XBOX 'Game Room'

[Mister Zero]

News from Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5442198/xbox-game-room-to-feature-over-1000-classic-arcade-games

Although its cover was blown a little early, there's still new info coming out of the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas concerning Microsoft's Xbox Game Room.

Microsoft's press release concerning the new Xbox Live service says the Game Room will be a "place to relive the glory days of arcade games", and over the next three years will see the release of "over 1000" retro titles. It'll also serve as a kind of "mini Home" for your 360 avatars, as each user will get their own arcade area that can be customised and, no doubt, upgraded (for the right price).

Interestingly, the Game Room will carry a two-tiered price structure. You can buy a game for between 240-400 Microsoft Points, or if you really want that old arcade feeling, you can pay 40 Microsoft Points and play the game once, like it was 1985 and you'd just dropped a quarter. Only, now it's two quarters.

It'll be out in the "Spring", and from here on we'll stop calling it "Xbox Game Room", as it'll be available for the PC as well.

[gblock]

This has potential, but I'm weary. It may get me to buy a 360 again.

[Mister Zero]

If you've got the money to blow on the games, and if you have an arcade stick, you may be interested. Otherwise I wouldn't honestly bother. Did you see the screens of how they have it set up, though? It's pretty neat how it looks like a big arcade that you walk through with your avatar.

[gblock]

That's what has got me...this experience won't last past the 360 lifespan, which sucks. Dumping money into this experience I don't have a problem with, the fact that it'll be over in a few years does. I'll probably stick with MAME and my "special" Wii.

[Thor]

That's a really cool idea. It's about as close as I'll come to being able to be in a real arcade again. Though there is a really cool arcade here in San Antonio that I've not been to yet but it's adults only. (because they serve alcohol).

That's what has got me...this experience won't last past the 360 lifespan, which sucks. Dumping money into this experience I don't have a problem with, the fact that it'll be over in a few years does. I'll probably stick with MAME and my "special" Wii.

Oh yeah "special" Wii.