wraggster
October 19th, 2013, 23:37
Microsoft has announced that its Games for Gold programme is now "an ongoing benefit" for Xbox Live Gold members on Xbox 360.
Announced at E3 in June (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/412112/microsoft-announces-new-xbox-360-smaller-sleeker-and-available-today/) as a limited-time promotion, Games with Gold gives XBL subscribers two free games to keep each month, with new titles made available on the 1st and 16th.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3106/image_310646_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=310646&mode=article)In the months since, Microsoft says over 120 million hours have been played with Games with Gold titles. These have included Fable 3, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Assassin's Creed 2, Crackdown, Dead Rising 2 and DR2 prologue Case Zero, Magic 2013, Rainbow Six Vegas, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and most recently Halo 3.
Despite switching focus to Xbox One (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/xbox-one/games/12528/xbox-one/) in the run-up to the console's November 22 release, Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427802/microsoft-will-continue-to-support-xbox-360-for-three-years/) in September that the company will continue to support Xbox 360 for years to come.
"If you look at Xbox 360 that platform [has] lasted for seven to eight years and it's going to go for another three years. It's incredibly profitable now in the tail," he said. "We are going to continue to invest in Xbox 360 and the two devices can work in concert. So it isn't just like the day we ship Xbox One, Xbox 360 won't work, we will continue to support it. In fact, we are going to ship over 100 new games on Xbox 360, so you will still be able to play your games, just not on the same exact box."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/434437/xbox-360-games-with-gold-now-an-ongoing-benefit/
Announced at E3 in June (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/412112/microsoft-announces-new-xbox-360-smaller-sleeker-and-available-today/) as a limited-time promotion, Games with Gold gives XBL subscribers two free games to keep each month, with new titles made available on the 1st and 16th.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3106/image_310646_460.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=310646&mode=article)In the months since, Microsoft says over 120 million hours have been played with Games with Gold titles. These have included Fable 3, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Assassin's Creed 2, Crackdown, Dead Rising 2 and DR2 prologue Case Zero, Magic 2013, Rainbow Six Vegas, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and most recently Halo 3.
Despite switching focus to Xbox One (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/xbox-one/games/12528/xbox-one/) in the run-up to the console's November 22 release, Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427802/microsoft-will-continue-to-support-xbox-360-for-three-years/) in September that the company will continue to support Xbox 360 for years to come.
"If you look at Xbox 360 that platform [has] lasted for seven to eight years and it's going to go for another three years. It's incredibly profitable now in the tail," he said. "We are going to continue to invest in Xbox 360 and the two devices can work in concert. So it isn't just like the day we ship Xbox One, Xbox 360 won't work, we will continue to support it. In fact, we are going to ship over 100 new games on Xbox 360, so you will still be able to play your games, just not on the same exact box."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/434437/xbox-360-games-with-gold-now-an-ongoing-benefit/