April 27th 2009 4:28 pm PT

This week on Arcade Banjo Tooie and Virtual On

 

It’s a busy week for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Banjo Tooie and Virtual On are coming for 1200 points each. In addition, the popular board game Sorry! is coming to Hasbro Family Game Night for 800 points and The Maw will see the ‘Speeder Lane’ Game Add On for 100 points. Everything will hit this Wednesday.

 

Arcade By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

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  • IconicSoulJA

    @ibelievein93x

    Notice how Major didn’t post about it due to the Exclusive PSN Demo LOL! I love the games they play (both sides). So comical and childish. I would prefer if both parties stop this exclusive crap. I could care less.

  • SalamanderSkill

    800ms points then 1200ms points an hour after release? Will incompetence be more of a regular occurrence with XboxLive management?

  • Ravage NZ

    Buying both as soon as I see them on the marketplace :D

  • Type 0 x IV

    Banjo-Tooie = Instant Buy. 1200MSP isn’t a surprise since Banjo-Kazooie was the same price and the game is more than worth it.

  • LapsonHK

    What regions will Virtual On be available?

  • Turtle502

    I feel the pricing for Banjo-Tooie is fair and right on, while Virtual On should be 800. Sorry! is probably fair enough at 800 points, unlike the other Hasbro titles, all of which are overpriced. Hopefully these higher prices will eventually evolve into higher quality *original* XBLA games. Fewer ports, more original exclusive content, please.
    …
    Regardless, weigh the value to you and buy what you want.

  • Lucky 13 X

    @ Number 905.

    Very well said. These changes are just something we will all need to get used to, recession or not. Looking forward to both titles this Wednesday.

  • Freaky Priest

    I bought 4200 points a few months ago and I still have about 3800 left because all the games I would have bought at 800 points are now 1200 points.

  • ToothlessFrog

    Welcome to the new low price point… Bah, guess I’m pretty much done with the Arcade until something truly amazing and worth it comes out. Way to keep business strong MS and way to meet us at the middle ground between profit and giving incntive to buy.

  • the Woodmeister

    Hmm a few more attempts by someone to make 1200 points the new 800. Sorry folks, it’s not working for me. $15 is just a bit too much to pay for an XBLA game.

  • Jelly Jiggler

    why are people complaining aobut tooie and virtual on being $15 when they both had $50 retail releases back in their day and they sold well enough to warrent a re-release all these years later. Ive probally spent more than $15 on virtual on back when it was in the arcaades so this is a day one purchase for me that is totally worth the $15.

  • Ahmedz

    anyone know what time they will be released? (GMT or GMT+3 timezone)

  • Karachi King

    I remember HIRING Virtual On for a couple of days, and it cost me about $7. Now I can BUY it, for about $20 and play it for as long as I want, with online multiplayer, and customizable robots? Sounds good to me.

    Also, I just did a quick search on eBay, and the Dreamcast version seems to go for US$15 and up (not including postage). Banjo Tooie seems to be similarly priced there.

  • GoobTuff

    I’ll be getting Banjo-Tooie. I’m a huge Banjo fan and $15 for that game is well worth it.

  • CheekyLeeth

    The reason people are complaining about the 1200 point price is that this time last year both of these titles would have cost 800. Take a look at Ikaruga and Rez HD, which are both re-released DreamCast updates. Then try and find any reason why Virtual On is any different. Braid and Castle Crashers, which are the games that changed the standard pricing, were new experiences which were unavailable anywhere else, and were both excellent games. People who complained that those games were 1200 had a lot less ground to stand on than anybody who is complaining at the prices currently. I speak as a VOOT fan, here, and I can categorically state that I want to buy the game but will not allow myself to on account of the principle. Until MS see some sense, I will not be giving them any more of my money.

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