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Microsoft Hopes for Matchmaking in all 360 Games

Posted by Zonk on from the get-out-there-meet-people-and-frag-them dept.

1up reports on comments from Phil Spencer, the Head of Game Development for Microsoft Game Studios. Speaking with the news organization at DICE Spencer clarified that, ideally, all 360 games should have matchmaking services ala Halo 2. Why didn't Epic's Gears of War ship with the feature? "The Epic scenario and why we don't have that code in Gears of War is really more of a scheduling issue than a 'We weren't going to share the code with them, or help them add that feature to the game' because it's clearly a great feature in online shooting play. For us, it was just 'could we get this done on time in order to get the game to come out when it needed to come out.'" Spencer does say that they have no problems sharing Halo 2's matchmaking code, and that future first-party titles should definitely offer it. Gears may even offer it one day, via a patch to the game.

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  1. Very telling quote by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    For us, it was just 'could we get this done on time in order to get the game to come out when it needed to come out.'

    Ah, so it wasn't about releasing the game with the features they thought it should have. It was about getting it out for sale by the date the marketing people had set.

    --
    This guy's the limit!
  2. Awww... by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just in time for Valentine's Day, too. How thoughtful, Microsoft!

    find me a find... catch me a catch...

  3. Re:What is wrong with Game Lobbies? by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Friends(TM)

    The next target for Microsoft's embrace-and-extend strategy

  4. Re:What good is matchmaking? by the_B0fh · · Score: 3, Funny

    well, you get some very busy girls then....

    or people pretending to be girls...