These are the top 10 arcade titles being played on XBLA as of September 1 (according to Major Nelson):
1 Streets of Rage 2
2 Puzzle Fighter HD
3 Bomberman LIVE
4 Track and Field
5 Sonic The Hedgehog
6 Space Giraffe
7 Hexic 2
8 TMNT 1989 Arcade
9 Spyglass Board Games
10 UNO
Now I don't know how good Arena sold, but it obviously didn't make it into the top 10 of XBLA gamers' favorite titles. I'm also bound to notice that there are next to zero players online whenever I want to host or join a multiplayer match. (ANY multiplayer match, mind you.) EA's Arena forums also seem to have a catnap. And last, but not least, the game itself got some really bad reviews as well, as most of you are certainly aware of.
I'm just wondering what we as a WC community could possibly do to promote Arena. I mean, we all want EA/Gaia to release some gamer pics along with new maps, ships, game modes - and in the long run, a new full-fledged WC title. Well, it's probably safe to claim that it's not going to happen as long as Arena isn't commercially successful. (And besides, we all want to play 16-player matches, don't we?)
I hope we can come up with something to shed new light on this IMHO underrated game and convince other gamers that it's well worth playing - as well as 800 MSP. Maybe someone can make a video showing some of our "Arena vets" battling it out in different multiplayer matches (possibly including chatter) or doing the ring game or whatever. Maybe we have to create more Arena fan art to generate interest... I'm sure YOU can come up with better ideas than I can! I just feel we have to do something about it. What do you think?
1 Streets of Rage 2
2 Puzzle Fighter HD
3 Bomberman LIVE
4 Track and Field
5 Sonic The Hedgehog
6 Space Giraffe
7 Hexic 2
8 TMNT 1989 Arcade
9 Spyglass Board Games
10 UNO
Now I don't know how good Arena sold, but it obviously didn't make it into the top 10 of XBLA gamers' favorite titles. I'm also bound to notice that there are next to zero players online whenever I want to host or join a multiplayer match. (ANY multiplayer match, mind you.) EA's Arena forums also seem to have a catnap. And last, but not least, the game itself got some really bad reviews as well, as most of you are certainly aware of.
I'm just wondering what we as a WC community could possibly do to promote Arena. I mean, we all want EA/Gaia to release some gamer pics along with new maps, ships, game modes - and in the long run, a new full-fledged WC title. Well, it's probably safe to claim that it's not going to happen as long as Arena isn't commercially successful. (And besides, we all want to play 16-player matches, don't we?)
I hope we can come up with something to shed new light on this IMHO underrated game and convince other gamers that it's well worth playing - as well as 800 MSP. Maybe someone can make a video showing some of our "Arena vets" battling it out in different multiplayer matches (possibly including chatter) or doing the ring game or whatever. Maybe we have to create more Arena fan art to generate interest... I'm sure YOU can come up with better ideas than I can! I just feel we have to do something about it. What do you think?