Those of you who are no strangers to the interweb have no doubt heard about the interesting news circulating about the next Fall Dashboard System Update to the Xbox 360 console. There’s a new service being implemented that will allow you to download and own certain Xbox games.
On December 4th, the free system update will launch including the service, Xbox Originals, which, for the first time, will enable consumers to download and own full Xbox games such as Halo, Psychonauts, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fable, among others, directly to their Xbox 360.
With no disc necessary, and at 1,200 Microsoft Points per game, you can own some of the classic gams from the Xbox.
“In just five short years, Xbox LIVE has revolutionized the way friends and family have fun in the living room,” said John Schappert, corporate vice president of LIVE, software and services at Microsoft. “On its fifth birthday, Xbox LIVE truly is the place for hanging out with friends and enjoying downloadable TV shows, movies, videos, game add-ons and now downloadable Xbox games on demand.”
Is anyone having visions of needing the 120 gig hard drive yet? I don’t know if I’ll download many games because I still have my original Xbox but for those who don’t, this could be more feasible than waiting on backward compatibility updates. And it looks like Microsoft is getting the jump on some issues you’re likely to face downloading these Xbox Originals. Make sure you read up on the known issues.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I’ll be picking up Halo CE and Indigo Prophecy, perhaps others depending on the level of support these games are going to get.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:05 am
So waht happens if you get the RROD? Will you be able to play the game off your HDD form any xbox360 or will the game be tied to your GT like arcade games are? What happens if you need space and have to delete the game? Will you be able to re-DL this title? These questions must all be answered b4 I buy any xbox game for 1200 points.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:10 am
it’s just like any download tied to your GT
the good thing though is that it’ll be a part of your download history so you can re-download it.
but still, it’s tied to your GT so at some point if you get a new console you may have to be logged in to Xbox Live at all times to play it.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Thats kind of lame. I can just buy the ganme on disk and not have to worry about being on line or being tied to my GT. I’ll just pass on these games.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
i’m gonna pass too…unless they put Enclave on there. i never got to try that one.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
November 14th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Finally, official word came out.
whew.
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/11/14/will-xbox-originals-have-achievements.aspx#comments
November 29th, 2007 at 9:01 am
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