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[MMaRsu]

There is a special MS lunch going on, Majornelson is announcing more things. Like the following :

Confirmed by Garnett on his Twitter :

Games on Demand service coming to Live in August with 30 titles

Win avatar items as rewards in games coming soon
Also a marketplace to buy stuff for your avatar on the way


-coming more-

There you have it. Awesomesauce.

PR statements to follow.

 

[Costanza]

Nice

 

[TheGreatDave]

Need more info.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

WTF?
Like a rental service?
Onlive streaming?
Downloadable retail games?

please be number 3.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Wat.

 

[GotchaForce]

why would this not be at the conferance?

 

[MMaRsu]

Not to derail this thread, but also :

Win avatar items as rewards in games coming soon

 

[Nif]

Someone explain, please.

 

[GreyMatter]

why would this not be at the conferance?

Fucking seconded. This would have been massive.

Then again, maybe they want to keep it fairly amorphous until they prepare an official statement to keep the OnLive guys behind the curve.

 

[Foob]

garnett's twitter the hit of the show

 

[TouchMyBox]

Time for a hdds.bin for 500GB hard drives.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Holy shit, most impressive thing I've heard about all E3.

 

[Guy Legend]

why would this not be at the conferance?

Cause they wanted to show painting the elephant.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Not to derail this thread, but also :

Win avatar items as rewards in games coming soon

And:

Also a marketplace to buy stuff for your avatar on the way

I object.

 

[FrankT]

Someone explain, please.

Great interview with Schappert. He also announced Xbox 360 catalogue games will be available via download. But not new releases.

http://twitter.com/geoffkeighley

I approve of this message.

 

[jjasper]

Posted this in the other thread:

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Holy shit, they win.

 

[dallow_bg]

Holy crap at that picture if it means what I think it means.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Well well well. I don't see how anyone can complain about this conference. They've given us pretty much everything we've asked for.

 

[dorkimoe]

stupid

thats bad for the economy

 

[Kuroyume]

That is... Wow...

 

[UraMallas]

Posted this in the other thread:

What the hell? Why in God's name was that not at the show? Will use.

 

[FrankT]

Posted this in the other thread:

 

[jjasper]

from Gizmodo:

Microsoft had too much news for the keynote, so they're taking care of the spillover now: First up, full Xbox Live games on demand. That's right, you can download Mass Effect, Bioshock and more. Using a real credit card—no Xbox Live points—with retail-like pricing. They're coming in August.

Not every game, but it is a mix of third-party stuff: Sonic, call of Duty 2, Crackdown, Bioshock Mass Effect and more. Dodged whether games will be downloadable the day they're released to retail.

 

[iconoclast]

Very cool. All depends on the pricing though. Nice to see there will finally be avatar parts attainable through games (hopefully tied to achievements).

 

[Crisis]

why would this not be at the conferance?

Seriously. I had to watch all that bullshit waving and this could have been said in less than a minute? Fuck the conference - this is where the action is.

 

[ipukespiders]

why would this not be at the conferance?

Elephants. Let me paint them for you.

 

[Judderman]

Very cool. All depends on the pricing though.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Wow, very impressive. This has great potential for the industry. Any idea if it'll download the full games to the hard drive or what?

 

[Felix Lighter]

Very very interesting. I must be 100% sure that these games will be playable on their next console before I would buy one but I do like the idea of not dealing with disks or retailers.

 

[Nif]

I kind of wish this was using MS points. They're cheaper overall. :/

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Wow, POINTS FREE!

That's pretty damn impressive (and WELL dangerous to my wallet...shiiit.)

 

[Cruzader]

Holy shit this is awesome!

 

[Kandrick]

So you dont buy with points ?

Lame.

 

[PhatSaqs]

No NPD crying yet? :lol

 

[Haunted]

Probably for games who're not really on shelves anymore.

 

[MikeE21286]

wow, fully DD games.....I assume buy to own, wonder if they'll have a rental option also?

 

[-PXG-]

Why wasn't this announced at the conference?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Oh my god I can already see I will be buying Dirt, Assassins Creed and VP: Trouble In Paradise.

I am seriously screwed, wallet-wise....

 

[angelfly]

Nice, now all I need is a bigger drive. I'm still pimping my 20GB.

 

[~Kinggi~]

They probably didnt announce it at the conference because retailers will not like this one bit.

 

[Jonm1010]

Now can we see a price reduction on 360 hard drives?

 

[Secks4Food]

Wtf, $19.99 as opposed to 1600 points? I better be able to use points...

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Here's my question, I sold Dirt but would love to have it back. Will it recognize my old save?

 

[Sydle]

Should have been in the conference, but I'm all for this. DD ftw.

 

[Owzers]

Now can we see a price reduction on 360 hard drives?

Seriousssssssssly. My 20GB HD is pretty much full

 

[angelfly]

Wtf, $19.99 as opposed to 1600 points? I better be able to use points...

I'm glad they don't use space bucks. Being able to directly purchase rather than purchasing points first is a better option.

 

[Brinbe]

Very nice, I prefer a physical copy but this'll definitely be nice in some situations. but yeah... I'll also need a bigger HD.

 

[KingJ2002]

whoa... i definitely will use the service... but honestly... why dont they just drop the whole point system altogether if they're going to go with retail pricing on games on demand?

 

[MMaRsu]

Wait all of a sudden we love space points?