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EA Cites MS Bullying, Says No Xbox Online Games

Posted by timothy on from the we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical dept.

beggs writes: "It appears that Electronic Arts will not have any games for the new Xbox online service Microsoft is rolling out this week. In this article over at the Times, people close to the negotiations for the service say that Microsoft was "trying to force software publishers to offer their online games on data-serving computers controlled by Microsoft, a move that could potentially give Microsoft access to information about customers." In the end EA said it will work with Sony and the PS2 online service."

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  1. Re:Serious question by alexmogil · · Score: 2, Informative
    We haven't heard what content Microsoft is going to put out such as an Asheron's Call type game, perhaps a Bungie title like Halo2. NFL Fever is really the only MS-specific title I know of. Perhaps E3 will answer this question further.

    Since Microsoft hasn't 'officially' announced their online plans, look for some exclusive titles announced at the same time.

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  2. Re:Serious question by popo · · Score: 3, Informative


    Halo Online already rocks. Check out xbconnect.com

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  3. Re:Serious question by Spankophile · · Score: 3, Informative

    > I don't expect MS to launch this service
    > without something special backing it up, but I
    > haven't heard what that would be yet.

    Then you haven't heard them pimping Unreal Championship for months on end!

  4. Why always NY Times? by pubjames · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why does Slashdot always link to NY Times, a subscription site? I don't subscribe, so can't read it. A quick search on Google News is all it takes to throw up other links about this story:

    Reuters

    Reuters

    Does Slashdot have a deal with NY Times?

    1. Re:Why always NY Times? by Quixadhal · · Score: 2, Informative

      Or you can try this...

      http://www.meehawl.com/Asset/nytview.html

      That way you don't even have to think up what name you'll register with.

  5. And SEGA? by Slad · · Score: 2, Informative

    I wonder if Sega will use this to their advantage - releasing NFL 2k3 for all three consoles and having online support for all three.

    Personally, I don't think XBox owners will be too upset by this - last I heard, NFL Fever 2002 and NFL 2k2 sold a lot better than Madden NFL 2002 (in the XBox world), and both of those will have online support in ther next releases (2k3 and Fever 2003).

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