Xbox Platinum Hits Lineup Revealed

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Console budget libraries are mysterious things—some companies trumpet their existences at every opportunity, while other treat them as some kind of dirty little secret to sweep under the rug. Microsoft, fortunately, is proud of their budget heritage: the Xbox $19.99 Platinum Hits library is hitting stores across the nation today, and MS was nice enough to send us a list of all 16 games in the initial lineup.

The criteria for Platinum Hit status are a little bit more lenient than those for the PlayStation 2's Greatest Hits library. All you have to do is be on the shelf for nine months and "be a top seller and have positive consumer and editorial feedback," according to Microsoft's release. In other words, there's no announced minimum sales target games have to reach before they qualify. Nice of 'em.

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Blood Wake
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
Max Payne
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Project Gotham Racing
RalliSport Challenge
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Simpsons Road Rage
Spy Hunter
SSX Tricky
Star Wars Starfighter: Special Edition
Star Wars: Obi-Wan
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions

All of these titles should be available in stores tomorrow (in fetching new silver boxes, no less) for $19.99 plus tax. Microsoft promises that new titles will be added on an ongoing basis, so stick around for further updates.

News source: GamePro

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#1 BeLGaRaTh on 11 Feb 2003 - 20:25

We gonna get these here in the UK/Europe too?

#2 KICK_XP on 11 Feb 2003 - 20:31

i hope so

#3 Nutop on 11 Feb 2003 - 20:44

why isnt halo on this list?

(1 reply) #4 Bant on 11 Feb 2003 - 22:27

because halo is their only income

#4.1 jago6498 on 11 Feb 2003 - 22:59

[neoquote=#4.0 by Bant]because halo is their only income

[/neoquote] He's actually right. Look @ [i]Final Fantasy X[/i] for the PS2 or [i]Grand Theft Auto III[/i]. They have sold WAAAAAAAY over 500,000 copies and that are still in the $40-50 USD range. M$ is probably trying to make as much as they can off [i]Halo[/i] since they are losing co much on each Xbox system that is sold.

#5 jago6498 on 11 Feb 2003 - 23:03

Sorry for the triple post, my school internet is rather $hitty and slow...

(1 reply) #6 Spike101M69 on 11 Feb 2003 - 23:55

yeah, that is really annoying about the best games not on the list i wonder why gta3 isnt a ps2 best seller yet, oh wait, cause its only sold like 5 i guess, right??

#6.1 jago6498 on 12 Feb 2003 - 03:50

[neoquote=#6.0 by Spike101M69]yeah, that is really annoying about the best games not on the list i wonder why gta3 isnt a ps2 best seller yet, oh wait, cause its only sold like 5 i guess, right??

[/neoquote] If alot of the good games aren't on that list, then that means M$ is trying to make up the cash they are losing with each system... ...and to the other half of your post...SMART ASS!!!

#7 Th3-0n3 on 12 Feb 2003 - 12:56

Nice!!!

Love to hear that because I'm not willing to give out a lot of money for games. Is this the same in Europe? How many € will they cost, anyone know?

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