Why is it XBLA exclusive It's made by Behemoth right?

It's not. It's coming out on PC and WiiWare in November. Chances are MS signed some deal with them including this special price thing.

I want to play it ... but I'm not playing it on a 360.

Reason(s):
Because I don't support Microsoft. Therefore I do not own a 360 or Xbox (Well I'd accept one for free, or I might buy one used someday, but I'm not going to financially support them). I do not pay for Windows (I don't rip it). In situations where I HAVE to have a Windows install, I have plenty of legal and legitimate licenses for various versions.

I recognize most people don't care and might even think I'm being elitist (I'm really not) about the situation, but this involves my field of study and I really don't agree with any of their practices and the negative impact they have on the technology industry as a whole (not saying Apple would do a better job either it'd be, arguably worse, if they were dominant). So, I don't support them ... and I don't expect anyone to agree or understand.

I don't want anyone to assume that I judge them or anything either. Because I don't, I understand people's comfort level with Windows ... however it doesn't mean I wouldn't advocate alternatives.

Moving on?

They sent builds to both Microsoft and Sony, but it sounds like Sony never showed much interest or responded too late.

To be honest if you're gonna buy the game it's best to get it on either the 360 or PC. The 360 has exclusive free downloadable levels, while the PC will get the guy from Minecraft as an extra character and a level editor.

All the unlockable characters aren't really newgrounds only stuff, but more just indie gaming in general. It's basically indie all stars.

Castle Crashers still isn't in the EU PSN.
I think their marketing is just poor, Calling all Cars is a very fun MP game but it was released during a time when they just didn't promote anything on PSN. As a result it's servers died a few months ago. Pixeljunk games, Joe Danger, Flower and Warhawk are other examples. They just do jack shit to let you know about them.

I might get it on WiiWare, but if a PS3 port is announced by then I'll hold out for that. I'd just end up playing it more if I had instant access to it.

Think I might pick it up. The price is right. I've for sure become one of those guys who waits until a game goes on sale on XBLA before picking it up unless it's something I need to have.

This game has to be the absolute best bang for your buck as far as original XBLA games go. There are over 300 levels, and free downloadable worlds one of which has already been released. I'm working on a review of this right now actually and needless to say it will be extremely positive.

Link, have you reached the IWBTG warp zone yet? the difficulty ramps up something fierce in that level. I still can't get past the second of three stages. It's going to be a while before I get to play with the kid from IWBTG.

My interest got spiked when I saw Jared playing it on the livestream. Gonna have to go get me some points.

Ah, that makes sense.

It's perfectly possible that PSN's lack of support in the digital arena could be due to their obtuse online thought process. But, honestly we can't be entirely sure if it's Sony or the developers (such as in the case of Castle Crashers) that stops the games from coming out or taking forever. It's likely a combination of both, since there's plenty of titles that launch on both, or more, online platforms simultaneously.

Oh no. I haven't found that warp zone yet. Now I'm afraid. I really thought it couldn't get any harder than the IWBTG warp, which I still can't fucking beat.

Love this game. At first when I died, I'd laugh. "Ha! I exploded cause I'm a Meat-wad!" then. . . It got ugly. . . THere was cussing, and Domestic Violence. I beat it like I beat my children. . . i have no kids

Does The Guy have any advantage besides the double jump? I just don't see any point in unlocking him since I'm pretty good with Flywrench, Jill and Gish.