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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:34AM HazyCloud said

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A piece? Boooo. I just passed on all of them. Thanks, EA. *thumbs up and a wink*

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:18AM Erluti said

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The xbox website seems to imply they are all in the same DLC.

I guess my question is wether or not you can play them on the same console and/or save state the game?
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:35AM Edge of Blade said

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Quick, someone throw together an XNA clone of all these games and release them ALL for 200 points. That'll show 'em.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:40AM HazyCloud said

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@ Erluti If that's the case, I'll gladly reconsider. I was excited to hear these titles coming with online play since EA decided to leave it out of Monopoly. If these are bundled together, I will definitely download the demo.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 12:48PM Duke said

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What sounded like a good deal at first glance really turned into a stinker. 800 points for the group and they have a sale - 800 or each and I can't see a reason to get even one.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:26PM Erluti said

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Oh snaps! This is devious!
Apparently it's a loader for all the games. It's free. But you can only play demos. You then have to buy each game at 800 points a piece like they were DLC or something.

http://forums.xbox.com/26149816/ShowPost.aspx
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Posted: Mar 18th 2009 2:17PM petepete said

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http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-4430-Connect-Four/dp/B00000IWI1/ref=pd_sim_t_4/189-9653895-6261251

that's right you whiners, the real thing cost 24 dollars. if you need to play connect 4 THAT badly, this is a good deal.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:35AM Hunter2223 said

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This has gotta be my Favorite Joystiq picture ever.

and 800 MSP? Yeah not gonna happen.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:39AM Dirty said

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Im assuming you can play them online? Im a bit confused how battleship will work. Talk about cheap ass screen watchers.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 12:22PM Haggard said

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Easy, make a big cardboard curtain to split your screen down the middle, and each sit on one side of it.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 2:32PM In A World said

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Maybe the ships will be placed randomly and are invisible to both players... or you can choose from 4 different ship formations mapped to A, B, X, and Y and the none of the formations would have any overlapping hit-squares. That way you would know which formation you chose without your opponent knowing, just don't let them see what button you pressed.
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Posted: Mar 18th 2009 11:45PM petepete said

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or maybe it will be like the good ole days on NFL BLITZ 2000 for the n64 when you could hide your cursor but still *hear* when you moved your cursor from one choice to the next.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:39AM anoffday said

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A piece? Ok? What'd you expect? All those games for 800 points? All of their board game counterparts are about that price too, but for some reason this is a rip off? But when it comes to RE5 DLC, joystiq agrees with capcom? I'm having trouble understanding you guys recently.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:48AM (Unverified) said

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The high price of board games largely has to do with component costs, while with video games (especially downloadable games) you expect to get more bang for your buck. It has to do with different expectations of value in video games compared to board games

As far as the Resident Evil thing. It also has to do with expectations. While I think Capcom's choice was ill-advised, I don't see any reason to believe that Resident Evil 5 must have multiplayer to begin with. So I somewhat agree with Joystiq's defense.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:42AM baby sea tuna said

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That price is bull.shit.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:43AM cuteSAVAGE said

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I was under the impression that this would be a single title containing the full collection of games... Lame.

It's been far too long since Carcassonne and Catan were released, and no one ever plays Ticket to Ride or Lost Cities. Getting a bit desperate for complex board and card games on XBLA and PSN, especially after EA's botched attempt at Monopoly.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:48AM cuteSAVAGE said

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Unrelated to the article - Was "Things on Wheels" announced as part of Days of Arcade? Was supposed to be released last fall, but I haven't heard anything on it since. Hmmmm...
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:05AM HazyCloud said

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No, sorry. Here's the list.

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Flock

Hasbro Family Game Night

Lode Runner

Outrun Online Arcade

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

UNO Rush
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:44AM baby sea tuna said

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That price is bull.shit.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:56AM murph17 said

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anyone who pays $10 for Connect Four should be shot. you can probably get the actual board game for less at this point.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:05AM CaptNink said

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Anyone who actually "plays" Connect Four should be shot.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:27AM Erluti said

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Full size connect four is $19 on Amazon. But the mini-travel one is $8.

