Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Game Digital Distribution, Launches August

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Microsoft today announced that Xbox 360 titles will soon be available to purchase and download.

"We're launching full retail games on demand [this year]," said Microsoft general manager Mark Whitten. "We'll be launching this in August with a portfolio of about 30 titles. We'll be launching new titles every week."

Mass Effect, BioShock, Assassin's Creed, Oblivion and Call of Duty 2, Civilization Revolution, DiRT and Rainbow Six 2 are all titles that were confirmed for a digital release by way of a demonstration of the on-demand interface. The interface resembles the Xbox Originals store.

"You'll see these priced just like retail," said Whitten, who did not clarify whether there are plans for new releases to launch on the service alongside disc-based versions.

From The Chatty
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    June 1, 2009 12:45 PM

    they better be cheaper (they won't be)

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      June 1, 2009 12:48 PM

      HA! Good one.

      oh wait you're serious.....

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      June 1, 2009 1:12 PM

      I expect they'll do like Steam and have specials and rebates when sales are low.

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        June 1, 2009 1:15 PM

        Yeah I just don't want to see 12 month old games selling for $59.99 or $49.99 when you can walk into Best Buy or Gamestop and buy them new for $20, or used for cheaper.

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