Xbox Live Marketplace honcho Aaron Greenberg talks to VGM about a variety of topics ranging from Goldeneye 007 on XBLA (not happening) to the Euro Diamond Card (happening). Xboxic has a helpful summary of the discussed topics:
- 50% of users are connected to Xbox Live. And 85% of those connected are downloading content
- More downloads on Live (ten million so far) than iTunes had on launch
- Talk about Cloning
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- How an indie developer gets a game onto Xbox Live Marketplace
- Addresses the criticisms of Blizzard COO Paul Sims and Arena Net Co-Founder Jeff Strain. Explains how the open LSP model allows for MMO’s to easily be on Live
- Over 80 High-Def games available by June
- New big update for Live this Spring
- Partnership with Epic records. High Def music video’s and play the artists of these video’s on Live
- No movies are planned for download onto Live at the moment.
- TV content is a possibility in the future
- New information about the Direct TV partnership is coming soon
- Comments on Wi-Fi and HUB
- Xbox Live Marketplace is going to see its own major “virtual console-like” announcement at E3, and it’ll be rolled out BEFORE Nintendo’s Revolution even hits the market.
- Plans to bring Rare’s Goldeneye 007 to Xbox Live Marketplace
- Advertising on Marketplace and in games
- It’s possible some day gamers could see an ad enabled free (and full) version of Xbox Live
- Diamond card IS coming to other markets
- Xbox Live @ E3