Unlike video games, board games don't become worthless after it's been out a year.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 10:57AM PedoJokerBear said

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That price......it's making me thirsty!

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 1:23PM (Unverified) said

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So are these pretzels!
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:01AM (Unverified) said

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Bravo on the caption.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:02AM HazyCloud said

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7 games at 200 a piece.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:05AM (Unverified) said

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Hmm, let's see here. For the all the games on a nice hard drive space saving disc, Hasbro Family Game Night is 19.99 on the PS2 and 39.99 on the Wii, but instead will cost SEVENTY BUCKS on the 360.

Wow, EA. Just wow. Way to use up all the goodwill you got last year for turning over a new leaf.

The sad thing is since EA is now the #1 company for making gamers pay for gamerscore (see EA Live Draft and Live Score Trackers), they're going to have people tripping over themselves to fork over money for that nice shiny 1400GS that this game will be worth.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:08AM (Unverified) said

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HAHAH! I needed a good laugh this morning. Both the tone of the article AND the pricing information provided that. Thanks.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:09AM KaneRobot said

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I can't see buying more than one or two of these. Frankly, it's such a ripoff that it's making me lean towards not buying any at all.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:10AM (Unverified) said

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go for the bottom, go for the top....go for it...connect 4....go for it (yah!).....CONNECT 4!

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:10AM (Unverified) said

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800 points a pop count me out.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:15AM (Unverified) said

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You can play Scrabble online for free on Facebook (when it's working).

Connect Four was the s**t growing up. So was Sorry!

$10 a pop isn't that bad.

Oh, and gamerscore is for the vain.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:16AM (Unverified) said

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Is Joystiq right on this point?... as far as I know the pack of this week includes Yahtzee, Connect Four, Boggle and Battleship, all together for 800 MP and later there will be another pack of games for 800 MP.... I think no one catches the point that there are two packs and no 8 different games for that price...

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:48AM (Unverified) said

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From the email EA sent to us announcing the date:

"Each game will be sold individually on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points."

Seems pretty clear cut.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:18AM (Unverified) said

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I don't see how everyone see's this as a rip off or overpriced. I bought the 360 version of Monopoly for $40 when I have a $20 board version of it, and the 360 version is all people want to play in my dorm. I would love to play some of these games with those same people. I'll pick up a few of these sometime soon.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:21AM Nomadic0ne said

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This is just sad.
I would gladly pay 800, 1200, or even maybe 1600 for a well done port of a GOOD, deep, and or unique board game like Zombies!!! (and it's expainsions), Android, Agricola, Memoir '44, etc.
I love Catan, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, and Lost Cities! (And would love to see the other expansions for Catan be added to the digital line up!)

But these? Yes they are classics, but I've seen flash ads on websites that have more depth.
Hell, they've been selling these games in collections on the other platforms for years! I think I can pick up 4 of these games on a Nintendo GameBoy Advanced cartridge for under $5...and that's portable!

Booo EA/Hasboro, you greedy whores.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:35AM Nomadic0ne said

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Oh, ok, before some decry the "depth" comment, I forgot Scrabble was in there...so yeah. I'd maybe pay for Scrabble if it was done well...but they should give a $5 discount for having to fend off Mr. Potato head every time I'd want to play... :)
Sorry's fun too, but still, like I said, offer it as a bundle. These are not new games and was most likely not to difficult to port over considering they have already been in digital form for years.

Seriously people. They may be classic favorites, but don't justify their lazy greed. They don't care about connecting people or bringing back nostalgia or fun. They want to wring as much money out of lazy ports of stale classics as possible without having to develop anything new.
If you love these games and don't have them yet, but the real thing and play with family and friends. It'll be more satisfying.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:28AM ColeM said

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$10 apiece is BS for games like Battleship and Connect four. But I will gladly pay $10 for scrabble!

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:33AM (Unverified) said

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+1 for Scrabble as well. Can't wait for it... I hope it's not a big mess tho EA!

