No More Free Xbox 360 Live Arcade Games

When Microsoft first released Texas Hold ‘em for Xbox 360’s Live Arcade, there was a 48 hours window in which XBLA members could download the full version free of charge with no strings attached. And that resulted in a record-breaking day for Live Marketplace, with over 100 downloads per minute in the first 24 hours of the title’s release. The game wasn’t even particularly embraced by the media, with Gamespot saying the title “does the barest of bare minimums to make a playable game of Xbox Live Arcade poker,” but the promotion still made it a huge success.

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