Let’s face it, while Microsoft touts Xbox Live to be the alpha and omega of online console gaming, it’s far from perfect. And the arcade titles are proof to this. With a glut of less than playable games, it’s about time that Microsoft has decided to trim the fat and enforce some rules to enhance the quality of titles available online.
According to Xbox Live General Manager, Marc Whitten, Xbox Live Arcade games that are at least 6 months old, have a Metacritic score lower than 65%, and have a conversion rate (number of times downloaded) lower than 6% will be removed from Xbox Live. There will be a three-month notice before any titles which meet the above conditions are set course for the great gaming arcade in the sky.
In addition to this, they plan to roll in a digital management fix that would allow you to play your Xbox Live Arcade titles offline (a big plus for 360 owners everywhere) and create a first-party studio to make some quality Xbox Live Arcade games.
While it seems like good new all-round we wonder if we’d be able to download one of those banished games again if needed (which seems quite likely, what with the high failure rate of the console)?
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