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:36AM ObiBen8 said

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800 piece!? forget that.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 11:39AM horngreen said

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I won't buy these but not because of the price I'm just not interested. $10 seems pretty reasonable to me though. You people bitching that you can buy the real version for the same or less are just insane. Try and set up an online game with the real version of connect four. Good luck on that.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 12:24PM Jayenkai said

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I'd gladly pay for Scrabble as well..
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But only if it's not mindboggling garbage like the DS ones have been, lately, with controls that appear to do the exact opposite of what you'd expect.
f'ing lazy coders..

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 12:26PM Pojomofo said

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How these are not grouped in one big package Boggles my mind...

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 1:08PM robotoid said

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No way $10. I'm gonna save my money for Flock, maybe Dishwasher and even UNO Rush.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 1:09PM (Unverified) said

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Wow... I was def going to buy it, under the assumption it was $10 total.

But a piece? Well.... I don't know.... I might get scrabble... maybe.....

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 1:27PM (Unverified) said

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Umm $10 for 1 game, count me out on this, I will take 1 of those $10 and buy the new DLC for COD:World at War on the next day, the 19th. Boo EA, for screwing the gamers again. This is why I have stop buying any of there games, I do miss my football and baseball but damn make the smaller games more reasonable in price and then maybe I will go back to playing your games. No more EA made games for me

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 1:27PM GoonieGooGoo said

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Are you sure on that price??? From all the press releases I've read on the game it seems like they are releasing the game in sets.......

Press release from a couple weeks ago:

Dust off your dictionary and get ready for the release of SCRABBLE, set to launch next month on Xbox LIVE Arcade! Featuring the SCRABBLE Diamond Anniversary Edition game board, the XBLA version of SCRABBLE gives board game lovers yet another way to play everyone's favorite word game.

SCRABBLE, CONNECT FOUR, YAHTZEE and BATTLESHIP will be the first four titles to launch on the Hasbro Family Game Night XBLA destination. Additional titles such as BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders will be releasing throughout the year.

SCRABBLE on XBLA will only be available in the US and Canada. All additional games will be available worldwide.

Features:

Classic Games!

* Join your host Mr. Potato Head as you play games such as SCRABBLE, CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders.
* Experience new ways to play these best-selling board games.

Full Xbox LIVE Support!

* Show off your skills with Hasbro Family Game Night achievements and compete with your friends to earn a spot atop the Xbox LIVE leader boards.
* Increase your gamer score and talk while you play online with voice chat.
* Get your Xbox avatar into the game with Hasbro Family Game Night's avatar support.

Online Multiplayer fun!

* Play locally with friends and family or take on other Xbox LIVE players in online play.
* Play with up to four players in SCRABBLE, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders.
* Play up to two players in CONNECT FOUR and BATTLESHIP.

Deck Out Your Very Own Game Room

* Launch new games within the Hasbro Family Game Night destination on Xbox LIVE without leaving your game room.
* Download new themes and game room furniture to design and customize your perfect game room.
* Show your custom game room to your friends when you invite them over to pl

ay! Host a Game Party

* Each game has a party mode featuring fun new ways to challenge your competitors.

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 2:28PM (Unverified) said

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"Each game will be sold individually on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points."

How much clearer does it have to be?
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 2:44PM GoonieGooGoo said

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Guh...well I won't be paying 10$ for Battleship or Connect FOUR...that's for sure.

Methinks many will be torn as YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, and definitely SCRABBLE could be worth the 10$ w/ Multiplayer...I don't know about SORRY or SORRY SLIDERS.

I do hope they do a discount on an online Bundle if you buy them all at once...as they have done.

Early adopters of course will be penalized if you buy each game 1 at a time.

But 10$ for the likes of CONNECT FOUR....cmon.....thats ridiculous.
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Posted: Mar 17th 2009 3:08PM Jonman said

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I want to see inside Hasbro's HQ, and see if it is indeed thousands of monkeys sitting in front of thousands of computers.

There's no other feasible explanation for how bass-ackwards the decisions this company makes are.

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