Microsoft has decided to do some house cleaning and reduce the number of crap titles on XBLA. Its a good measure that lets us know there will be some kind of quality control to where we spend our hard-earned monies.
In an exclusive interview with Marc Whitten, Xbox Live’s General Manager, Next Generation got some info on what criteria Microsoft would use to delist games:
* 6 months on Xbox Live
* Metacritic Reviews under 65%
* Less than a 6% Conversion Rate (meaning how often gamers who try the demo upgrade to the full version of the game)
Also, Microsoft will be funding a first-party studio focused on original XBLA titles and “putting our money where our mouth is,” said Whitten.
Via Next-Gen.biz
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1. Will Snizek Says:
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:00 pmThis could present problems I think. For example, most of my XBLA games cannot be played when I am not connected to XBL because I’m on my second console. So if they delist a game, I assume that means people in my situation will never be able to play the games they payed for again. I’m already pissed about the XBLA situation and this could make me even less of a fan.
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2. Carlos Macias Says:
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:11 amYeah, I know what you mean. They plan on fixing the whole “DRM” issues in the near future, for you to “re-license” your games for another console, online or off.
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3. Will Snizek Says:
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:46 amyeah i guess we’ll see what happens. They said they’d fix that last year lol
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