Japanese Marketplace - iM@S on Demand

[nowano]

iM@S and iM@S L4U! is now available on the Japanese Marketplace for 2000 MSP.


http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/gamesondemand/

[h4ataraxia]

lol wow, so now im@s is downloadable. i have a feeling they might do the same with sp on psn network

[digi162]

o.o  Stupid question, but I have to ask-  If you created a JPN xbox live account, could you download and play im@s on a non-JPN xbox360 if you purchased it through the marketplace?

[Drunken Watermelon]

Nope, region-lock still applies.

[h4ataraxia]

Nope, region-lock still applies.

HAHA I KNEW IT

[Benpc91]

Nope, region-lock still applies.

Proof?

[Drunken Watermelon]

Some demos and the arcade live games are region locked, even if it is the full game it should be no exception.

The game will boot into the splash screen but that is it, try it if you want it's up to you.

[Cien Laguoire]

So Microsoft's Games on Demand is already in effect in Japan, huh? Not bad...

[nikorai]

Oh, that's great news. I can save on shipping costs then. But on the other hand I'm still planning to place an order with other stuff, and the actual im@s dvds are very cheap. Especially if you compare it to the price of xbox with shipping. Plus you get a booklet along the way. And the box is something to put on the shelf. That's why I don't really appreciate online distribution.

[Drunken Watermelon]

Oh, that's great news. I can save on shipping costs then. But on the other hand I'm still planning to place an order with other stuff, and the actual im@s dvds are very cheap. Especially if you compare it to the price of xbox with shipping. Plus you get a booklet along the way. And the box is something to put on the shelf. That's why I don't really appreciate online distribution.

Yeah, some of us like physical items.
But then you get silly companies like Valve selling their games physically that have no manual but only the disc and serial number.

[Cien Laguoire]

Yeah, some of us like physical items.
But then you get silly companies like Valve selling their games physically that have no manual but only the disc and serial number.

And you can only use the game on one Steam account, which if you lose or forget the password to it, have no way of recovering it, and end up making another account, you'll never play again unless you buy another copy.
Sadly, this crap happened to me with my Half-Life and CS games... sigh.

[Drunken Watermelon]

And you can only use the game on one Steam account, which if you lose or forget the password to it, have no way of recovering it, and end up making another account, you'll never play again unless you buy another copy.
Sadly, this crap happened to me with my Half-Life and CS games... sigh.

http://supportwiki.steampowered.com/wiki/Resetting_a_Lost_Password
Too much auto-login for you?

[Cien Laguoire]

http://supportwiki.steampowered.com/wiki/Resetting_a_Lost_Password
Too much auto-login for you?

But the thing is, the account I had is connected to my old MSN account... which I can't use anymore because I lost the password there as well, and I don't have a way of resetting it since I didn't make an alternate contact email at the time. Though for some reason, MSN can send the password reset email to the account I CAN'T LOGIN TO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Well, sorry to derail the thread. I'll just be leaving to vent a little.
EDIT: Actually, hold that thought. I just may be able to fix this. Again, sorry for derailing.

[Lushe]

If the downloadable versions of im@s weren't region-locked, I would have bought them right away. ):

*has an American X360 ): *

But, it's great that im@s is now available online. It's becoming even more successful/popular!

[h4ataraxia]

project im@s hates america ;_;