When asked about an Xbox 360 version by a commenter on the official site a community rep replied, "The boat has really passed on that one. We're winding up development on Stranger's Wrath HD and Munch's Oddysee HD. Blame Microsoft for not letting us publish on Xbox 360."
An Xbox no-show was hinted at back in January when Stranger's Wrath HD co-developer Just Add Water Tweeted, "they (Microsoft) turned us down again time to get the big guns out!" (thanks Wolf's Gaming Blog).
Originally Microsoft turned the developer down because there was a stipulation that games must be under 2GB and Stranger's Wrath was too big. Just Add Water trimmed it down, but Microsoft still said no.
It then claimed that a game must score above an 80 on Metacritic to be on XBLA or Games on Demand, yet the original Xbox exclusive received an 88, while the HD version on PSN scored an 82.
Finally, Microsoft said that a game needed to sell a million copies to be eligible, which Stranger's Wrath fell short of.
Just Add Water tweeted "They FAIL" and "yet again they have cock blocked us" before publicly announcing that it was planning to seek out a third party.
"MS do NOT want it at all via first party. MS do not want to publish it, so third party here we come!"
...
This makes the first party publishing process under MS sound like a load of shit.
When asked about an Xbox 360 version by a commenter on the official site a community rep replied, "The boat has really passed on that one. We're winding up development on Stranger's Wrath HD and Munch's Oddysee HD. Blame Microsoft for not letting us publish on Xbox 360."
An Xbox no-show was hinted at back in January when Stranger's Wrath HD co-developer Just Add Water Tweeted, "they (Microsoft) turned us down again time to get the big guns out!" (thanks Wolf's Gaming Blog).
Originally Microsoft turned the developer down because there was a stipulation that games must be under 2GB and Stranger's Wrath was too big. Just Add Water trimmed it down, but Microsoft still said no.
It then claimed that a game must score above an 80 on Metacritic to be on XBLA or Games on Demand, yet the original Xbox exclusive received an 88, while the HD version on PSN scored an 82.
Finally, Microsoft said that a game needed to sell a million copies to be eligible, which Stranger's Wrath fell short of.
Just Add Water tweeted "They FAIL" and "yet again they have cock blocked us" before publicly announcing that it was planning to seek out a third party.
"MS do NOT want it at all via first party. MS do not want to publish it, so third party here we come!"
...
This makes the first party publishing process under MS sound like a load of shit.
What the fuck is this? Holy crap.
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Actually, we did hear last year that MS were very difficult to work with, but because they're the biggest game in town, you have to work with them. With PSN catching up, it may bite them in the arse. Hell, the WiiU shop might end up being better, even if it's just the 3DS eShop copied over.
Actually, we did hear last year that MS were very difficult to work with, but because they're the biggest game in town, you have to work with them. With PSN catching up, it may bite them in the arse. Hell, the WiiU shop might end up being better, even if it's just the 3DS eShop copied over.
I think it's pretty telling that Zeboyd is releasing their next game's 360 version on XBLIG as opposed to XBLA.
Actually, we did hear last year that MS were very difficult to work with, but because they're the biggest game in town, you have to work with them. With PSN catching up, it may bite them in the arse. Hell, the WiiU shop might end up being better, even if it's just the 3DS eShop copied over.
“We were told our price was too high, our visuals too rough and simply not as eye catching and flashy as the other Game Feast games Comic Jumper and Hydrophobia,” McMillen wrote. “Our hearts sank when we were informed that we were projected to sell as much if not less than Hydrophobia, which would be the second-highest grossing game of the Feast in their minds.
What does EA have going for it. It is trying to jump from retail to FTP stuff, but if an investor wants to invest in that kind of company, he would just invest in one of the companies that is exclusively FTP and doesn't have a bunch of retail shit connected to it.
Actually, we did hear last year that MS were very difficult to work with, but because they're the biggest game in town, you have to work with them. With PSN catching up, it may bite them in the arse. Hell, the WiiU shop might end up being better, even if it's just the 3DS eShop copied over.
“We were told our price was too high, our visuals too rough and simply not as eye catching and flashy as the other Game Feast games Comic Jumper and Hydrophobia,” McMillen wrote. “Our hearts sank when we were informed that we were projected to sell as much if not less than Hydrophobia, which would be the second-highest grossing game of the Feast in their minds.
