Wednesdays, this summer, have been hailed as ARCADE Days for XBLA. However, it seems as most of the hump-days have offered lackluster titles. Frogger, Galaga, and SF have all come and gone. Nothing new and original in any of these three games. However that doesn’t seem to be hindering the downloads for the Arcade. SF2 is a boni-fide success. Frogger and Galaga seem to have sold as well. Even with the above mentioned games; are XBLive subscribers happy with the Arcade? XBLR has brought this topic up many times, and the answer is no, more often than yes. However MS may be getting crossed signals due to the success of most inexpensive titles selling rapidly. Are we purchacing these titles due to a desire for the games, or is it merely we have MS points and we might as well use them for something besides gamer-pics?

Here is a brief list of what you can expect in the upcoming weeks:
Texas Hold ‘Em on August 16: (Not free anymore, but probably the most anticipated)
Time Pilot on August 23: (Is this game really in demand?)
Scramble on August 30: (Not much to get excited about)
Lumines Live! on September 6.: (The one game that should be fun multi-player)
No definative release dates for most games.
Cross-checking the release dates with the respective games’ Web sites on Xbox.com reveals nothing, as there are no listings for Time Pilot or Scramble and no clear release dates for the other games (except for Lumines Live! which shows an incorrect July 2006 date).

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