How much time do you play XBLA vs disc based games?

[Viva Las Vegas]

I'm probably about 80% XBLA vs 20% disc. Probably cause I'm very busy, curious how this breaks down amongst other CAG. I would have put in a poll, but have no idea how to do it.

 

[delirium266]

It's probably about 50/50 for me. XBLA games are just easier to pick up and start playing for a short amount of time. They're also really addictive, so I usually intend to play a few quick games and end up playing for an hour.

 

[2Fast]

95% disc, 5% XBLA.

 

[CAG 79]

It all depends on how much time do I have for gaming at the time being. If it's less than 30 minutes then I'll usually play some XBLA games but if I have more time on my hands then it's definitely disc.

All in all I would say: 90% Disc / 10% XBLA

 

[rabbitt]

Well, I own one disc-based 360 game: Oblivion. Usually, it's 90% arcade, 10% disc, but I'm getting back into Oblivion, so for right now, it's 100% disc.

 

[Renegade_Zero]

a month ago: 75 XBLA 25 Disc
Now: 5 XBLA 95 Disc

 

[DiscoDuck8k]

I rarely play arcade, but that's just cause I never have many points to spend.

 

[Chacrana]

Right now... absolutely no time spent playing arcade games. There's just not much good on there. SFII was okay, but I moved on and there's been nothing compelling since then.

 

[mtxbass1]

60%disc/40% arcade for me. Sometimes it's so much easier to just find a game to play on the arcade than to go over to the library of games, find one to play and go that route.

 

[Kaijufan]

Hard to say. Maybe 70 disk 30 arcade (Besides Hexic and Poker I only have demos). Whenever I play a disk game or watch a movie I almost always play the Zuma demo afterwards.

 

[Sporadic]

XBLA/Disc
80%/20%

The XBLA is great for a short pure blast of fun.

 

[Murcielago77]

94% disc, 4% demos, 2% arcade

decided to throw demos into the mix, because those can get addicting

 

[captainfrizo]

Disc - 75%
XBLA - 25%

I've been getting into Madden quite a bit as of late, but I still play Geometry Wars and poker on a fairly consistent basis. I also play Billiards every once in a while as well.

 

[AshesofWake]

i spend WAY too much time on XBLA, i loves it >_

 

[Trakan]

90% Disc, 10% XBLA

That'll change once UMK3 hits though.

 

[Richlough]

75.0% disc , 12.5% demos , 12.5% arcade .

140 MS point balance .

 

[rly723]

new xbox 360
i'd say 60% demos/arcade; 40% games

the onl game i have with much epople playing online is nba2k6, PDZ seemed boring to me. only have a couple cheap launch games

mostly been playing top spin 2 and saint row demo but it gets boring after awhile

arcade: dont have points so just been playing single player UNO and Texas Hold em'

 

[RelentlessRolento]

75% disc
25% arcade

I've gotten hooked on Rumble Roses XX (shocking!) and the only XBLA game I play to death still is UNO. Gemetry Wars and SFII are there too, but mainly to up my score or get better.

 

[1DER]

I'd say 25% XBLA, 75% disc

 

[spoo]

I would say 50/50 for me.

 

[The Mana Knight]

95% disc

5% XBLA

The reason is that I only have trials of XBLA games, and not really sure if I'm going to buy any of them yet. Geometry Wars is certainly a buy, but I'm not sure about what else.

 

[thrustbucket]

[quote name='The Mana Knight'] Geometry Wars is certainly a buy, but I'm not sure about what else.[/QUOTE]

Bah, mutant storm is a better game. Of course, it's 2x the price too...

 

[asianxcore]

probably 50% disc-based and 50% XBLA

I don't have much time on a Mon-Fri basis for long gaming sessions.

 

[zewone]

[quote name='Trakan']90% Disc, 10% XBLA

That'll change once UMK3 hits though.[/QUOTE]
Then it's gonna be 99% disc, 1%XBLA?

I play about the same 90% disc, 10% Arcade.

 

[Tha Xecutioner]

I'd say about 85/15% in favor of the discs.

 

[chodax]

[quote name='Murcielago77']94% disc, 4% demos, 2% arcade

decided to throw demos into the mix, because those can get addicting[/quote]

yup, i completely agree. Demos>Arcade

 

[Graystone]

50/50

 

[KaneRobot]

Before Saint's Row, 60/40 in favor of Arcade.

Since buying Saint's Row, 90/10 in favor of disc.

 

[Duo_Maxwell]

Probably about 85% disc games, 10% demos, 5% XBLA.

How some people can play XBLA 70+% of the time blows my mind. Sure the games are fun for a short burst. Still, I can sit there playing Oblivion or Madden for 3 or 4 hours, but I don't think I've ever played a XBLA game for more than 20 minutes. So the majoority of my total time played obviously lands with discs. Guess I find odd that people pay $300-400+ dollars on a system to play old and rehashed games from over a decade ago the vast majority of the time. I admit though had the poker game been tweaked some more and not so many asshats play it, then my XBLA time would've def. had gone up.

 

[doubledown]

Probably 95/5 here. I only play XBLA games very sparingly. I have too many Disc base games to finish....still need tiem for those.

 

[thrustbucket]

I didn't even consider XBLA when I bought my 360. But since then, I have had a blast with many XBLA games. Not so into the retro classics, but many of the exclusive original games are quite fun, Kaloki, Mutant Storm, Geometry wars, Clyde..... I can easily play any of those for 1-2 hours at a time.

In fact, I'm hoping Microsoft starts emphasizing original games much more. I think the arcade classics should be released in bundles, and sparingly.