Lumines Live! and Q’s micro Marketplace transactions
If you’ve downloaded Q Entertainment‘s Lumines Live! last night at the Xbox Live Marketplace, and have been playing it since, you might have probably seen this image already. But for those who do not know, this is what you’ll see when you finish five stages of the game’s vs. CPU mode.
Now, there have been mixed reactions about the company’s vague announcements and XBLM advertising because it seems that XBL users have to nickel and dime their way just to get the game they want. While there have been prior announcements that Lumines Live! will not be free on XBLM, it seems that the company’s advertising tactics are still vague.
Assuming you spent 1800 MS points for the game (1200 points) and the Advance Pack (has 22 new skins and is sold for 600 points), it’s just plain disappointing for some to realize that after spending US$ 22.49 (that’s 1800 MS points), you still…don’t…have…the complete…game. Apparently, you still have to spend for five stages of the vs. CPU mode and an expanded pack for Mission/Puzzle mode, which will be available on the Marketplace soon. So if you have to download these too, how much will that cost us all in all?!
Let’s say (no, assume) that the Advance Pack and the vs. CPU mode cost 600 points each, that’ll be another 1200 points (or US$ 15.00) to add to what you have spent so far. So all in all, you will have spent US$37.49 just to get the complete game. Then take into consideration that this will be almost 10 bucks more than what you’d have to spend for Lumines 2, when it ships next month and sells for a SRP of US$ 29.99. Kinda makes you think, doesn’t it?
However, looking at it in a positive light, perhaps we can say that this is Q’s way of letting US choose how we want our games: it’s entirely up to us if we want that Advance Pack or the five stages of vs. CPU mode. But if you’re a ‘completionist’ and you want to get through the whole game as soon as you can, this can be pretty annoying. So we guess this post just serves as a heads up for those who think that they’re getting the whole game on Marketplace (which they aren’t), and a plea for Q to make their announcements clearer because it might lead to confusion. (Or should we as gamers know better?)
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If you’ve downloaded Q Entertainment‘s Lumines Live! last night at the Xbox Live Marketplace, and have been playing it since, you might have probably seen this image already. But for those who do not know, this is what you’ll see when you finish five stages of the game’s vs. CPU mode.
Now, there have been mixed reactions about the company’s vague announcements and XBLM advertising because it seems that XBL users have to nickel and dime their way just to get the game they want. While there have been prior announcements that Lumines Live! will not be free on XBLM, it seems that the company’s advertising tactics are still vague.
Assuming you spent 1800 MS points for the game (1200 points) and the Advance Pack (has 22 new skins and is sold for 600 points), it’s just plain disappointing for some to realize that after spending US$ 22.49 (that’s 1800 MS points), you still…don’t…have…the complete…game. Apparently, you still have to spend for five stages of the vs. CPU mode and an expanded pack for Mission/Puzzle mode, which will be available on the Marketplace soon. So if you have to download these too, how much will that cost us all in all?!
Let’s say (no, assume) that the Advance Pack and the vs. CPU mode cost 600 points each, that’ll be another 1200 points (or US$ 15.00) to add to what you have spent so far. So all in all, you will have spent US$37.49 just to get the complete game. Then take into consideration that this will be almost 10 bucks more than what you’d have to spend for Lumines 2, when it ships next month and sells for a SRP of US$ 29.99. Kinda makes you think, doesn’t it?
However, looking at it in a positive light, perhaps we can say that this is Q’s way of letting US choose how we want our games: it’s entirely up to us if we want that Advance Pack or the five stages of vs. CPU mode. But if you’re a ‘completionist’ and you want to get through the whole game as soon as you can, this can be pretty annoying. So we guess this post just serves as a heads up for those who think that they’re getting the whole game on Marketplace (which they aren’t), and a plea for Q to make their announcements clearer because it might lead to confusion. (Or should we as gamers know better?)
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