Earlier we brought you the full lineup of Xbox 360 Games On Demand titles to be available at launch in the US. Here’s the list to be available in Australia.
Yes, it’s a shorter list.
BioShock
Call of Duty 2
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Kameo: Elements of Power
Mass Effect
Perfect Dark Zero
Prey
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise
Games On Demand is part of the new Xbox Live dashboard update hitting on August 12. It offers full Xbox 360 games for download. No prices have been advised at this stage, but at E3 we saw the US lineup priced at US$19.99.
UPDATE: Microsoft has advised us that prices will be “available at launch.” Kinda weird they won’t tell us in advance…
Andrew
August 6, 2009 at 1:04 PM
I Really doubt this will kick off in Australia unless Microsoft strike a deal to make these downloads un-metered
Report Permalinkanthrox
August 6, 2009 at 1:15 PM
if your with iinet xbox live downloads are free
Report PermalinkAndrew
August 6, 2009 at 2:05 PM
I have a really really crappy deal with optus, i got 6 gigs peak and 12 gigs off peak, this was good 2 years ago when i got the deal but now, i usually get capped one or 2 weeks before the new month
I’ll give you a tip, dont sign up with otpus
1. The deals are crappy
2. you get calls from india about 5 times a week in a promotional period
3. Offers no un-metered content
4. Under its new plan UPLOADS are counted towards your monthly quota, so just playing online can cost you about 3 gigs a month.
iinet seems so much better, i gotta see if they have it in my area
Report PermalinkWomble
August 6, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Andrew, the good news is that the download can typically be much smaller than than the DVD due to the lack of compression often used, the padding, and the redundant data they use on disc in order to speed up load times.
That’s why the games installed to the drive under the latest XNE release are much smaller than before.
The BAD news: this is going to cost. It looks like a cheapy game is going to cost US$20. It’s very safe to say that translates to A$30. Some games will probably be priced at $40 (or more).
So Bioshock will probably be A$30. Probably. Maybe higher at $35. But I bought my copy for $20 at JB, second-hand (and it works just as well as a new one.) So Microsoft are going to have an up-hill battle getting any money from me.
Where they have advantage is that they can do “weekly specials” at their whim.
At least they’re FINALLY allowing credit cards for these purchases, instead of the insanely stupid MSP system.
Report Permalinkbeez neez
August 25, 2009 at 2:55 PM
i have a tip. upgrade to a better plan. i have 20peak 40offpeak. works fine. queue downloads over night. i use about 5 gb of peak and 35 off peak. its great.
Report PermalinkCloneTrooper
August 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM
From the iiNet Site
“In partnership with Xbox, iiNet is now offering unmetered Xbox LIVE content on all iiNet broadband plans. This means you can download game demos, trailers, arcade games and console updates without it affecting your monthly quota.
We’re working hard to include as much Xbox LIVE gaming traffic as possible in the iiNet Freezone. As Xbox LIVE opens you up to players all over the world, this country-hopping traffic becomes very hard to capture and unmeter, so think of any quota-free gaming as a happy bonus to accompany the game updates and demos that will make up the bulk of Xbox LIVE traffic (and these are definitely in the Freezone).”
So yeah, iiNet offer it…and since its in partnership, I doubt we’ll be seeing anymore ISPs getting unmetered XBL Traffic anytime soon.
Report PermalinkAliasalpha
August 6, 2009 at 1:37 PM
A few ISPs have unmetered xbox downloads, sadly mine isn’t one of them but I live in hope.
Report PermalinkFatShady
August 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM
I think it will and actually see it competing, not with the retailers as this has already been confirmed for NEW titles but perhaps if priced correctly, may actually compete with the preowned and classic titles that are currently in stores. As for the data size, I hear that these are smaller in size than a full game rip (not that I know how to do that) and most popular DL plans these days offer decent amounts anyway…
Report PermalinkThomas Hambleton
August 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM
It is unmetered on iinet!
Report PermalinkPemalite
August 9, 2009 at 2:41 AM
You can also go with Westnet for un-metered Xbox Live! I think iPrimus has the same thing going now.
Mass Effect is listed as $99.95 on my dashboard, and Call of Duty 2 is $49.95 – A complete rip-off.
