Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) has very cool titles and the games are such that they can be ported on for the PC. And some thing about a PC Live Arcade was mentioned at Gamefest 2007. Now Joystiq is reporting that the PC Live Arcade could be up by November 2007 and have quoted a trusted source.
The service is internally called as Vega and will launch with about 10-20 games. In fact, it will match the catalog of games that are available on the XBLA. After the launch of PC Live Arcade, there will be some 2-4 games every month. Users will be directed from various Microsoft services like MSN Games and the official Xbox website. Also, the 150MB size limit will be there, just like XBLA. Game developers will get 60% of the revenue that Microsoft will make from the Vega games. The pricing, just like the other features, will be similar to that of XBLA. Games will cost $5, $10, $15, $20 or $30. Microsoft wants to use Vega to fulfill their ambition of spreading the Live experience across multiple linked platforms.
When Joystiq contacted Microsoft, they confirmed indirectly by saying that they are excited to implement the next phase of Games for Windows LIVE, but refused to divulge anything about it. Well, it looks like PC gamers are in for a real treat as they will get all the fun games, which till now were enjoyed by gamers who owned an Xbox 360.