Schappert: 'No immediate plans' to delist XBLA titles
Fret no more! Microsoft's John Schappert told us yesterday that the company has "no immediate plans to act on delisting" and, in fact, that little brouhaha earlier this year was simply the company setting "parameters by which [they] can delist" content. With the New Xbox Experience promising an easier-to-use Marketplace, the existing retail mess will (ostensibly) be cleaned up and the XBLA shovelware shouldn't get in the way of what you're really there for: Rocky and Bullwinkle.
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E.J. @ Oct 9th 2008 10:51PM
"the company setting "parameters by which [they] can delist" content"
Or maybe it's the backlash from the whole industry...
Superstar90 @ Oct 9th 2008 10:53PM
Schappert then added
"Except of course Space Giraffe, which was the ultimate waste of money... yet had such an intriguing name. We are definitely de-listing that shit"
Nathan Graves @ Oct 9th 2008 11:17PM
Space Giraffe is Ace :O
knighty (GT: ZeraKnight) @ Oct 10th 2008 6:29PM
I concur. Space Giraffe was all kinds of awesome. It had pretty colours.
Nathan Graves @ Oct 9th 2008 11:17PM
Man, I remember a friend bought that game, his excuse was that he was high.
It's like WarioWare, except that this is pure shit.
willie @ Oct 9th 2008 11:29PM
i regretted the two minutes i spent playing the demo of that bile.
nick @ Oct 10th 2008 1:05AM
I'll be frank, it wasn't a great idea. I don't believe in removing games several months after release for the sake of making navigation of the marketplace easier or removing 'mistakes', just because of meta critic score.
If the concern is quality, then games should be subjected to stricter guidelines and quality control BEFORE they are released. And if the game isn't that great, then don't release it.
If the concern is sales, then how about reducing the pricing of XBLA arcade games after a certain period of time OR if games don't meet certain guidelines, charging less from the beginning.
serotoninzero @ Oct 10th 2008 1:15AM
I don't understand how this is an issue. If people want it then just keep it. It's not like they are that worried about the extra 100 or so MB on the server that isn't getting used. If they are worried about space and everything, I thought the NXE was supposed to fix that issue.
adam @ Oct 10th 2008 1:56AM
de-listing doesn't bother me because microsoft will remove games from xbla. it bothers me because there is so much crap (and the vast majority is crap) on xbla that de-listing is even considered!
Shape @ Oct 10th 2008 9:00AM
The recent releases have actually been pretty impressive.
adam @ Oct 10th 2008 1:06PM
shape, i agree ... the last 3 months have seen some very good games!
Dr. Stabbingworth @ Oct 10th 2008 9:03AM
Why don't they occasionally lower the prices so they could interest people who didn't buy these games the first time around? At this point it's the difference between getting nothing or 1/2 price for the game.
That Fuzzy Bastard @ Oct 10th 2008 2:31PM
I dunno, I kinda liked Rocky and Bullwinkle! It was indeed a WarioWare ripoff, and the production values were low, but then, the cartoon's production values were pretty bottom-of-the-barrel too!
And yes, I agree with my esteemed colleague Dr. Stabbingworth---if MS would let people discount their games, this whole discussion would be unneccesary.