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Xbox 360 Version of Champions Online Being Held Back By MS
Tomorrow marks the launch of Cryptic Studios' new superhero MMO, Champions Online. It was developed for the PC and the Xbox 360, but the console version will be much delayed, according to Cryptic CCO Jack Emmert, because Microsoft is holding things up. "Microsoft's a big company, and they have to work out all the various issues related to MMOs. It just takes time for the big beast known as Microsoft to get moving. I really have no explanation other than that, because it's as baffling to developers as it is to everyone else," he said during an interview with VG247. The game itself is apparently finished, but Emmert isn't sure it'll even go live for the 360 by the end of this year. Square Enix developers made similar comments earlier this month regarding Final Fantasy XIV, which will be available first on the PS3 largely because it's taking a long time to work out how the game will interact with Xbox Live.
You should thank Sony for that instead for driving the PS3 into the ground from the getgo. Why release a high profile title like FFXIII on a floundering system, loose momentum, and then release it on a healthy system a year later when people have forgotten about it? It'll do much better with a simultaneous release. Remember, the core fanbase of FFXIII will buy whatever system the game comes out on to come out on, but the large masses that will also buy the game will skip it if it's not on the system they already own.
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you want picture of them jackass? Why do fanboys get so bent out shape if anyone has anything go wrong. Its a fucking toy looser, I even stated that I keep buying them so evidently I do like having them. I dont know where the number 5 comes into play to set off your tinfoil hat. I have had 3 fats and 2 slims, all of the fats died from dre errors, my first thin just spontaneously stopped working (power supply I assume), the new one I have now is a silver slim and is working fine.
Sorry if it offends you that someone experienced problems with your beloved sony product but get the fuck over it. For what its worth I like my 360 and my PS3 well enough that if either did die I'd buy another one of those too...
Well, the easy answer is that Sony doesn't care very much about the online experience on the PS3, whereas the 360, with Xbox Live, is very much built around that. Quality isn't fast, or cheap.
If Microsoft wanted to milk this, they'd release it now, in a buggy, laggy, not Xbox Live integrated state.
However, in this case, they're spending time, money, and fans goodwill, to take the time to make sure the game, on release, is good and working.
Why is that a bad thing?