More Xbox Originals coming to XBLM
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008The Xbox Originals program is currently one of the most hotly-debated topics among Xbox 360 owners. Some see it as a valuable way of getting hold of new games that you simply can’t get anymore. Others see them as overpriced (£10.20) re-releases of old games that you can get cheaper in your nearest game shop’s second hand bin. Personally I have never bought second hand products, and since I got the 120Gb hard drive upgrade for Christmas I’ve been itching to find something substantial to put on it. In a manner more typical of public transport, two somethings substantial have turned up at once.
Monday will see the release of Ninja Gaiden Black (what other games would call a ‘Deluxe Edition’ - NG plus its addons) and Sid Meier’s Pirates! for the usual Xbox Originals price of £10.20 (1200 monopolist points). Decisions, decisions - although in a world which contains Assassin’s Creed I suspect that Pirates might win. Especially since the 360 is still stuck in the 1995 one-at-a-time downloading method. Seriously Microsoft, my Asus Eee (which, beautiful machine though it is, is not going to win any awards for power) can download multiple files simultaneously, so please get your fingers out and bring the 360’s downloader into this decade before it finishes!