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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.
decided against screwing over PS3 owners
yeh, all 6 of 'em
Am I the only one who thinks the 360 is one of the few things MSFT has got right in the last few years?
I'm no fan of our evil corporate overlords but hell, I like my 360. Halo rules. Geas of War rules. And XBL is a well done online offering.
What? It should be free? Sigh....
I would rather not game than subsidize Microsoft.
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
but it's not a paper towels We strong;ly urge stand anymore, [klerck.org]?
firs off let me preface this....I have a 360 and a gameing PC. I find it refreshing that the console scrubs have to wait for once. Pc gamers are always getting the short end of the stick and have to wait for there version to come out. I.E. Battlefield 1943. Suck on that console gamers. It sucks when the game doesn't come out on your chosen platform, doesn't it?