Worried that one of your purchased Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) games won’t be available for re-downloading after delisting? Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog offers some reassurance. If you haven’t heard, Xbox LIVE Arcade games that fall into the following categories are possibly on the chopping block from the Xbox LIVE Arcade game library:
- XBLA game is 6 months old on Marketplace
- Metacritic score below 65
- conversion rate below 6% (demo downloads that lead to a purchase)
Keep in mind the word “delisting.” Although the underperforming games won’t be sold any longer, if you have previously purchased the game, it will still be available for download. So if your HDD or Xbox 360 dies, or you need to re-license the XBLA game on another Xbox 360, you will be able to download it. This comes from Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog.
See a listing of Xbox LIVE Arcade games now on the “endangered species” list here. There are quite a few retro classics on there. While we don’t know the conversion rate on those games, they are older than 6 months on the XBLA and have a Metacritic score below 65.
