Comments on: When’s All This Xbox 360 Stuff Coming to Australia?

By: cooksta

cooksta — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:40:18 +0000

Sweet. cant wait till everything comes to australian xbl

By: RynoIV

RynoIV — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:42:55 +0000

This looks terrible. I saw the Kodu demo on youtube, and was disappointed

By: brad

brad — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:43:20 +0000

and what's wrong with the guild? damn that Felicia Day is HOOOOOOT!
as nice as it would be to see some more content come here, i sure won't be holding my breath. How bout giving us "inside xbox"? the US has it as does most of Europe!
If we cannot get something as basic as that, what are our chances of getting something like the community channel or netflix? ZERO!

By: philomglol

philomglol — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:47:05 +0000

@David R, I do exactly the same thing. Don’t forget the excellent E3 videos.

By: NegativeZero

NegativeZero — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:04:12 +0000

My understanding was that the XNA channel stuff would never come to Australia, because the service counts as essentially distributing the games under our laws. In order to distribute a game in Australia it has to be classified, which costs several thousand dollars, and Microsoft isn't about to fork over that sort of cash for stuff by hobbyists and the like.

If we do get the system, then it won't be the moderated-but-open-to-all-creators-club-entries system that the US enjoys.

By: David R

David R — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:58:14 +0000

Yes, it's an ongoing annoyance.

I still seem to flick over to the Video Marketplace in the vain hope of seeing something other than 'The Guild' and 'Robbie Williams Video'.

By: David Wildgoose

David Wildgoose — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:53:53 +0000

@choc

You may be getting confused with the XNA Creators Club, which is set up for people who want to develop games using XNA Game Studio. This is open to Australians.

The XNA Community Games Channel is for regular 360 owners to purchase and download the games made by Creators Club members. Microsoft hasn't said when this will be available in Australia.

By: Choc

Choc — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:31:57 +0000

Actually you two are wrong. While i can’t comment on primetime, XNA is launching in Australia within the next 6 months. Go do a search on XNA and Australia. It was announced last year.

By: philomglol

philomglol — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:23:29 +0000

@warcroft, while I agree that we (aus) probably won’t see either of these channels ever – just like we’ve never glimpsed the TV/Video rentals – I don’t think its the usage or ratings that are keeping it out. Firstly, Xbox Live data is being included free by a few ISPs, and I imagine can only increase. Secondly, a lot of the video and demo content on XBL already is ‘unrated’ and released at the same time as America (ie, on time).

I think it’s more licensing issues with bringing content created in America here (or prizes) or creating the same thing for our smaller national audience – imagine the Community Games Channel if only Australian devs were allowed to use it, would we see Krush Kill & Destroy? Something from the BioShock guys?

By: cat tactics

cat tactics — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:13:25 +0000

@warcroft

warass