Sonic Unleashed to XBOX Live Games on Demand
Tristan Oliver | October 9, 2009
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It appears Sega will use Sonic to try and maximize profits this Holiday season with a re-release of a very recent game–Sonic Unleashed.
Several reports indicate the title will be available to purchase via XBOX Live Games on Demand beginning October 20th. It will join a group of releases that day which includes Army of Two and Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
As with the Games on Demand release of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog, you shouldn’t expect anything in the way of patches or fixes with this release. There’s no word on whether the company will be charitable and offer the DLC packs with this in one great deal…but that, too, shouldn’t be expected.
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Filed Under Sonic Scene, Sonic Unleashed
lol, there going to re-release a game they already have for there systme..lulz, if it dosent have all the extra content this will be a waste money
how do you pay for games on demand games
Crysore, the idea isn’t to get people who previously bought the game to buy it again. The idea is that people who DIDN’T buy the game before can purchase it easier, without having to go to a retailer. THAT is the idea. It has nothing to do with selling the game off to people who already bought it.
To wesall1: Either credit card, or microsoft points
Umh, okay. I’m not excited….Sonic 06 didn’t have anything new. So, I guess it’s the same game!
But I hope some of the glitches are fixed. You know there’s patches to fix some glitches from what I remember!
And I hope they include those patches in this download able version!
These people are joking, right???
Dumb question…
SEGA doesn’t always think.
Okay… Why? It just makes the game look bad. Because… I guess it’s all the bad games that goes this way… or am I wrong?
@Werehog: What? No. Why would Microsoft put bad games on to Games on Demand? It’s probably just games that aren’t making a huge amount of profit on the shelves anymore, due to age or something, or games that could just make MORE profit from being sold online. I mean, you’ve got Assassin’s Creed (certainly flawed, but not -bad-), Burnout, Fable 2, Mass Effect, Viva Pinata, and Bioshock which is, dare I say, one of the best games out this gen, if not THE best.
Gaming as a whole is moving out of the stores and into digital distribution. Games on Demand is the next logical step. As for Unleashed itself, it’s been out for almost a year now, and the 360/PS3 version’s price has dropped like a stone, so selling it for 20-30 dollars online is just a good idea for them and consumers, and by putting a -good- game out there instead of 2006, it helps the brand in general.
Sorry, I kinda rambled there, but, put simply; this isn’t a bad thing, and it doesn’t make the game look bad.
Oh Sonic Unleashed, how I love you – gawd, passed everything though. :c This would just be throwing away my monies.
To BlueHedgehog25 Thanks but about how much micorsoft points
Man, Sonic Unleashed is by far, after M&S the best SEGA seller from this last year, didn’t you read that! OK I’ts cool that they have putte it in games on demand just to get some more money, I own Sonic Unleashed Xbox 360 version and 2 day ago I both the Ps2 version of it, and it rocks too hehe
Sonic Unleashed is one of the best Sonic Games Ever (Just Like all of them xD )
SONICCCCCCCC
I’m more or less concerned about the framerate issues. If they fix them, it may be worth looking into.
@Viewtiful Jeff: Ahaa… I don’t have 360 so I don’t really know… Thought it just were bad games that didn’t sell so good. But now I understand.
I might buy it for conveniance purposes….