Burnout 3 is coming to Xbox Originals

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

Ai Kago: I guess they're just hoping that people would rather have the game on their hard drives instead of driving out to the local used video game store, buying the game, and having to swap discs all the time.

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Ai Kago — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

When are Microsoft going to realize you can buy the original discs for less than the download they offer.

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XxTh3 IC3MaNxX — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:59:27 GMT

burnout3 is a great game and i myself am glad its going to be an original,but hopefully live is fixed by time it comes out

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DarkMime64 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:06:12 GMT

Are you going to be adding a warning this time that it doesn't work with the VGA cable in Europe, or are you still not going to bother?

Certainly would have been nice to have one when I wasted 1200 points on Psychonauts only to find I couldn't even play it because of the cable I use. Which is pathetic, by the way.

Cheers then.

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WarioFan63 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:24:10 GMT

I like the idea of Xbox Originals because I never owned the original Xbox and I cant get some of that stuff used anymore and even though some of it (like Burnout 3) can be gotten on PS2, Im still fine with it. And like it was brought up before its nice to own a game without worrying about scratches or anything. I already bought Halo off of it.

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Moose O Death — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:20:37 GMT

it's not a waste of resources, the fuel burned driving to the store is a waste of resources. face it some of us don't give a crap about the extra 5 bucks and prefer the convenience of just starting the console and picking a game to play from the list. dvd's scratch, bend, get stood on, dropped, or lost. the hard-drive is far less prone to those things and makes my wireless console even more hands-off.

so if you want to save $5 go for it, those of us that like this idea wont think any less of you for it.

my biggest concern about the originals is why can't the dash work within them? now they're on the hard drive it would be nice if we could pull up the guide and exit to dashboard via (Y)

broken sword sleeping dragon to back compat too.

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JkunStephens — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:04:25 GMT

I won't be buying any Xbox Originals until the price goes down or achievements are added. I can buy any of these games used at Gamestop/Ebay/Amazon for much less than $15.

Waste of resources, Microsoft. :[

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GhostRiderTGAC — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:55:33 GMT

SpaceShot I agree with you as well regarding the subscription paid for Live and didn't realize that EA actually stops game support in this way. I contend that Microsoft should take it upon itself to insure that all included features of a game are functional prior to adding it to a re-release such as is the case with the XBOX Originals. Without Live play, Burnout 3 is still a good game but lacks the completeness it should have.

Those who say stop wining and go play Burnout Revenge are missing the point. I know many of you have played older games because they are still solid fun. I like Burnout Revenge as well but I like Burnout 3 more. They are different games and play differently. Each new version isn't just an upgrade of the previous, they are different.

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Kamikazee89 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:52:58 GMT

If there's no live play it will really hurt sales I'm sure. I was excited until I thought about the whole EA server thing.

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a Frisky Dingo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:17:16 GMT

Also major could you comment on the possible end of backwards compatibility updates? Supposedly they said they have crossed off most of the "top titles" with a few exceptions. there are still some exceptions that I would like backwards compatible. Mainly Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes. I did not finish that game and sold my xbox and want to start over and finish it but I can't because it's not BC. And now they are going to stop BC updates? Why can't you guys do just a few more to pick up some of those games like that.

i don't care if the updates are small, as long as they have games we want bc on them. the reason why more people don't play bc games is because they don't have achievements, but there are those of us who do play them and want to play more games that aren't bc yet. don't forget about us please!

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a Frisky Dingo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:46:39 GMT

I agree spaceshot, we pay $50 a year for live, they shouldn't shut down servers for games, ea should not have it's own servers.

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Veive257 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:29:02 GMT

I would buy this for offline play if I didn't know it would stop working when I get my next refurbished 360. I'm on #3 now and due for the red ring of death soon. So far it has happened to me about every 5,000 gamerscore :(

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SpaceShot — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:31:11 GMT

MSFT seems to understand there are plenty of Xbox 360 owners who are new to Xbox and never played these games. They also don't have the time or inclination to bother hunting for a $9 copy of a game. For some people, time is money.

However, this release is a mistake in my opinion. Burnout 3 is a great game, but releasing any old EA game just leaves a bad taste in your mouth because EA shuts down access to the online features of the game. It's not any technical hurdle or "servers" they have to shut down, it's just they tell their games they won't be servicing matchmaking or leaderboard requests anymore. XBL was designed with this in mind and that's why it doesn't rely on servers to play games. EA decided they had to flaunt this model in order to force-sell updates of games, and it's too bad MSFT is still forced to let them.

When XBL was young, I could understand, but today I would say MSFT's position is the stronger and this practice of shutting down games for no reason needs to stop.

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RyeRye113097 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:06:14 GMT

If they offered up something new with these originals they'd sell so much more. I'd probably buy Halo and Crimson Skies again if they offered Achievements and stuff like that. As is I'd just go looking in my local game store's bargain bin if I really wanted to play these again. "360ize" these games MS and maybe then I'll buy these at the ridiculous price your asking.

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JohnR3184 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:27:02 GMT

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