Fable II Available Over Xbox LIVE?!
The eccentric and brilliant Peter Molyneux has hinted to GamesIndustry.biz that he thinks "it would be a great thing for this studio to work on" a full digital release of Fable II over Xbox LIVE. He goes on to claim he can't really talk about specific plans for such a release, which is basically saying yes without saying no.
They've already made original Xbox titles available for download in the Marketplace -- including the original Fable, which apparently did very well as an Xbox Original -- but this is the first I've heard of full Xbox 360 titles following this plan. I can understand the appeal of digital distribution in today's current economic climate. It costs less to distribute, because you're eliminating the money spent to produce actual physical discs. But personally, I'm a big fan of having an actual DVD or CD in my hand, and I can't imagine how long it would take to download something like Fable II over the interwebs.
One thing's for sure -- if Microsoft intends to make full-size new release Xbox 360 titles available over Xbox LIVE, they're gonna have to lower the prices of the larger hard drives!
Molyneux Hints At Fable II Digital Release [gamesindustry.biz]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 10 December 2008
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