Damn You Lumines Live!!

I'm dying to see Lumines Live on the XBox Live Arcade. I was totally addicted to Lumines on the PSP, and am counting the days to its release on September 6th. Or at least I was until I found a related post on Joystiq.

One thing I'm not too psyched about is the recent announcement that Microsoft is planning on charging extra for deeper levels of the game. Via Joystiq (via Official XBox Magazine) : "Advancing past a certain point in the game's Mission and Vs. CPU modes will require the purchase of additional level packs for $5 (400 MS points) and $3.75 (300 MS points), respectively."

It's one thing to charge for expansion style content that enhances the existing game, it's something different to charge for higher levels of the basic game. It's like those racing games at the arcade where no matter how well you did - to keep playing you needed to add more quarters.

No one was ever playing those, right?

Well, the good news is it's a one time buy in option. I just don't like the concept of buying a game - then paying extra to actually beat it.