Thoughts?
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
Nothing. It's not losing money. It's not dying.
Investors are scared because SWTOR didn't do WoW numbers, and they're jumping to where they think the real money is. Previously, that was social, but now it's looking like free-to-play and mobile are their latest focus.
Instead EA will try to do what seems to be working, meaning whatever Activision is currently doing, or more mobile games.
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
I'm saying Activision is weathering the storm and if EA's not, then they'll just take that to mean that they should be more like Activision. I wouldn't count that as a win. I'd prefer both companies survive.
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I don't see how the death (or shrinking) of EA would be a cause to celebrate. They've brought their fair share of new IPs to the table this generation, as well as released plenty of games people want. Then again, they did get branded the worst company in America because of a bad ending...
I don't see how the death (or shrinking) of EA would be a cause to celebrate. They've brought their fair share of new IPs to the table this generation, as well as released plenty of games people want. Then again, they did get branded the worst company in America because of a bad ending...
Look on the bright side. We'd finally get an NFL game that isn't Madden.
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Damn, at first it thought anyone could access this, but it looks like at this point it's only for MS Employees and Partners. SmartGlass is not Surface.
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
I'm saying Activision is weathering the storm and if EA's not, then they'll just take that to mean that they should be more like Activision. I wouldn't count that as a win. I'd prefer both companies survive.
Why do you hate EA so much anyways?
That's one possibility of what could happen, but I'd rather they not survive just because of the possibility. I'd prefer that they just died off altogether.
To answer your question, I'm not a fan of monolithic gatekeepers in general, but I also partially blame EA for us having TOR and not KotOR3, because no doubt they just absolutely have to positively compete with everyone over everything(Read: WoW, Steam). (Also, Maxis Bullfrog and Origin Systems.)
But the backlash on their stock prices for it has been pretty satisfying.
Digital purchases of Diablo III now restricted to starter edition for three days. Welcome to the future of gaming.
I was going to point out how this sucks, but then you added a slippery slope comment so I have to say it's not the future, stop being a goose, and Blizzard isn't evil, just dumb ATM.
I imagine it's basically an attempt to stop scamming and buying accounts with stolen credit cards or other such bullshit.
Still awfully silly though. The type of gamer to buy the digital edition is likely to blow through the starter edition of D3 the first night.
I don't see how the death (or shrinking) of EA would be a cause to celebrate. They've brought their fair share of new IPs to the table this generation, as well as released plenty of games people want. Then again, they did get branded the worst company in America because of a bad ending...
EA earned their reputation in spades. They are a chop shop that regularly abuses their employees, guts successful existing teams/companies, and really doesn't innovate (which pains me to say because wayyyy back, they were incredibly innovative).
Have you read anything by EA_Wife, or was it EA_Spouse? The conditions there are simply terrible. Karma's a helluva thing, and when your creating oppressive conditions for creative types to work in, they have a tendency to do piss-poor work. So, a stat update and a new round of Madden 12 doesn't look like it's going to save them? damn. :whistle:
I don't see how the death (or shrinking) of EA would be a cause to celebrate. They've brought their fair share of new IPs to the table this generation, as well as released plenty of games people want. Then again, they did get branded the worst company in America because of a bad ending...
EA earned their reputation in spades. They are a chop shop that regularly abuses their employees, guts successful existing teams/companies, and really doesn't innovate (which pains me to say because wayyyy back, they were incredibly innovative).
Have you read anything by EA_Wife, or was it EA_Spouse? The conditions there are simply terrible. Karma's a helluva thing, and when your creating oppressive conditions for creative types to work in, they have a tendency to do piss-poor work. So, a stat update and a new round of Madden 12 doesn't look like it's going to save them? damn. :whistle:
Oh, I completely forgot about that. It was EA Spouse.
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Digital purchases of Diablo III now restricted to starter edition for three days. Welcome to the future of gaming.
I was going to point out how this sucks, but then you added a slippery slope comment so I have to say it's not the future, stop being a goose, and Blizzard isn't evil, just dumb ATM.
I imagine it's basically an attempt to stop scamming and buying accounts with stolen credit cards or other such bullshit.
Still awfully silly though. The type of gamer to buy the digital edition is likely to blow through the starter edition of D3 the first night.
