While Microsoft’s last foray into new pricing schemes on Xbox Live managed to garner some less than happy responses with gamers, it seems as though they’re at it again if a recent post on the Japanese Xbox Blog turns out to be true for North American gamers as well as their Japanese counterparts. Pricing for Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 and Galaga Legions falls under the “expected though we’d prefer less” (800 MS points, $10) category whereas arthouse title Braid’s asking 1200 spacebucks ($15) and Behemoth’s latest brawler Castle Crashers is slapped with an 1800 spacebucks ($22.50) price tag.

We’ve seen little-to-no price fluxuation between Xbox Live titles on separate continents in the past so I guess we’ll have to wait and see (no, not really — they’ll almost certainly be just as expensive). As Joystiq points out, you’re looking at $67.50 in spacebucks if the need to play all of these arcade titles grabs you and just won’t let go. And hell, that’s alotta hooch. We’re thinking Bionic Commando: Rearmed will steal enough of our time to forget about all those other gems, how ’bout y’all?

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