Games With Gold

Games for June

Xbox One: Goat Simulator and The Crew

Xbox 360: Super Meat Boy and X-Com Enemy unknown

I think out of those I'm more inclined to X-Com that game is amazing and really addictive

Ok for Super meat boy and Xcom. I don't care for racers all that much and meh to goat

Just saw that on M Nelson, pretty good month for me because Xcom and Crew are both games I dont own. Both games I never bought for various reasons and at least I'll have them now.

I knew that another fake GWG rumor was going to be destroyed.

Good month for 360, even if the games appeared on the "other" service before, but bad month for Xbone.

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360:

90/100 Super Meat Boy

89/100 XCom

Xbone:

61/100 The Crew

53/100 Goat Simulator

Arrrgghhh... the wait for Red Dead on XB1 continues :(

I don't get the reason Rockstar wouldn't want to get that money like Activision is making from COD:BO going BC.

Good luck man, Rockstar doesn't seem to be budging.

The created fake rumor picture certainly didn't win any favors for Rockstar, but I still have my 360. :P

@SolidTy: If that really is Rockstar's stance then that's pretty low I think. It kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Well, I understand (it is a bit sour tbh) but to be fair, there are other publishers not on the BC list either...it just so happens they don't have as hot properties as Rockstar does.

Rockstar does have kind of a Nintendo protection type vibe with regards to their IPs, which is what I've noticed over the years.

In fact, Rockstar never even brought the highly acclaimed RDR to PC, despite petitions and users demanding it over the many years since 2010. Here we are in 2016, and RDR is still only for consoles. Rockstar has always kind of beat to their own drummer and weighed the costs of bringing their protected IPs to other platforms very carefully.

I remember some PC friends of mine from back in 2012 falling for rumors of RDR coming to Steam, and then being incredibly disappointed. I've grown accustomed to Rockstar doing their own thing for years so the sour taste I guess I got used too, so this far more recent Xbone BC issue just seemed to be in the same vein.

First the actual amount money would have to be proven, and then shown to Rockstar to entice them. Without a link, maybe there was no money given to Activision. Of course, a sales spike on an older title due to Xbone BC, would be some money, but it would have to be quantified.

If there is no money changing hands and being offered to Rockstar, which is what we've been lead to believe with your post, then in that money scenario I would understand Rockstar's reluctance in waiting for the same payday that Activision seemingly was offered. If the money you speak is from a spike in consumers buying old games to play on the Xbone, again though, Rockstar would want to see how much that was to make that decision, and weigh that against any licensing fees and other costs associated with making their 360 games BC on Xbone.

It's also possible, if money was given to Activision, that such a deal wasn't offered to Rockstar...or that the perceived sales spike wasn't as much as Rockstar hoped or went to used games sales which wouldn't help Rockstar at all. Remember, they would have dedicated employees (analysts/lawyers/accountants) to tracking this information to make the best possible decision for them.

Heck, RDR never even released on PC, so Rockstar is very protective of their IPs.

If you ask me, they should do it, but I don't run their finances nor do I know the costs and risks associated with bringing their games to Xbone BC.

@SolidTy: Hmm yeah... Very disappointing.

yea 2 bad it was

Please people play these games and judge them for yourself whether they are good or bad, but don't let people influence you as to whether they are good or bad games based off of Metacritic scores.

Yeah, too bad. :( Another fake GWG rumor put to rest.

Side note:

In a perfect world I wish I had time to:

1. Watch every movie,
2. Listen to every song,
3. Read every book,
4. Watch every theatrical play,
5. Watch every television show,
6. See every piece of art,
7. Read every article,
8. Ride every carnival ride,
9. Play every sport,
10. Play every video game,
11. Try every type of food,
12. Visit every famous landmark,
13. Visit every country,

but due to time as a mere mortal alas none of us, nor I, have the time to do these all these things and decide which were good and which were bad. I do try to make the most of my experiences in life on this 3rd tiny mud-hole from the solar mass of incandescent gas. This is where masses of critics help me (actually, I have a few trusted critics I rely on for select movies, games, and music) with making the best of my time that I have left on Gaea.

That said, I did play Goat Simulator and it is truly terrible, but for those of you out there that want to experience the bad for yourselves and don't have any stellar experiences you'd be better off doing...have at it.