EB Games Live!

[elwood731]

A neat marketing tool.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/groups/xblive/default.asp#

Originally Posted by Videogames.com

Xbox Live has always been one of those things that had to be experienced firsthand to understand its appeal. Although the service has been commercially successful, several gamers are still scared to take the peer-to-peer plunge and remain limited to their living rooms. Microsoft and EB Games are trying to change that.

The publisher and online retailer are teaming up to bring Xbox Live to the masses with 25 Live-enabled kiosks in stores across the country. Now, a shopper at an EB Games in Tampa, Florida, can throw down with a customer at an EB Games in San Diego, California.

"Xbox Live has revolutionized the online video game entertainment experience, and we're confident the kiosks will be a very popular attraction in our retail stores," said Debbie Mola, vice president of merchandising for EB Games.

Each participating store will have its own gamertag, and all the stores' gamertags will be linked via the Xbox Live friends list. The first game to be on display in the kiosk is the E for Everyone-rated Forza Motorsport, which allows up to eight gamers to play simultaneously over Xbox Live.

Gamers looking to talk trash to other states won't be able to. Because use of the headset throws the game's ESRB rating out the window, the Xbox Live communicator headset will not be part of the "EB Games goes Xbox Live" program.

To find out which stores are participating, check out the EB Games Web site.

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That's a great idea. It's always better to show people what they're missing than try to describe it.

[Sycowulf]

I swear to god they better not put that in my store... The last thing we need is a reason to keep the games on. Not that I mind normal customers playing the games for a few minutes, but when we have them on the goddamn local kids flock to the damn store as if they dont have systems of their own.

[Astrakan]

Originally Posted by Sycowulf

I swear to god they better not put that in my store...

Check the URL from the first post in this thread. It has a list of all the initial stores. Of course, they may expand the program, but at least you'll know if you're safe for now.

KM

I don't understand...Portland is a bigger city than Tigard and yet they put the kiosk in Tigard? (Oregon, that is). Oh well, I can't think of a "nice" store in Portland anyway, maybe the one in Tigard is one of the fancy new stores.