If you were thinking (like we were) that Peggle is too good a game to lock to a single console for offline play (which is what happens when you buy via Xbox Live Marketplace), you'd be thrilled to learn that it's part of the just-released PopCap Arcade Hits Vol. 2 - a $20 collection that contains Peggle, Feeding Frenzy 2 and Heavy Weapon. So you get three great games for the price of two, and no pesky DRM. Except that the game, which supposedly came out last week, seems to have disappeared from all retailers databases except Amazon.com, which describes it as "In Stock." Gamestop reports they have a listing for used games only, which seems to confirm the Amazon exclusive theory. So why aren't retailers carrying this title and, if it is an online exclusive, why isn't Amazon even trumpeting this fact?
I suspect it was never intended to be an exclusive. Perhaps Microsoft was afraid the retail version would kill digital sales and asked for a delay and/or limited release? We may never know. All I know is that I waited an extra two weeks for Peggle on my console, and now I have to wait one more. At least I have Peggle Dual Shot for the DS and the PC versions (including some new, free Peggle Nights spring-themed bonus levels) to tide me over...
Peggle. I really liked this game a lot; when it came out we were all convinced that it was gonna become the new genre-setting title. Turns out, "we" were mostly boys though. If memory serves, the game did only average with the distaff sex. Which I can't figure out, it seems like such a classic casual title that *should* appeal to the 35+ female audience. Shrug.
Yeah, I don't understand it either. Despite the overwhelming cuteness with rainbows and unicorns, I can't stay away - and notmally that sort of cloying kiddification puts me right off.
GrrlGotGame has no interest in Peggle, though I'm hoping an Xbox 360 version with achievements and competitive modes might change that. We'll see!