Xbox Live Marketplace is an online store for the Xbox 360. Allowing users to purchase different types of content relating to both games and movies.
The Xbox Live Marketplace allows Xbox 360 users to download different kinds of media. Some of these medium include Game Demos, Dashboard Themes, Gamerpics, Movie Rentals and Xbox Live Arcade games. Downloads can be purchased using Microsoft points which eliminates the need of different currency rates.
The Marketplace also allows players to download add-ons to their games; maps, extra episodes or levels, music tracks etc. The majority of the downloads are stored on the 360’s hard drive.
On November 19, 2008, Microsoft released the New Xbox Experience, which completely overhauled the Xbox 360 Dashboard, and added several new features.
The price of downloadable content is set by Microsoft. Some developers have wanted to release content for free, but Microsoft decided to charge for them. An example of this is the Gears of War map pack. However, the content was made free 4 months later, as the Halo 2 and 3 map packs have been up to this point.
The Xbox Live Video Marketplace allows users to purchase video content such as TV shows, and rent movies, some of which in high-definition, though the price is higher. With the addition of Netflix in the New Xbox experience, users can now get some movies and TV shows streamed through their queue on their Netflx account. Over 1 million Xbox live users have used Netflix since the NXE launch, which requires a separate Netflix account.
On Nov 16, 2006, Slate.com published an article, The Death of The Disc: Why Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are dead on arrival, predicting that Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, and other similar media are not the future, but rather online rental and purchased content are. Xbox Live was mentioned as a possible winner in the war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD because of it's release of the video marketplace. With the high price of high definition discs, and the ease of watching a movie or tv show online rather than driving to the store, the Xbox Live Video Marketplace has great advantages over the old media, according to the article.
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Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao |
PSN, XBLM | Blitz Arcade |
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UAV Wars |
XBLM | |
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SpaceCombat |
XBLM | |
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Organon |
XBLM | |
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Totem |
XBLM | |
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Owlboy |
XBLM, PC | |
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RBI Baseball |
XBLM | Six Degrees Games |
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Word Soup |
XBLM | |
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Rift |
XBLM | |
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Satellites |
XBLM |
| Platform Name: | Xbox Live Marketplace |
| Release Date: | Nov. 2, 2005 |
| Online Support: | True |
| Install Base: | 14,000,000 |
| Original Price: | $0 |
| Producing Company: | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Total Games: | games |
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Chun-Li first in Street Fighter II |
6
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Ryu first in Street Fighter |
5
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Ken Masters first in Street Fighter |
5
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Death first in Vampire Killer |
4
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Guile first in Street Fighter II |
4
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Gromit first in |
4
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Sonic the Hedgehog first in Sonic the Hedgehog |
4
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Terry Bogard first in Fatal Fury |
4
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Dr. Eggman first in Sonic the Hedgehog |
4
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Wallace first in |
4
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Space first in Spacewar! |
54
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Underwater first in |
17
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New York first in |
15
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The United States of America first in The Oregon Trail |
15
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Japan first in |
14
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Castle first in |
14
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Europe first in |
11
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The Beach first in |
10
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Desert first in |
10
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Cave first in |
10
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XNA first in |
295
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Digital Rights Management first in |
207
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Achievements first in Kameo: Elements of Power |
148
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Downloadable Game first in |
142
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Digital Distribution first in |
104
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Leaderboard first in |
85
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Xbox Live first in Unreal Championship |
70
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Explosion first in |
64
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Health first in |
63
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Jump first in Donkey Kong |
62
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