screwing us over on that? I had to say it...I can't believe I'm the first one to mention it. "Horse Armor" lives on in infamy but selling DLC that's part of the full game doesn't? Bah!
Hell, in RE5's case why buy the GoD regular version when the Gold version is just around the corner for the same price? it's just common sense.
Can't argue with Steam though, those guys really know how to put on a sale! I've actually been tempted to buy games I already own from them because of their stupidly low prices!
Whatever they charge for Katamari unless they're throwing all the DLC in with the purchase price it's not worth it. You're better off getting Katamari Forever on the PS3. It's got everything from that game and then some.
Beautiful Katamari: $69.95 (About $63 US)
Yeah no one is ever buying any GOD.
when i saw street fighter IV i almost bought it simply for the ease of having the game on the hard drive. but SSFIV comes out in two months so, why bother.
Really? How did you manage this one purchase multiple system playing simultaneously magic?