Braid Creator: “Microsoft doesn’t like giving things out for free”

On Thursday, Microsoft released a Premium Theme for Braid on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The theme went up for your basic price of 250 Microsoft Points (about $3.10), however, that’s not what Braid creator, Jonathan Blow, intended the price for the theme to cost.

Jonathan Blow stated that “We want to make it free, but Microsoft doesn’t like giving things out for free. But if you do buy it, you can be secure in the knowledge that you own one of the few Premium Themes that is not an advertisement — there is no text in the Braid theme anywhere.”

I would have loved a free premium theme, but sadly that’s not the case. Hit the link to see some screens of the Braid theme.

There’s now a Braid dashboard theme on the Xbox 360 Game Marketplace. [Braid]