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Reactions: Prepare to be crushed under the weight of this week’s news
There has been a metric gigabyte worth of inconsequential video game news this week. Of course, that metric system can get rather confusing, so allow me to do the converting for you: not eight, not ten, but nine trivial news stories lie beyond the break for you, the gamer who doesn’t know the meaning of “too informed.”
Author: Cody
Reactions: Become a member of the XBL Rewards program
The site is live now. So go ahead and join up. You’ll get Microsoft Points for stuff you already do. Yay!!!
Author: CodyReactions: Xbox Live gets $10 price hike
Upset with The $50 disparity between Xbox Live and PlayStation Network (as in, PSN is free)? Upset with all those ads on your Xbox dashboard despite the fees you pay? Well then, you probably won’t be happy to hear this. Starting November 1st, the annual fee for XBL Gold Membership is going up to $60. The month-by-month plan is also rising from $8 to $10, while the three-month plan is going up from $20 to $25. But it’s not all bad! Microsoft will be offering discounts on the service up until the new price is implemented. Specifically, you can get a full year of service for $40 right now, $10 cheaper than usual.
Author: CodyReactions: Microsoft indirectly confirms Kinect’s $150 price point
As you might know, in the days after E3 various retailers began to list Microsoft’s Kinect motion device at a price of $150–a hefty cost for a piece of hardware that doesn’t have a very appealing lineup of games and supposedly doesn’t work if the player is sitting down. Microsoft repeatedly stated that the retailers were just speculating with placeholder prices and that Kinect’s pricing hadn’t been officially announced. Well, it still hasn’t been, but Microsoft’s own store is now offering pre-orders at the $150 price point. Granted, the site clearly says that the official price hasn’t been announced and that it’s subject to change, plus all pre-orders are protected by price guarantee in the event of a price change, but it’s still telling on Microsoft’s part. For the sake of my waning interest in Kinect, let us hope that the price does change.
Author: CodyReactions: Original Xbox Live dies today
Today, Wednesday, April 14th, 2010, is the original Xbox Live’s last hoorah before it is blown into the sky like so many Warthogs. So if you want to give Halo 2 one last spin before the old girl is put to pasture, now’s the time. Unfortunately, I have to work for most of the day. But with any luck, I’ll find at least a little bit of time for the game that made Xbox Live. Can’t they kill Halo 3 instead?
Author: CodyReactions: MS making original Xbox less lively on April 15th
1UP is reporting the sad news that the original Xbox will cease to support Xbox Live on April 15th, 2010. Not a big deal in of itself, but it is disheartening that original Xbox titles will no longer be playable on Live, even if played on a 360. So, yes, that means no more Halo 2. Bungie is apparently planning a big send off. I just might have to put the old girl in the disc tray one last time. Microsoft gives a bunch of “greatest benefit to the Xbox LIVE community” BS, but there better be something more than friend-cap alterations to back this move up. It’s just sad to see the game that build Xbox Live put out to pasture.
Author: CodyReactions: Is your Xbox ready for some football?
Like sports? Like utilizing your 360 to the fullest? Well, if what 1UP‘s reporting turns out to be true, then you’re in luck! Apparently, Microsoft and Disney (parent company of ESPN) are in talks to provide live streaming of sporting events over Xbox Live. The content would be available for a “per-subscriber fee.” Whether that means an additional fee on top of Xbox Live Gold membership is unclear.
Author: CodyRandom: “p00nhun+er” and the wrath of Xbox Live almighty
Amid the chaos of the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend, Stephen Toulouse, the man in charge of bringing down the Xbox Live ban hammer, delivered a sermon to be remembered. And because I can’t put it better myself, take this this Kotaku poster’s comment as a review: “A fantastic sketch that touches on the very essence of online douchebaggery.” Indeed.
Author: CodyReactions: No New 360 Games Coming to Live’s Games on Demand Service
Notice the distinct lack of any new games?
Just as I expected when the service was first announced, Microsoft’s Shane Kim has confirmed that there will be no games being released on the new service day and date with their retail counterparts. “We’re not anywhere close to that world today,” said Kim.
Author: Ryan
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