![Email This](mailto:?Subject=Lumines Live multiplayer blocked by micropayments&body=Hi,%0D%0A%0D%0AI just found this:%0D%0A%0D%0A<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/puzzle/" rel="tag">Puzzle</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><a href="http://games.kikizo.com/news/200606/106.asp"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/lumines-live_x360.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="Lumines Live (Xbox 360)" /></a><br />Kikizo Games reports that <em>Lumines Live's</em> base package -- which <a target="_blank" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/08/xbla-sfii-in-june-for-5-lumines-in-aug-sep-for-15-according/">will likely cost 1200 Microsoft points</a> ($15) -- will not include Xbox Live multiplayer. The game's creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, recently detailed plans to sell multiplayer support as a separate add-on, although he added that the decision had not been finalized. <em>Lumines Live</em> will also feature licensed music and backgrounds available through premium downloads.<br /><br />The original <em>Lumines</em> debuted on the PSP for $40, suggesting that the base price of <em>Lumines Live</em> is a bargain. But charging us extra for multiplayer is a slippery slope and could usher in a series of cannibalized games crowding the casual (and cheap) atmosphere of Xbox Live Arcade.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://games.kikizo.com/news/200606/106.asp>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/20/lumines-live-blocked-by-micropayments/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/635231/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/20/lumines-live-blocked-by-micropayments/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/20/lumines-live-blocked-by-micropayments/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp://xbox-360.x-hub.com/?a=360-news%26id=107){kind=link}
Lumines Live multiplayer blocked by micropayments
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Kikizo Games reports that Lumines Live's base package -- which will likely cost 1200 Microsoft points ($15) -- will not include Xbox Live multiplayer. The game's creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, recently detailed plans to sell multiplayer support as a separate add-on, although he added that the decision had not been finalized. Lumines Live will also feature licensed music and backgrounds available through premium downloads.
The original Lumines debuted on the PSP for $40, suggesting that the base price of Lumines Live is a bargain. But charging us extra for multiplayer is a slippery slope and could usher in a series of cannibalized games crowding the casual (and cheap) atmosphere of Xbox Live Arcade.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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