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Xbox Live Needs MMOG Overhaul

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the console-fear dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has a discussion with Arena.net cofounder Jeff Strain. During the course of the interview, Strain states that he considers Xbox Live imperfect for MMOG titles. From the article: "Their whole goal is to encourage people to go and buy games on the shelf, then there's an online component for it ... But for us, when you buy it on the shelf, that's just the beginning of our relationship with you - and we want a direct connection with our customer so that we're always giving you new content, always supporting you directly. Xbox Live just wasn't really built, from a business standpoint, to support that." Relatedly, Guild Wars' World Championships were recently held. eToyChest has a few words on the Korean dominance of the event.

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  1. Game world events? by keldog42 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm assuming that he is reffering to things like hosted in-game events??? Eposodic content and downloads are already built in, but maybe not realtime interaction from an administrator level. I'm sure it is possible since FFIX is on the 360, but maybe more difficult than it has to be.

    I wish he was a little more specific in his comments...

  2. Correct me if I'm wrong but... by jshackles · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I thought this was why Microsoft allows people to play MMOGs with just a "Silver" level subscription to Live on the XBox 360. Well, that, and they want you to pay for the MMOG on top of your normal "Gold" level subscription.