Xbox Live Arcade for the week of 2/19

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Scheff42 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Very high bar... Please fix Assault Heroes Co-Op. You should check out the forum on xbox.com and see how many people can't connect Co-Op. No word from anyone whether it will be fixed.

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Col Hartman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

ok thanks for letting us know Major.

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BikeRanger — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:30:15 GMT

SidearmS,

I emailed support twice about the issue on 2/21. The next day I got replies saying to call for help. Granted, it took me a couple days to call because of my work schedule, but when I did they told me the requests were received on 2/22 -- too late.

I pointed out that their email system uses UTC time, but I'm in the same time zone as Xbox HQ and the easily calculated difference shows the emails were sent on 2/21. They then said there's no way to allow me to purchase the expansions for the advertised price.

I have screen caps of the now-removed "through 2/21" promotion and there's a forum thread on this as well.

You're totally right about "When they say "THROUGH" they mean it." And the promo web page was up through 2/21, later in fact. If I walked into a store with this issue and my printed proof, they'd just give me the points or a credit.

True, 400 points is no big deal and this is probably just classic corporate fumbling. But from the customer's viewpoint it's essentially false advertising and makes you wonder what trick comes next, after shafting a 3-year subscriber over a time zone difference.

Especially when you go to the trouble of 2 email requests and 1/2 hour on hold with support only to be denied the opportunity to buy what Microsoft is selling, on the terms THEY advertise it for.

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SidearmS — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:22:28 GMT

@BikeRanger:

Yeah, wasn't that just such a ripoff?

I was in the same boat. Read the Gamerscore blog under "arcade trivia winners" for my story about Lumines (one "M!") and when I tried to buy them on February 21st, and come to find out MS pulled to promos A DAY EARLY!

XBox 360 - Do Best Buy and Circuit City stop selling weekly specials at 12:01 am on a Saturday? NO! When they say "THROUGH" they mean it...

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Deap360 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:01:35 GMT

Its not normal that i actually have anything to winge about on here, ths is getting stupid. if games arent ready then someone isnt doing their job right.

jou should have xbla arcade games coming out of your ears especially with the size increase you just had.

i dont care how high this bar is so thats not an excuse, whoever has set this bar needs to have someone working with the developers to make sure its reached, the games should be ready and you should really be several games in front.

its like ur saying several companies are making games and whoever races through all the gates 1st wins if nobody gets through then nobody wins.

thats just rubbish.

have the damn games ready

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sporticusnz — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:38:32 GMT

The quality of arcade games is indeed a joke... (with a few obvious exceptions).... I have MS Points to burn, but nothing to burn them on. For goodness sake, you're one of the largest companies in the world... use some of those $$ to save your reputation (and to preserve your current advantage over the Sony online experience) by putting some decent stuff up on arcade. Retro games sell in bundles of 20 for $10 on PC, GBA, etc... why the hell should loyal subscribers have to shell out muchos-$$ for one of them? Next generation system: absolutely, but what message does it send when the Arcade section is clogged with games from 5 generations ago. Get with the times!

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Eddie Brock sans alien suit — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:18:41 GMT

Yeah, if Wing Commander really is coming to XBLA, I can't wait!

Unfortunately, I will have to.

Until spring 2009, most likely.

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Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:16:37 GMT

"I'd rather wait a week and get a solid game rather than a rushed broken one (remember Street Fighter?)"

That same "certification process" was in place when Street Fighter 2 came out. As it was for Contra. And Heavy Weapon. And pretty much every other broken/incomplete game that has been released since launch of the console. Don't assume because YOU'RE seeing the certification process mentioned for the first time that it's a brand new thing.

At this point, I think they should just shut down XBL Arcade for a few months until they have their act together and get restructured. Microsoft's Arcade service is quickly nudging Genji 2 out as the punchline of the gaming industry.

"Over 2 years old and proud of it" wins the award for most empty and cliched nonsense. Yeah, "go outside" because there is "better stuff to do"...like posting a bunch of long-winded trash on Major Nelson's blog, right?

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SePPiE X — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:09:46 GMT

http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/02/21/wing-commander-revived-on-the-360/

Wing commander on 360!! I sooooo hope that this is not a hoax/fluke... Wing Commander, that's one of the first games that got me totally sucked in big time!

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lunatic core — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:08:34 GMT

Not Worms 3D. Worms 3D is horrible. We are getting good ole 2D

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Dan — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:08:12 GMT

"Propbuddha said:

I'm glad that XBLA has rigid quality standards. I'd rather wait a week and get a solid game rather than a rushed broken one (remember Street Fighter?)"

So your saying how you like their standards...then give an example of a game that didn't live up to them? Also, try assault heros online.

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morgmcmoonsault — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:33:25 GMT

Major we really need to understand this certification process a bit more, you have the game developers saying its poor and too slow, surely the money that is made via the marketplace could pay for a few more staff on the process?

Can we get the head honcho of the certification process on the show PLEASE!

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KatsOtomo — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:23:26 GMT

For those who wonder why people complain on this blog...

Major Nelson is a marketing tool for Microsoft. Through him, the company is able to distribute information it wants us to have (and the way it wants us to have it) to us. But, his other function is to gather and take information from us and back into Microsoft. It's a two way street. It has to be. A company that fails to listen to it's customers is doomed to fail

Larry says it all the time on his shows how the Microsoft folks look closely at these comments.

Oh, and Larry, when I say Major Nelson is a tool, I mean the persona not you as a person.

I'm glad that...

Propbuddha — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:34:24 GMT

I'm glad that XBLA has rigid quality standards. I'd rather wait a week and get a solid game rather than a rushed broken one (remember Street Fighter?)

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AnEternalEnigma — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:59:24 GMT

Worms 3D was supposed to be the game released today, according to Team17. But it had to be delayed.

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Mel O Rama — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:54:21 GMT

So how did Crackdown make it over said high bar? The co-op is a freaking lagfest... Unless it was designed that way on purpose? If so then my favorite part of crackdown co-op is where it randomly drops the connection and I get booted back to the start up menu.