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Summer of Arcade games' exclusivity periods revealed

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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
I wonder if they meant to leave this in, because the MvC2 one is pathetic. :lol

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/summerofarcade.htm
22 July
“Splosion Man” by Twisted Pixel Games/Microsoft
800 Microsoft Points, 12 Month exclusive on Xbox LIVE Arcade

29 July
“Marvel vs. Capcom 2” by Backbone Entertainment/Capcom
1200 Microsoft Points, Two week exclusive on Xbox LIVE Arcade :lol

5 August
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled” by (Ubisoft Singapore/Ubisoft)
1200 Microsoft Points, 30 days’ exclusive on Xbox LIVE Arcade :lol

12 August
“Trials HD” by RedLynx/Microsoft
1200 Microsoft Points, 100 percent Xbox LIVE exclusive

19 August
“Shadow Complex” by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games/Microsoft
1200 Microsoft Points, 100 percent Xbox LIVE exclusive
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WTF is Splosion Man? Sounds awful.

TMNT will be had on PSN. I much rather play a d-pad and face button game with the DualShock. edit: 1200 points? Are you fucking kidding me? Pass.

Trials seems like an exclusive ripoff to me, unless it has significant upgrades over Trials 2.

Shadow Complex Should be awesome.
 
cjelly said:
I wonder if they meant to leave this in, because the MvC2 one is pathetic. :lol
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I'm still slightly pissed about that one, actually. PSN gets the demo first and then gets screwed because of Microsoft or something? What the hell? (I'd rather it be day and date for both versions instead of damn two weeks, but meh...)
 
cjelly said:
I wonder if they meant to leave this in, because the MvC2 one is pathetic.
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Not taking sides, but it seemed to have a great impact in the MVC2 thread where people with PS3s were mighty pissed.

The whole point for exclusive windows for these downloadable games are bragging rights and higher sales for your version among multi-plat owners. I think they got/get what they want. They know full-well these games aren't system-sellers and they aren't paying for that.
 
Wow, I didn't know Shadow Complex was an XLBA exclusive. That really, really sucks. I take it there won't be a PC version either then.

Huh, I guess I'll go play Super Metroid again. I still don't get why MvC2 is exclusive for two weeks though. I mean, seriously, PSN gets a demo, but then you have to wait longer? That's just a cruel means of business Microsoft :lol
 
TheExodu5 said:
WTF is Splosion Man? Sounds awful.
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Meh. The only one of those I'm interested in is Splosion Man, and I'll be buying it on XBLA when it comes out. Trials HD should be good but I already have it on PC.
 
A friend of mine said he was going to wait a month or two for splosion man to come out on steam like he did for the maw. Ill try to convince him to get it on 360 since it will be exclusive for a year.
 
Flunkie said:
Meh. The only one of those I'm interested in is Splosion Man, and I'll be buying it on XBLA when it comes out. Trials HD should be good but I already have it on PC.
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What kind of gamer isn't at least interested in checking out Shadow Complex?
 
“Battlefield 1943” by DICE/EA
1200 Microsoft Points, 24 Hour Exclusive on Xbox LIVE Arcade

“Droplitz” by Blitz/Atlus
800 Microsoft Points, 24 Hour Exclusive on Xbox LIVE Arcade
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They should totally do this. :lol
 
You see, with digital downloads, we can explore all different genres with exciting, innovative content. We can bridge generations by offering games you can't find in stores anymore for great prices, or develop all new concepts. The best thing about digital delivery is that while the retail space has been mostly tied down to a few generic categories, specifically the shooter, driving, sports, and music genres, downloadable games offer developers the chance to develop whatever they want without fear of their game getting lost in the bargain bins. You can take a smaller budget and capitalize on the growing trend of downloadable games!

You're a PS3 owner? Oh. You can wait.
 
SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
What kind of gamer isn't at least interested in checking out Shadow Complex?
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I don't know. What kind of gamer am I?

Might check out the demo, but it just doesn't look appealing to me. Plus, it's from Epic - a developer I've lost a lot of respect for lately.
 
Flunkie said:
I don't know. What kind of gamer am I?

Might check out the demo, but it just doesn't look appealing to me. Plus, it's from Epic - a developer I've lost a lot of respect for lately.
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Epic really does not have anything to do with it, the game has been in development for a while even before epic bought chair.
 
Speevy said:
You see, with digital downloads, we can explore all different genres with exciting, innovative content. We can bridge generations by offering games you can't find in stores anymore for great prices, or develop all new concepts. The best thing about digital delivery is that while the retail space has been mostly tied down to a few generic categories, specifically the shooter, driving, sports, and music genres, downloadable games offer developers the chance to develop whatever they want without fear of their game getting lost in the bargain bins. You can take a smaller budget and capitalize on the growing trend of downloadable games!

You're a PS3 owner? Oh. You can wait.
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And it's not like PSN doesn't have a load of exclusives? What's your point?
 
stalker360 said:
Epic really does not have anything to do with it, the game has been in development for a while even before epic bought chair.
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I'd be willing to be they've had something to do with it since they bought Chair though. This has Epic's name all over it.

Confidence Man said:
"Summer of Arcade" is only five games?
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4 or 5 last year as well, no?
 
Majora said:
And it's not like PSN doesn't have a load of exclusives? What's your point?
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That PSN exclusives should be exclusive and everything else should be multiplatform.

But goddam I'm pissed this is looking like it won't hit PC.
 
Flunkie said:
Might check out the demo, but it just doesn't look appealing to me. Plus, it's from Epic - a developer I've lost a lot of respect for lately.
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It's by Chair.

Developer of the Xbox Live Arcade classic 'Undertow'.


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:lol
 
Majora said:
And it's not like PSN doesn't have a load of exclusives? What's your point?
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That third party exclusivity wars over downloadable games makes no sense. Sony publishes quite a few of the best PSN exclusives.

There's no problem with demographic, no issues with system power inhibiting a downloadable game. And when it sells better on one system compared to another, the company is still in business.
 
Hmmm. Tempted to not get Turtles on 360 after all now if its just a month later on PSN :lol I'm surprised Sony doesnt actively release stuff like this rather than just staying quiet. I wouldnt have known the PSN Turtles version was so soon if it wasn't for this fuck up :lol
 
cjelly said:
It's by Chair.

Developer of the Xbox Live Arcade classic 'Undertow'.


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:lol
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Seriously? :lol Well I hated Undertow when I got it for free, too. :P

My opinion about the game still stands. Don't like Metroidvania games.
 
Gilgamesh said:
By your logic one shouldn't play SotN if they already have Super Metroid.
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No, it's just that to me, past those two games, the "metroidvania" genre just hasn't gone anywhere. I'm not going to be entirely sold on a game just because it openly admits to cribbing the idea that someone else had.
 
Mrbob said:
Any 3rd party exclusive for digital content is pretty sad in the first place.
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No, it's not. It's offer and acceptance. And if it didn't matter at all, no one would be doing it. Depending on the title, it clearly matters to MS (and Sony and Ninty) very much...so much so that they pay for it (subsidizing or funding title's development) and/or ask for such a deal in the publishing agreement. This isn't 80s Communist Russia here, buddy. Of course, you already knew this.
 
Ten-Song said:
No, it's just that to me, past those two games, the "metroidvania" genre just hasn't gone anywhere. I'm not going to be entirely sold on a game just because it openly admits to cribbing the idea that someone else had.
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Ah, I see. That particular genre is probably my favorite, so whether they stole ideas or not, if it's a solid entry into the genre, I'm all for it.
 
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