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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 popo · · Score: 3, Informative


    Halo Online already rocks. Check out xbconnect.com

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  2. 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!

  3. 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?