08-13-2009, 04:18 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On my metal monster.
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Originally Posted by HOOT
I don't like this idea. I think I would find myself buying games just because I could sit on my couch doing so. I usually buy a game from EB play it for a few nights and never touch it again so I could see this getting very expensive.
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It would also get expensive with the harddrives. The 120GB go for like $130+ or something, and at 8GB's+ a download, it wouldn't last long.
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08-13-2009, 11:26 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bitter, jaded, cursing the fates.
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Bear in mind that the major benefit of this service is that Microsoft keeps a record of your purchase. Unlike Apple's service, if you delete something you purchased off your HD, you can re-download it again at no charge. Case in point, I bought the Original XBox title Indigo Prophecy under my XBox live account on my brother's Xbox 360 before I moved out. After I moved into my apartment and bought my own XBox 360, I was able to re-download Indigo Prophecy onto my new 360 for free.
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08-13-2009, 01:56 PM
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#23
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
Bear in mind that the major benefit of this service is that Microsoft keeps a record of your purchase. Unlike Apple's service, if you delete something you purchased off your HD, you can re-download it again at no charge. Case in point, I bought the Original XBox title Indigo Prophecy under my XBox live account on my brother's Xbox 360 before I moved out. After I moved into my apartment and bought my own XBox 360, I was able to re-download Indigo Prophecy onto my new 360 for free.
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bad part is that you probably won't be able to refund, regift, or sell your games like on steam.
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08-13-2009, 02:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Call me a packrat and oldschool, but I like owning the physical game, with the box art, disc, and instruction manual. I actually like seeing shelf full of games.
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08-13-2009, 02:17 PM
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First Line Centre
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I love digital distribution. I would much rather download every single copy of a game, then buy discs for them.
If they adopt a decent pricing sceme and release cheaper storage alternatives, I just might play my 360 again. I guess I'm spoiled with PC gaming and Steam.
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08-14-2009, 10:26 AM
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Watcher of Hockey
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Just do what I did and buy a 120gb HD and run all your games off the HD. That's what I do and its great! I never have to use the drive aside from ejecting and saves the laser wear and tear. And most importantly saves me the aircraft engine noise. Its a great luxury to have!
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08-14-2009, 01:05 PM
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#27
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by MissKat
Just do what I did and buy a 120gb HD and run all your games off the HD. That's what I do and its great! I never have to use the drive aside from ejecting and saves the laser wear and tear. And most importantly saves me the aircraft engine noise. Its a great luxury to have!
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It's a shame that the 120 GB Hard drive is a luxury item though. For the amount they charge for the HDD, you should be getting at least a terabyte of storage space.
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