Lumines Live for XBLA: The better you are, the more it costs to play

Written by Dan Zuccarelli

Thursday, 24 August 2006 09:24

Here's an interesting development in the ongoing tug of war between developers and buyers on Xbox Live arcade. It seems that Lumines Live, a game alot of us have been looking forward to, will sell for $15 (1200 points), but once you reach a certain level you'll be prompted to spend money on the rest of the levels. That's right people, in order to beat the game, you'll need to buy additional levels at the price of $5 (400 points) and $3.75 (300 points).

Now I know people out there are thinking that Lumines cost $40 for the PSP, so $23.75 is still a good deal. And you know what, maybe it is (even though the game is a year and a half old). But then why not sell the game for $23.75? Why the dicking around and charging a little more and a little more? It's another case of XBLA going down the wrong road. I'm starting to worry that this live marketplace stuff will erode the game-playing experience.

I've written before about different people playing different versions of games (oblivion add-ons) but now if I'm a good Lumines player the game will cost me more money to challenge me than an average player. How is that fair???

It's a shame, I WAS looking forward toÂ Lumines (it's still the only great game on the PSP).Â

What do you think?

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written by VicViper, August 25, 2006

It makes it even worse because Lumines is actually only $20 now.

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written by Greshkov, August 28, 2006

Just another reason i'm not sweating my 360 not being hooked up to the internet. I seem to have no complaints about it and would like to keep it that way.

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written by jimmycanuck, August 28, 2006

Probably worth noting; Lumines Live is actually Lumines 2 with a snazzy XBLA name. Taking that into consideration, $23.75 actually seems like a pretty good deal to me.

I think everyone is looking at this the wrong way. Rather than seeing it as a shameful way to charge us more, it seems more of a discount for people who happen to suck at it. If it turns out you're not very good at Lumines Live, you're not going to regret spending the full amount.

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written by Doug Jones, August 30, 2006

You're only starting to worry?

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