Report Permalinkmorgion
August 6, 2009 at 1:54 PM
…or you could just churn to iiNet.
But yes, a quick search on ebay and all of these titles, including Bioshock can be picked up for anywhere between $10-$30 bucks anyway!
Why bother when you can have something cheaper, tangible, and thats not tied to your console.
Report PermalinkMark
August 6, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Westnet, being owned by iiNet, also gets unmetered Xbox Live downloads
Report Permalinkchuloopa
August 6, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Umm.. if it’s $19.95 Us.. it’d have to be at least 25-30…
Report Permalink… in which case you can buy these games second hand for less…
Andrew
August 6, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Don’t you mean If something is US$19.95 its AU$50.00??…lol. Thats why Microsoft won’t release the prices until the day.
I switched to iinet last month, best move I could have made.
Report PermalinkDavid
August 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Nah, $US20 would only be around $AU25-30. Though Microsoft could theoretically jack the Aus prices up for no reason, its not unheard of.
Also, how big will the downloads be? I have no idea of these type of things.
Report PermalinkIm guessing CoD2 would be smaller than Oblivion, but details would help….
StevoTheDevo
August 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM
I think that was the point being made..
Report PermalinkConverting $US to $AUS is apparently different in the software and hardware world than it is in the currency market world..
Sing Nguyen
August 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM
I’ve probably missed it, but does anyone know the answer to the following questions:
1. How many times can you download a game after purchase?
2. Can other player accounts on the same Xbox play these games, or only the purchasing account?
3. If you transfer your gamertag over to a newer Xbox that you’ve purchased (or rather a friend’s Xbox…) can you redownload that game and play it? And as an extension of the previous question, can only you play it?
I guess what I’m trying to really ask is can you share games a la Steam? Whether intentional or not, with Steam you can log into a friend’s account, download any single player games, then go into offline mode and continue to play those games at your own leisure.
And a fact that I didn’t know until recently is that Steam (online play and game downloads) is unmetered on Internode.
Ding!
Report Permalinkphilomglol
August 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I assume it’ll work the same way XBLA games work currently.
Meaning;
Report Permalinka) Anyone on the xbox you bought it on can play it, and
b) If you move to a seperate xbox and are signed in as your gamertag, you can download it for free and anyone on that xbox can play it, until your gamertag is signed in elsewhere.
Aaron
August 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM
This would be a reeeeeally good time for MS to announce a price cut on 120gb HD’s
Report PermalinkSam Lawrence
August 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Too Hard to make the US and EU and AUS games the same??
Report PermalinkJay
August 6, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Perhaps they should also discuss to make content cheaper.
DLC, IMO is over-priced and with advertising apparently coming, its stupid we still pay the same and fork out all this cash to have advertising slapped in our faces.
But i also think, after a game and it’s DLC gets old and the RRP of the game decreases, then the DLC should too. Oblivion add-ons should be like 400 instead of 800. Bungie do it right with their map packs being free when they introduce a new one, but suck for making nearly every playlist require all DLC including ones you have to pay for.
Report PermalinkScruffy
August 6, 2009 at 6:53 PM
People should have learned by now. To work out the Au price, you take the US price and double it.
Report PermalinkSimeon
August 6, 2009 at 11:04 PM
$49.99 – watch it happen!
Report PermalinkKarachi King
August 6, 2009 at 11:10 PM
I noticed Bioshock in the Games on Demand section (assuming it’s there for everyone in the Beta) and it’s $49.95.
Report Permalinkkevlar35
August 6, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Bioshock is up on the Aussie MP.
It’s $49.95.
Who sets these prices? EB games?
Report PermalinkJordan Patternott
August 7, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Bioshock is up on the Games on Demand section at the moment and is priced at $49.95 or 3000 MS points
Report Permalinkevilm3w
August 7, 2009 at 12:34 AM
i’m on the preview, and Bioshock is listed @ $49.95aud, only payment options are CC and game code.
Report PermalinkBrett C
August 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Wow. So, it’s going to go GREAT guns if they think anyone is stupid enough to fork out $50 bucks for Bioshock. It’s readily available everywhere for >$30 and even cheaper on PC.
Bodes well doesn’t it…
Report Permalinkrania
August 13, 2009 at 7:02 PM
it wont kick
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