Valve's Doug Lombardi recently told GamesIndustry.biz that he'd "love to sell Portal on Xbox live" but that "the platform holders aren't doing that right now" because of "size limit and all kinds of other things." Because, if you recall, Microsoft has strict rules on XBLA games maxing out at 150MB in size. Though, Lombardi is optimistic about Portal hitting the XBLA, saying that "it always happens once it's been proven and I think it's been proven now on Steam, so I'm sure it'll migrate back to the consoles just like everything else does." Meh ...
So, there you have it, Microsoft crushed our Portal XBLA dreams. Those evil monkeys. Maybe the N+ guys were right about MS and their iron-fisted rule over the XBLA. Maybe?
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4-28-2008 @ 9:36AM
horngreen said...
I'm surprised MS doesn't let EVERYTHING onto XBLA. That way they just might sell some of those overpriced 120 gig hard drives.
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4-28-2008 @ 9:41AM
Brucie B said...
Get with the Times MS
There is No excuse for this Bull****, Now your Screwing every Pro/Elite gamer!
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4-28-2008 @ 9:41AM
SadisticHam said...
Remove the cap, let any size on the arcade, seriously theres no harm. If you don't have the memory don't buy it, simple. More memory just means more quantity as long as we still get small sized games come through too i don't see the problem, I already have portal but it's a shame people will have to miss out.
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4-28-2008 @ 9:42AM
Zach Inglis said...
How about changing "Xbox Originals" to be "Originals" and putting this under that?
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4-28-2008 @ 10:28AM
ryan said...
very good idea Zach!
4-28-2008 @ 11:11AM
Boff said...
Yeah nice one, with a bit of re-structuring they could find room for everything. No excuses!
4-28-2008 @ 9:48AM
xFenixKnightx said...
WTF?!!! What a bonehead move MS!!!
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4-28-2008 @ 9:57AM
Knight Marquise said...
Huh....if they put portal out on XBLA, I may just give that game a shot on the free demo.
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4-28-2008 @ 9:58AM
mgroves said...
I will shove a cake where the sun don't shine, Mr. Gates, unless you allow Portal onto XLBA. AND THAT IS NO LIE.
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4-28-2008 @ 11:18AM
Vcize said...
I see what you did there.
4-28-2008 @ 10:03AM
AnOffday said...
So why was Tomb Raider Anniversary allowed to be bought and downloaded over Live. What about all the backwards compatible games that NO ONE is buying? Portal has to be able to fit somewhere onto Live.
I bet MS just hates Valve because of their stance on free DLC.
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4-28-2008 @ 12:24PM
Knight Marquise said...
So no one has bought the xbox originals? Damn...and here I thought that I'd purchased about half of that library off of xblm.
4-28-2008 @ 1:12PM
AnOffday said...
Sorry. Let me re-phrase. No one with half a brain. You realize you could get the exact same game for the same price, often times half of the price, and get a the disc, a case, and a manual? Or are you just that lazy that you'd rather not get up to change discs?
4-28-2008 @ 2:08PM
Knight Marquise said...
Personally, I hate dealing with discs, it has nothing to do with being lazy. Same reason why I run a full blown media server.
I don't have to look for the "cheapest" method of entertainment, only the most convenient.
Now I'll pull a page out of your book, do some "projecting" of my own and state perhaps if you had a decent income, you wouldn't worry so much about price either, and be more concerned about convenience.
Grow up. Not everyone has your preferences, and in not doing so, does not equate them to being "lazy".
/rant
4-28-2008 @ 5:17PM
AnOffday said...
Obviously coming to a video game blog and bragging about the money you have, while putting others down for trying to save money isn't part of being "grown up."
4-28-2008 @ 9:29PM
Knight Marquise said...
Anoffday~
Read what you posted and quit projecting your inadequacies onto others.
Gawd how I hate getting into debates with the uneducated coupled with no reading comprehension.
Go to school son, graduate, follow through with college and come see me. If I'm hiring you might luck out as long as your major is in IT and not Anthropology.
4-28-2008 @ 11:04PM
AnOffday said...
Well, I'm in college right now. And I consider myself educated, but thanks for your concern.
4-28-2008 @ 10:12AM
Joe said...
Why dont you guys stfu and go buy orange box if you want portal so bad.
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4-28-2008 @ 12:26PM
Knight Marquise said...
That's the point Joe. Many don't, and I sure as hell don't, let alone the old retreads and TF2 in the orange box.
If Portal were available on XBLM, I would download the demo and give it a shot.
Otherwise, I'll never touch the game, and it doesn't bother me a bit.
4-28-2008 @ 12:37PM
E-Rock said...
Rent it for portal. It's quick, it's fun and you can ignore the rest of the orange box. (That's what I did)