Microsoft to remove poorly performing Xbox Live Arcade titles
Microsoft will begin to remove games from the Xbox Live Arcade if they meet all three of the following criteria:
- more than six months old
- less than 65 Metacritic rating
- demo download to purchase ratio of less than 6%
Gamerscore Blog recently answered a number of common concerns - even if a game is removed from the service, those who purchased it will still be able to play it (including online functionality) and re-download it if required.
As to what games will be removed, here are the games that have less than 65 on Metacritic - obviously I can’t comment on which of these have a conversion rate of below 6% - but I can certainly say I wouldn’t miss any of them:
| Hardwood Hearts | 64 |
| Crystal Quest | 64 |
| Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe | 64 |
| Contra | 63 |
| Time Pilot | 63 |
| Marathon: Durandal | 63 |
| Texas Hold’em | 63 |
| Fatal Fury Special | 63 |
| Missile Command | 63 |
| Track & Field | 63 |
| Trigger Heart Exelica | 63 |
| Pac-Man | 62 |
| Mad Tracks | 62 |
| Frogger | 62 |
| Hardwood Backgammon | 62 |
| Hardwood Spades | 62 |
| Root Beer Tapper | 61 |
| Super Contra | 61 |
| Geon: Emotions | 59 |
| Soltrio Solitaire | 59 |
| Arkadian Warriors | 59 |
| Rush ‘n Attack | 58 |
| TiQal | 58 |
| Aegis Wing | 58 |
| Defender | 58 |
| Double Dragon | 57 |
| Rocketmen: Axis Of Evil | 57 |
| Xevious | 56 |
| Gyruss | 56 |
| Battlestar Galactica | 55 |
| Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe | 55 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam | 55 |
| Centipede/Millipede | 55 |
| Boogie Bunnies | 54 |
| Spyglass Board Games | 54 |
| Brain Challenge | 54 |
| Ecco the Dolphin | 53 |
| Tetris Splash | 53 |
| Battlezone | 52 |
| Yie Ar Kung-Fu | 51 |
| Wing Commander Arena | 51 |
| Novadrome | 50 |
| Shrek n’ Roll | 49 |
| Mr. Driller Online | 48 |
| Scramble | 47 |
| Tempest | 47 |
| Street Trace NYC | 45 |
| Word Puzzle | 44 |
| TotemBall | 44 |
| Discs of Tron | 44 |
| Tron | 43 |
| New Rally-X | 43 |
| Bliss Island | 42 |
| Cyberball 2072 | 41 |
| Screwjumper! | 40 |
| Rocky and Bullwinkle | 37 |
| Yaris | 17 |
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