Microsoft added two new games today to their Xbox 360 Games on Demand service, Call of Duty 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Both games are priced at $29.99 in the US. A quick look at GameStop’s website shows you can pick them a bit cheaper.
Call of Duty 3 runs $14.99 used at GameStop, while R6V2 runs $24.99 used (and $29.99 new). I can understand pricing that game at $29.99 for Games on Demand, but CoD3 is a bargain title at this point. Asking gamers to fork over thirty bones for the game is a slap in the face.
It’s going to take gamers talking with their wallets to change the pricing schemes for Games on Demand. Don’t buy this stuff at these prices. Go out and pick up a used copy of the game for much cheaper. You’ll have something to sell later when you don’t want or need the game anymore.
Microsoft’s new Games on Demand service has been both praised and scorned by various members of the media. Regardless of how you look at the service, it’s worth investigating. We recently got a copy of BioShock for Games on Demand to test and were fairly happy with the whole experience. This won’t be a review of the game, as we’ve already done that twice (Xbox 360 and PS3), and as everyone knows it’s amazing. This review will instead focus on the Games on Demand service, how it compares to the disc-based version of the game, and how well it runs.
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For most of us gamers out there, updates to the 360 come to us as we awake from our afternoon nap, throw off the loose Cheetos that hang on to our sweatpants, and boot up the console, only to see what looks like an error message. We rub our eyes sleepily to get the goop out and hope to goodness that Xbox Live isn’t down.
Coming soon though is an NXE update that I think everyone will benefit from in some way. I was lucky enough to send in my survey and be selected for the second wave of NXE preview program invites. Over the past week or so I have been able to put the NXE update through its paces (minus the Netflix updates which I don’t have) and will give my impressions so far on the update coming August 11th.
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