For The Mag (X360, again): Is XBLA still relevant?

[stikboy78]

xbla is a life saver during the horrible sweaty games drought. i either read about the decent games in 360m/x360 now, in the forums or word of mouth then i use the horrible hidden away games section on the dashboard to spend my points.

[Dante3000]

I check XBLA everytime I sign on, looking for new gems. But I've not seen anything of interest in quite a while... they are either games I have never heard of or ones I have that are far too expensive for what they are.
I keep my eye on it but things are a changin' for the worse.

[Eli Vance]

Am I going to spunk 1200 Points on an XBLA game when I could buy a brand new boxed game for less? So no. It's priced itself out of relevance.

I dunno mate. There has been quite a few times where I've had much more enjoyment out of an Xbla game than a boxed game, but I do agree with your general sentiment though.