Eidos proud that Tomb Raider Anniversary will be downloadable |
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Scott Dodkins, European managing director for Eidos, talked to MCV last week and gave partner Britsoft its props for enabling its upcoming Tomb Raider Anniversary title to have fast distribution channels both via download and retail. Microsoft Xbox 360 owners in the UK will be getting Tomb Raider Anniversary in a not-so-regular way later this year as Eidos announces that its partnership with Britsoft has yielded an innovative result.
Starting this autumn, Xbox 360 owners who have the previous installment, Tomb Raider Legend, will have the ability to download the new game on Xbox Live. The digital version will come ahead of the boxed version which will be released later within the year.
"The industry is changing and the way that consumers want to acquire products is changing, so we have taken the initiative to look at delivering content in a different way,” he said.“We are the first company to do that, which we are very proud of," says Dodkins.
In addition, Dodkins expressed optimism that having games distributed via downloads can be a boon to the hardware part of the gaming industry. "If offering content to consumers in these new ways means that we can encourages hardware sales, then thatÂ’s good for everyone," he concludes.
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Thats nice, buy a game and get the chance to buy another game without packaging I might add. Would be better if they could just download it no matter what, seems like a money grab to me, and legend was a pretty lame game.
Good Technique there M$ and Eidos. So they got into an agreement so people can download it, by downloading it people will probably occupy around 3 to 4gb on their hard drive and if they want to keep on downloading "Stuff" they will more likely buy a new hard drive. Good for Micro$oft, but what about Eidos? Well easy, let's just say you buy the game and then download it, then you pass it to a another 360 or hard drive, you only have this chance to do it; because remember you can only transfer files from hard drive to hard drive once, if you by any chance erase it or do something with it you will have to rebuy it and Eidos will pocket extra money. So don't be a dummy and just wait for a hard copy of the product, unless you really want to fill in half the size of your hard drive with the game then go ahead and do it but you have been warned.
this is the MOST screwed up logic I have ever heard! first off, if you HDD starts getting full, that doesnt mean you HAVE to buy a new one, you can DELETE stuff! (now take a second and wrap your child-like mind around the concept ............ ok, done?)
Second, after you buy something once, its yours. Period. Even if you delete it, sell your 360, and buy a new one, all you have to do is keep your gamertag, connect back to Live and download it again for FREE! (in case you dont know that word, it means you DONT pay).
I hope you learned something today *****tard, have a great night, and try not to hurt yourself.
I'll stick to the traditional way of buying games- in a box.
Im not going to full up my HD with tomb raider.......DUMB IDEA
I don't like downloadable games, especialy with the xbox live login requirement on unregistered consoles. I'll wait until it's released on disc if it's any good. Legend was ok.