Check out the highlights of an interview with the General Manager of Xbox Live, Marc Whitten:
1) Microsoft has officially increasing the XBLA game size limits dramatically from 150MB to 350MB and are also giving publishers more flexibility in how they price their games and opening up a new 1600 Microsoft Points price point for some of these now bigger and better games.
2) Microsoft is delisting older underperforming titles in order to keep the service focused on a section of high quality games. Titles at least 6 months old having a Metacritic score below 65 and a conversion rate below 6% will be removed.
3) The Xbox Live team will be releasing a new digital rights management (DRM) tool in June that will allow you the freedom to be able to play your content both online and offline.
To better understand what you are reading here, check out the XBLA VIP BLOG at http://vanislepimp.spaces.live.com/ or the http://www.XboxLiveArcade.com/ for a more detailed explanation into the update subjects above and more. Its definately worth the read for any Xbox Live Arcade game owner or fan.
1) Microsoft has officially increasing the XBLA game size limits dramatically from 150MB to 350MB and are also giving publishers more flexibility in how they price their games and opening up a new 1600 Microsoft Points price point for some of these now bigger and better games.
2) Microsoft is delisting older underperforming titles in order to keep the service focused on a section of high quality games. Titles at least 6 months old having a Metacritic score below 65 and a conversion rate below 6% will be removed.
3) The Xbox Live team will be releasing a new digital rights management (DRM) tool in June that will allow you the freedom to be able to play your content both online and offline.
To better understand what you are reading here, check out the XBLA VIP BLOG at http://vanislepimp.spaces.live.com/ or the http://www.XboxLiveArcade.com/ for a more detailed explanation into the update subjects above and more. Its definately worth the read for any Xbox Live Arcade game owner or fan.
