Video Game Sandwich

So I hears so I does, down that glorious imaginary grapevine we call the web world wide, that the XBOX 360 fall update will be touching down and blessing my system with plenty of virtual vitamins and minerals to keep that box ticking good and proper until Christmas 2008, but one aspect of this shiny new bundle troubled me: XBOX Originals.Just incase you’re several miles out of the loop, and the loop is written in a foreign language, and the loop is shouted at you, and you’re breaking down as a result of the overwhelmingly incomprehensible flurry of gibberish pounding your eardrums into submission. WELL FEAR NOT! Here’s the rundown…XBOX Originals will be an XBOX Live service which allows you to download 100% full XBOX titles (that’s right, not half a game, not even three quarters you damn swine! the whole freakin’ thing!) Now I hear you screechin’, ‘Well dammit Lou, what’s the catch?’ Hold your pants up, sport, because here it comes. The games will cost you approximately $15. Joke? No. That’s very much an actual fact with actual factual meaning, the kind which will surely make you want to punch someone square in the jaw. The kicker (as if THAT wasn’t it) is that they wont even be backing up this price tag with achievements. No way. That would be totally whack! Why on Earth would they actually want to provide us with some incentive on buying into this hair-brained scheme of theirs… that would be sheer craziness, on the kind of scale that starts wars. We’ll have none of that nonsense!As citizens of the cyber age, all loved up on short, snappy information and results, here’s a simple perspective on my take on this…

• $15 on XBOX Live will by you… A virtual, non-existent game. It lives solely on your XBOX, and has no after-sale value whatsoever.
• $15 at gaming store in your area will by you… 1, 2, heck maybe even 3 original XBOX games. These games WILL exist, and you WILL be able to touch and caress them (depending entirely on your fondness towards video games). They WILL carry some measure of value should you ever require emergency crack money.

Thank you, Microsoft, for your incredible foresight. Would you like a finger while you try desperately to bleed me dry? Help yourself.

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