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Street Fighter IV premium theme quietly tip-toes onto Xbox LIVE photo

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ... except Capcom, who snuck a Street Fighter IV Premium Theme onto Xbox LIVE!

The 250 MS Points theme was made available on December 24, just in time for the holidays. Now I want Street Fighter IV just as much as the next gamer; I've had quite enough of playing it at crowded industry events or stinky arcades ... bring it home already, Capcom! 

But after reading about the Street Fighter IV theme's released on Tilted Screen, something possessed me to fire up my console and then spend 250 MS Points on it. I have never purchased a theme in my life, and have even publicly thrown stones at anyone who has. But there I was, spending $3.12, and for what?

Not much, actually -- there's some fancy Street Fighter-themed backgrounds when viewing your friends list, and there's some "wallpapers" that are mostly obscured by NXE menus. So is this thing worth three bucks? Nah, probably not. But are there really any premium themes worth the dough? Have you spend money on any themes and felt satisfied with your purchase?


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Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 09:36
Scrixx
Being the street fighter tool I am, I will probably buy this.
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 09:41
Solgrim
All I can say is thanks for previewing the Theme for me. That's something Microsoft would never do for me haha.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 09:47
Char Aznable
I bought the HD Remix theme, and it's a little underwhelming. I'm pretty much stuck with looking at Sagat's stage all day. I wish the images would cycle or something.

I didn't notice if it changed the shit that's behind each one of my friends, though. Is that the difference between a regular theme and a premium one?
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 09:57
Dexter345
Hey, I know those Avatars! It's Conrad and Jonathan!
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:11
Dexter345
Also, regarding themes, pretty much all of the themes from the original 360 dashboard have been nerfed, so none of them are worth any money (if they ever were). I will probably never purchase a theme, but if I did, it'd have to be made specifically for the NXE. Personally, I prefer the already-on-the-console "Night" theme, because it changes the objects behind your friends from the shiny XBox paraphernalia to much darker street objects. Plus I've always kept my dashboard darker toned, so it works for that too.
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:18
casualweaponry
I'm also a Street Fighter tool, so I'll definitely buy this. Feel free to insult/flame me, because I truly deserve it.
the barking dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:22
the barking dog
I bought the Castle Crashers premium theme, and I think it was worth the 250 points. You can see the wallpapers, and the friends list platforms are fun (loot, animals, etc.).
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:27
Tino
I bought the castle crashers theme, but I may be switching over to this one.

I never bought the old themes, but these I can dig.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:29
blehman
<_<

>_>

...I bought the ATHF theme...

-__-;;

...at least it's the neighborhood, and it has Carl. Soooo...
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:35
AgentMOO
I'll probably buy it - my castle crashers theme looks good, but it's not very well integrated with the new layout.
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:41
Solgrim
Yeah, I also use the default Night Theme, Dexter.
AlienGuy18's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:42
AlienGuy18
ATHF for me!
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 10:58
Necros
The Castle Crashers theme is really nice, but the Banjo-Kazooie theme is just pure fucking awesome. I've got a few Gears 2 themes they were giving away free through various promotions too, but come on, Banjo-Kazooie wins over that.
Sunset Samurai's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 11:14
Sunset Samurai
Im not that big a fan of the themes as of yet. But there is one Premium Theme im itching to get hold of (The Armoured Core Premium) ..... alas it's only Available to the Japanese market at present...maybe one day my dreams will come true
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 11:37
TrailerParkJesus
Please people. Stop buying themes. Please. It's like paying for desktop wallpapers. Come on. Really.
BeZen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 12:16
BeZen
Gemma Adkinson! Best. Theme. Ever. (before NXE - now all the interesting parts are blocked).
BadStar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 12:18
BadStar
Not worth it unless you have an odd amount of MS points left over after buying something worthwhile. The "Night" theme is actually kind of badass, so I'll stick with that for the moment.
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 12:46
Ben PerLee
I got the Rock Band 2 theme, which is alright. Good thing I really like the aesthetic of Rock Band in general, cause it's pretty simple.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 13:04
RAB
LOL the rockband theme? who are you kidding? that shits terrible. just a wall of amps behind everyone on your friend list.

all the premium avatars are are little scenes behind your friends. old themes are worthless now, as the image is skewed and blocked by the new nxe stuff.

which blows my fucking MIND seeing as microsoft is still scamming people the fuck out of their money by continuing to sell OLD THEMES THAT DONT WORK ANYMORE.



also i will buy the sf4 theme.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/29/2008 17:44
akathatoneguy
I bought the Fable 2 theme, and it is pretty cool. My wife wanted the Viva Pinata one, and I was actually a little disappointed, considering the color and style of the Viva Pinata world itself. The background is actually kind of bland and the friend backgrounds are just "meh".
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/30/2008 09:37
Noah
I was hoping this was free :(

The only theme I'll ever pay money for is the Beautiful Katamari theme...who cares if Beautiful sucked....Katamari is awesome
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