It's meant to buy the card owner time to see that the card was misused in their statements, but I don't see how that really works in this fashion. Nice idea, but bad implementation.
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
I'm saying Activision is weathering the storm and if EA's not, then they'll just take that to mean that they should be more like Activision. I wouldn't count that as a win. I'd prefer both companies survive.
Why do you hate EA so much anyways?
That's one possibility of what could happen, but I'd rather they not survive just because of the possibility. I'd prefer that they just died off altogether.
To answer your question, I'm not a fan of monolithic gatekeepers in general, but I also partially blame EA for us having TOR and not KotOR3, because no doubt they just absolutely have to positively compete with everyone over everything(Read: WoW, Steam). (Also, Maxis Bullfrog and Origin Systems.)
But the backlash on their stock prices for it has been pretty satisfying.
Was the decision to do an MMO instead started only after EA bought bioware? I thought they were doing some exploratory work towards it back before they were ever bought
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
I'm saying Activision is weathering the storm and if EA's not, then they'll just take that to mean that they should be more like Activision. I wouldn't count that as a win. I'd prefer both companies survive.
Why do you hate EA so much anyways?
That's one possibility of what could happen, but I'd rather they not survive just because of the possibility. I'd prefer that they just died off altogether.
To answer your question, I'm not a fan of monolithic gatekeepers in general, but I also partially blame EA for us having TOR and not KotOR3, because no doubt they just absolutely have to positively compete with everyone over everything(Read: WoW, Steam). (Also, Maxis Bullfrog and Origin Systems.)
But the backlash on their stock prices for it has been pretty satisfying.
Was the decision to do an MMO instead started only after EA bought bioware? I thought they were doing some exploratory work towards it back before they were ever bought
Well, there was this thing, but that was a few weeks after it was announced that Bioware was picked up by EA, and is entirely nonspecific in nature(TOR wasn't announced until almost a full year later).
I look at EA exploding and disappearing the same way I would if all the bees in the world disappeared. I'm sure it would have a devastating if not catastrophic effect on the entire ecosystem, not to mention the loss of all that sweet tasting honey.
On the other hand, I could also walk free without fear, knowing I would never get stung again.
Ehhhh.... fair trade, I say.
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I wonder if ea's stock fall will make the NFL withdraw from the deal?
I don't see how the death (or shrinking) of EA would be a cause to celebrate. They've brought their fair share of new IPs to the table this generation, as well as released plenty of games people want. Then again, they did get branded the worst company in America because of a bad ending...
EA earned their reputation in spades. They are a chop shop that regularly abuses their employees, guts successful existing teams/companies, and really doesn't innovate (which pains me to say because wayyyy back, they were incredibly innovative).
You've described... every publisher.
Have you read anything by EA_Wife, or was it EA_Spouse? The conditions there are simply terrible. Karma's a helluva thing, and when your creating oppressive conditions for creative types to work in, they have a tendency to do piss-poor work. So, a stat update and a new round of Madden 12 doesn't look like it's going to save them? damn. :whistle:
You can see these things coming ahead of time occasionally, but I'm never full of glee or joy that a developer or publisher is going away. Especially these days when its to the tune for 100+ employee teams. That's just sick, man. I'd rather they learn from whatever mistakes they may have made.
Eh people said it wouldn't get any revision (actually... I might have). At the very least I'm glad to see the sillyness surrounding a second analog stick didn't force one in. Yah it might have been stupid not to have one in the first place but sticking one in a revision isn't the answer.
I thought the old 3DS looked pretty good so a revision doesn't seem completely necessary unlike the GBA and DS. I think Nintendo's just doing it because they can at this point.
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As for that PC FF7, the "boost stats with a slick of a mouse" thing sounds like paying for stat increases as DLC.
What the fuck is this? Holy crap.
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I think it's pretty telling that Zeboyd is releasing their next game's 360 version on XBLIG as opposed to XBLA.
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/115/1152898p1.html
http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/02/team-meat-says-it-felt-taken-advantage-of-by-microsoft-over-super-meat-boy/
This is the funny part:
Thoughts?
What will happen should EA not make a recovery by December?
And Hydrophobia turned out so well, too...
What will happen? I'll tell you what'll happen.
