Castlevania To Break XBLA 50MB Limit

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, a very well received and critically acclaimed game that appeared in 1997 on the PlayStation, will be heading to the Xbox 360 as part of the Xbox Live Arcade. It will, however, need to exceed the 50MB size limit that Microsoft requires of all Xbox Live Arcade titles. Konami, creators of the game, have said that the game simply cannot be compressed down to 50MB.

Greg Canessa, Microsoft Group Manager for Xbox Live Arcade, had this to say:

“If any games do exceed 50 MB, it’s for a very specific reason that would ensure that the gameplay experience is the best it can be. By keeping the file size small for Xbox Live Arcade games, gamers can put one or more games on a memory unit and easily bring those games to a friend’s house to share and play.”

Read (Gamespot)