DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Can't be bothered to drag yourself to the nearest brick-and-mortar to pick up your Xbox 360 games? Don't worry, you won't be penalized for your sloth -- this coming Tuesday, the first batch of 21 titles will be added to the Games on Demand service, a new feature in the anticipated dashboard update. There are no costs attached to these titles yet, but Microsoft says they'll be similar in price to their tangible counterparts. We've got the full list of games posted after the break -- highlights include Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and ... Viva Pi?ata. What? We love ambulatory pi?atas! Deal with it. Update: Turns out the initial list we got our hands on was for the European territories. We thought it was weird Bioshock wasn't on there! We've got the full list of 24 (!) games coming to the States posted after the jump. * Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts) * Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft) * BioShock (2K Games) * Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios) * Ridge Racer 6 (Namco) * Burnout Paradise (EA) * Meet The Robinsons (Disney) * Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (Rockstar Games) * Call of Duty? 2 (Activision) * MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ) * Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA) * Viva Pi?ata 2: Trouble in Paradise (Microsoft Game Studios) * Need for Speed Carbon (EA) * Test Drive: Unlimited (Atari) * Fight Night Round 3 (EA) * Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA) * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Softworks) * Prey (2K Games) * Viva Pi?ata (Microsoft Game Studios) * Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore (Konami) * Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios) * Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios) * Dance Dance Revolution Universe (Konami) http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/05/first-ba...itles-revealed/ Video at source Full press release posted here[/b]e Edited August 5, 2009 by DrunknMunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJD Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I just saw this on inside Xbox, Mass effect was on there for 1600 ms points which isn't to shabby if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 yeah so it seems some of these titles won't be available in europe, like bioshock. also I kinda wonder what the prices will be in ?/? given that even the lower price point is $20. I wanna get Lego star wars but if it's a lot more than retail there isn't much point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAVA Mk2 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/05/first-ba...itles-revealed/Video at source Only games on that list I would get would be Mass Effect and Oblivion as they are single player and would not care about needing to take a disc to a friends house for multiplayer if I wanted to plus any of the few other decent titles on that list I already own....sadly I can say I have PD0 which in retrospect is a subpar and cartoony shooter and Kameo, which was a free gift from a guy I know who works in the gov relations area of Microsoft. At least I can say I have Bioshock :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 this would not be bad for me being that the last 2 games i purchased for a console were then eaten by said console and i am getting rather perturbed about purchasing discs anyone when the console will just destroy them and make my purchase useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted August 5, 2009 This is awesome, pretty decent prices also. I love booting games off the hard drive, when you're bored it's so much easier to deal with installed games than sift through discs (burnout/wipeout are favourite 15-30 min time killers on the PS3). However it's a kick in the nads MS are the ones anal about their proprietary hard drives :pinch: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tharp Daddy Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Might get BioShock on there if it's not overly expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Is there a price list for these yet? Looking at getting Lego Star wars for my son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbandonedTrolley Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Great idea but MS are clearly onto a double winner with this, not only reselling slightly older titles but also increasing the need of bigger hard drives at their inflated prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g~man Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 1600 points for mass effect... thats around ?12, does this version have any dlc included in it? need to grab me another points card... also waw map pack 3 is out today i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 no thanks, what if i need more space! then i would have to delete the game and wasted 12-30$. i think ill buy the disks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 no thanks, what if i need more space! then i would have to delete the game and wasted 12-30$. i think ill buy the disks! you can download them again as many times as you like... obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I think this feature is great... however... until MS decides they want to be reasonable and lower the price of the hard drives I will not be buying anything other then arcade games and DLC. My 20 gb is already filling up and I refuse to pay the crazy prices MS wants for the 60 and 120 gb hds. I got a 2nd 360 (arcade) and I was lucky enough to get a used 20gb hd on ebay for $20.. even the local gamestop wanted 45... oh well.. at least the people with the biggers hds can take advantage of this feature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigatexel Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 If you're technically inclined you can purchase the 120GB WD Scorpio drive for a fraction of the price and just swap drives. I did it for a friend, it doesn't take long and the procedure isn't difficult at all. I believe the drive is around $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerhomie Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 If you're technically inclined you can purchase the 120GB WD Scorpio drive for a fraction of the price and just swap drives. I did it for a friend, it doesn't take long and the procedure isn't difficult at all. I believe the drive is around $50. Yeah, but with 1TB hard drives being at under $100... Microsoft should really revamp their hard drive pricing. I'm sure if we could get something like 500GB for $100 people would be much more inclined to buy GoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigatexel Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Of course they should, my point is that he has an option to Microsoft's exorbitant prices. We shouldn't have to go this route but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Just went to the games on demand section and I am able to purchase CoD2, Mass Effect, Viva Pinata, Bio Shock and a few others. CoD and Oblivion are $30. I think I will pass on that :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 total skip for me. Either I've played it already or I don't want to play it is on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 7, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 7, 2009 The list is always going to be made up of games already released, at least in this generation. It won't be until the Xbox 720 or later we'll have games release alongside retail. But this is useful for people who missed something and don't care about owning the box, or for people who have trouble buying games at retail due to stock. Just reading comments from Neowin members who stay in the east, it's not always easy to find the games they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiGhTfast Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Most of these are twice the price you can buy them retail. If its ?10 in a shop then ?6 is more reasonable not ?19.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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