I will buy one of the most expensive wines in the liquor store and celebrate.
Nothing. It's not losing money. It's not dying.
Investors are scared because SWTOR didn't do WoW numbers, and they're jumping to where they think the real money is. Previously, that was social, but now it's looking like free-to-play and mobile are their latest focus.
Instead EA will try to do what seems to be working, meaning whatever Activision is currently doing, or more mobile games.
And now you know why companies do what they do.
The best company in that article is Activision Blizzard. Of the Call of Duty and always-online Diablo III. So I guess having Activision the only one at the top is a cause to celebrate?
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Oh I see how it is, this is the part where you try to read things out of the post that aren't there.
Let me clarify, then. No, I am not celebrating the success of Activision. No, I do not wish for Activision's success. No, I don't like Activision any more than EA. No, I never implied, stated, or somehow got the idea astrally projected in any direction that I would like Activision to remain while only EA dies. I would like to see Activision collapse just as much as EA, however EA is currently the closest one to the bottom of the chasm and the one I'm paying attention to right now.
Neither Activision or EA are such ubiquitous parts of peoples' lives that they can't reasonably function without them well enough to break away like with most other non-game industries. Yes, game companies can live without them. No, game companies are not absolutely required to do business with them, particularly if they're the last one standing. No, it's not an industry ender if only Activision was left standing. No, EA isn't bleeding out because of Activision, they did it to themselves - therefore Activision is just as capable of doing that without EA's help.
As much as I would like to see both die, that's never going to happen at the same time, so you take what you can get as it comes.
I'm saying Activision is weathering the storm and if EA's not, then they'll just take that to mean that they should be more like Activision. I wouldn't count that as a win. I'd prefer both companies survive.
Why do you hate EA so much anyways?
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Look on the bright side. We'd finally get an NFL game that isn't Madden.
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That's one possibility of what could happen, but I'd rather they not survive just because of the possibility. I'd prefer that they just died off altogether.
To answer your question, I'm not a fan of monolithic gatekeepers in general, but I also partially blame EA for us having TOR and not KotOR3, because no doubt they just absolutely have to positively compete with everyone over everything(Read: WoW, Steam). (Also, Maxis Bullfrog and Origin Systems.)
But the backlash on their stock prices for it has been pretty satisfying.
I imagine it's basically an attempt to stop scamming and buying accounts with stolen credit cards or other such bullshit.
Still awfully silly though. The type of gamer to buy the digital edition is likely to blow through the starter edition of D3 the first night.
EA earned their reputation in spades. They are a chop shop that regularly abuses their employees, guts successful existing teams/companies, and really doesn't innovate (which pains me to say because wayyyy back, they were incredibly innovative).
Have you read anything by EA_Wife, or was it EA_Spouse? The conditions there are simply terrible. Karma's a helluva thing, and when your creating oppressive conditions for creative types to work in, they have a tendency to do piss-poor work. So, a stat update and a new round of Madden 12 doesn't look like it's going to save them? damn. :whistle:
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Oh, I completely forgot about that. It was EA Spouse.
It's meant to buy the card owner time to see that the card was misused in their statements, but I don't see how that really works in this fashion. Nice idea, but bad implementation.
Well, there was this thing, but that was a few weeks after it was announced that Bioware was picked up by EA, and is entirely nonspecific in nature(TOR wasn't announced until almost a full year later).
On the other hand, I could also walk free without fear, knowing I would never get stung again.
Ehhhh.... fair trade, I say.
You've described... every publisher.
Rockstar
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RockstarSpouse/20100107/4032/Wives_of_Rockstar_San_Diego_employees_have_collected_themselves.php
38 Studios
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/5/17/3027762/curt-schillings-game-studio-struggles-to-stay-afloat
Team Bondi
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1179020p1.html
Lucasarts
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-04-free-radical-vs-the-monsters
You can see these things coming ahead of time occasionally, but I'm never full of glee or joy that a developer or publisher is going away. Especially these days when its to the tune for 100+ employee teams. That's just sick, man. I'd rather they learn from whatever mistakes they may have made.
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More than likely since Fire Emblem and Mario have one.
Wonder what it would be...
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I thought the old 3DS looked pretty good so a revision doesn't seem completely necessary unlike the GBA and DS. I think Nintendo's just doing it because they can at this point.