I like the fact that there will be a PC version of this. If Microsoft would port "Fight Night" to the PC, then between that and Microsoft Game Room, I'd really have no incentive at all to purchase an XBox 360. I was going to purchase the XBox360 just for Fight Night, but I thought "why clutter up my house for just one game?"
Well, Fight Night is EA and their support of the PC with sports games is always sporadic. I must say, while I enjoy the latest Fight Night, it just doesn't have the same impact for me as the previous game, oddly enough. It's better in many ways, but lost a certain something in the improvement. Crazy, I know. Fight Night is one of those games on an every two years schedule, so I look forward to the next iteration (Round 5) perhaps getting some of the personality of the Round 3 version back.
Rowdy Rob wrote:
I wonder how this will affect the emulation scene? If Microsoft is going to start selling these games that are widely available in emulation, I wonder if they are going to use their mighty clout to try to restrict access to these emulated games?
Again, this is nothing new. Nintendo has tons of emulated games via their virtual console on the Wii. All three platforms have emulated and enhanced emulated versions of classic arcade and console games already. If anything, the only ones going after emulation sites and what-not would be the rights holders, not the platform holders like a Microsoft. If anyone would want them shut down, it would be Nintendo, because the Wii is the only place to legally emulate Nintendo system games, and even they haven't exactly gone on a legal rampage.
Bottom line, pricing seems reasonable and there's enough value adds here for people like me who have tons of versions of the same game to consider repurchasing yet again. Hopefully there will be some cross-platform action as well. I'd love to play against PC owners like you and Matt, for instance, who probably will never get a hold of an Xbox 360 while it's a current gen system.
I like the fact that there will be a PC version of this. If Microsoft would port "Fight Night" to the PC, then between that and Microsoft Game Room, I'd really have no incentive at all to purchase an XBox 360. I was going to purchase the XBox360 just for Fight Night, but I thought "why clutter up my house for just one game?"
Well, Fight Night is EA and their support of the PC with sports games is always sporadic. I must say, while I enjoy the latest Fight Night, it just doesn't have the same impact for me as the previous game, oddly enough. It's better in many ways, but lost a certain something in the improvement. Crazy, I know. Fight Night is one of those games on an every two years schedule, so I look forward to the next iteration (Round 5) perhaps getting some of the personality of the Round 3 version back.
I wonder how this will affect the emulation scene? If Microsoft is going to start selling these games that are widely available in emulation, I wonder if they are going to use their mighty clout to try to restrict access to these emulated games?
Again, this is nothing new. Nintendo has tons of emulated games via their virtual console on the Wii. All three platforms have emulated and enhanced emulated versions of classic arcade and console games already. If anything, the only ones going after emulation sites and what-not would be the rights holders, not the platform holders like a Microsoft. If anyone would want them shut down, it would be Nintendo, because the Wii is the only place to legally emulate Nintendo system games, and even they haven't exactly gone on a legal rampage.
Bottom line, pricing seems reasonable and there's enough value adds here for people like me who have tons of versions of the same game to consider repurchasing yet again. Hopefully there will be some cross-platform action as well. I'd love to play against PC owners like you and Matt, for instance, who probably will never get a hold of an Xbox 360 while it's a current gen system.
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