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Eidos and EA not too keen.
Microsoft's European Xbox Live roll out gets underway today with the Internet service launching across eight countries. But despite the fact that the American giant is the first of the three main console manufacturers to establish network support on both sides of the Atlantic, its control over the system and management of subscriptions is putting off some major industry players.
This is the main concern of Eidos, who claim that Microsoft's intended monopoly over subscriptions leaves them with no incentive to collaborate.
"We're not supporting Xbox Live for the time being because we don't feel comfortable with Microsoft's business model - they own the consumer'', Eidos Chief Exec Mike McGarvey said last week. A spokesman for EA said merely, "We have no plans for online games with Xbox because we couldn't agree on the terms,''
So it seems that Microsoft's evil plans to take over the world have been mirrored in its latest venture - something that hasn't gone down too well with two of the bigger publishers. If this lack of support is to escalate, it may not bode well for Xbox Live in the future
ha ha
Eidos and EA not too keen.
Microsoft's European Xbox Live roll out gets underway today with the Internet service launching across eight countries. But despite the fact that the American giant is the first of the three main console manufacturers to establish network support on both sides of the Atlantic, its control over the system and management of subscriptions is putting off some major industry players.
This is the main concern of Eidos, who claim that Microsoft's intended monopoly over subscriptions leaves them with no incentive to collaborate.
"We're not supporting Xbox Live for the time being because we don't feel comfortable with Microsoft's business model - they own the consumer'', Eidos Chief Exec Mike McGarvey said last week. A spokesman for EA said merely, "We have no plans for online games with Xbox because we couldn't agree on the terms,''
So it seems that Microsoft's evil plans to take over the world have been mirrored in its latest venture - something that hasn't gone down too well with two of the bigger publishers. If this lack of support is to escalate, it may not bode well for Xbox Live in the future
ha ha
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Wanna earn yourself £10 this Friday mate ? ;-) I need to get to Basildon to pick up a few games, so if you can pick me up from work and get me there before 6pm - £10 is yours. ;-))
Savatt78 wrote:
> Cause Untitled just doesn't work that way mate - its people like him
> that lay down the foundations for words such as "gimp".
>
hehe well that's cheered me up a bit :)
> If not for people like him these words would have no place in society
> and would never be invented.
so so true
> Cause Untitled just doesn't work that way mate - its people like him
> that lay down the foundations for words such as "gimp".
>
hehe well that's cheered me up a bit :)
> If not for people like him these words would have no place in society
> and would never be invented.
so so true
Cause Untitled just doesn't work that way mate - its people like him that lay down the foundations for words such as "gimp".
If not for people like him these words would have no place in society and would never be invented.
If not for people like him these words would have no place in society and would never be invented.
Untitled, what is the point in coming into the Xbox forum and starting a deliberately provocative thread, ending in "ha ha ha"?
Why not discuss it in an intelligent manner?
Grow up
Why not discuss it in an intelligent manner?
Grow up
And what games on other consoles beat the X-Box Live line up for online play ? This should be interesting - watching him struggle with the one brain cell he strains through life with.
Oh exUntitled...
Go play with Top Score...
Go play with Top Score...
Untitled wrote:
> ex box, live, what a joke, no decent games only the americans will
> subsribe to it,
Your a willy-head
> ex box, live, what a joke, no decent games only the americans will
> subsribe to it,
Your a willy-head
Untitled wrote:
> ex box, live, what a joke, no decent games only the americans will
> subsribe to it,
do they have a pill for what's wrong with you? no decent games? shut up, muppet! only yanks'll subscribe to it? yeah, just keep telling yourself that. it's Xbox, not "ex box". bloody hell, the console's been out a year and you can't even spell it's name right. it's a 4-letter word for christ's sake! you're one dumb mother
> ex box, live, what a joke, no decent games only the americans will
> subsribe to it,
do they have a pill for what's wrong with you? no decent games? shut up, muppet! only yanks'll subscribe to it? yeah, just keep telling yourself that. it's Xbox, not "ex box". bloody hell, the console's been out a year and you can't even spell it's name right. it's a 4-letter word for christ's sake! you're one dumb mother
ex box, live, what a joke, no decent games only the americans will subsribe to it,
> Anyway, Untitled go out and try something new - preferably suicide.
> I've heard they've made over £14,000,000 for you so far tonight
> - good luck mate.
LMAO classic
> I've heard they've made over £14,000,000 for you so far tonight
> - good luck mate.
LMAO classic
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