The fact that Bully: Scholarship Edition on Xbox 360 is now being accused of being 'horrific' as a port could well play into Electronic Arts' hands in the ongoing take-over shenanigans with Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two Interactive.
The failings in the Xbox 360 version of the (insert, 'controversial', 'outrageous', 'fun') game have been widely reported - specifically via Neogaf. They, basically, entail game-crunching freezes.
Rockstar's CEO, Sam Houser, has already and very openly responded to Kotaku about the problem, which he put down to, "...some older 360s" which are "...experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems."
As interestingly, Houser also points out that, "You have our word that we never experienced any of this in QA - in any of our offices or at Microsoft. I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation."
"We would never shove anything out the door - we never have and never will".
Fair play to Sam for being so open - let's hope that GTA IV Q&A is running ever so slightly more like a prison camp where failure is met with punishment! Excuse us...
However, this failure of process could well provide some ammunition to Electronic Arts in its Take-Two shareholder-focused PR campaign. We would not expect to see anything too public just yet. However, we would expect to see mentions of "Quality Control issues with great creative" or "Creative teams should not have to rush things out" cropping up in EA briefings.
The failings in the Xbox 360 version of the (insert, 'controversial', 'outrageous', 'fun') game have been widely reported - specifically via Neogaf. They, basically, entail game-crunching freezes.
Rockstar's CEO, Sam Houser, has already and very openly responded to Kotaku about the problem, which he put down to, "...some older 360s" which are "...experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems."
As interestingly, Houser also points out that, "You have our word that we never experienced any of this in QA - in any of our offices or at Microsoft. I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation."
"We would never shove anything out the door - we never have and never will".
Fair play to Sam for being so open - let's hope that GTA IV Q&A is running ever so slightly more like a prison camp where failure is met with punishment! Excuse us...
However, this failure of process could well provide some ammunition to Electronic Arts in its Take-Two shareholder-focused PR campaign. We would not expect to see anything too public just yet. However, we would expect to see mentions of "Quality Control issues with great creative" or "Creative teams should not have to rush things out" cropping up in EA briefings.
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Horatio 6 Mar 2008 12:47
1/4
"...some older 360s" which are "...experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems."
Does that imply that older 360's are somehow technically inferior then? That's a bit odd isn't it?
It might well be ammunition for EA but aren't they capable of the exact same issues? ProStreet I believe had well-reported issues not so long ago?
I wish EA would leave well alone though. I'm not against EA as a company, they have done a lot of things for the games industry, some bad, some good, but I see no benefit to Rockstar etc being in the hands of such a company. Still, we've yet to see any proper output from the other recent acquisitions so maybe I'm worrying about nothing.
Does that imply that older 360's are somehow technically inferior then? That's a bit odd isn't it?
It might well be ammunition for EA but aren't they capable of the exact same issues? ProStreet I believe had well-reported issues not so long ago?
I wish EA would leave well alone though. I'm not against EA as a company, they have done a lot of things for the games industry, some bad, some good, but I see no benefit to Rockstar etc being in the hands of such a company. Still, we've yet to see any proper output from the other recent acquisitions so maybe I'm worrying about nothing.
YenRug 6 Mar 2008 16:49
2/4
BBC are taking rhetoric as fact, once again:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7281206.stm
Thought I'd send them an e-mail about accuracy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7281206.stm
Thought I'd send them an e-mail about accuracy:
Would you mind getting your reporters to actually investigate the subject matter before accepting everyone else's ill-informed opinions, please? The game in question actually features a new comer to the school who finds it is rife with bullying already, he actually makes a stand against these bullies and is punished if he tries to become a bully, himself.
To progress in the game, you have to actually attend classes, which allow you to gain skills to progress further; to obtain items you have to take on after-school jobs to earn money to buy them, so there is no stealing, either.
Now, how about actually taking a look at this game, rather then reporting the rhetoric of people who just see the title, "Bully," and then make presumptions as to what the game is about? These people made these same claims back in 2006, they're still just as ill-informed now.
To progress in the game, you have to actually attend classes, which allow you to gain skills to progress further; to obtain items you have to take on after-school jobs to earn money to buy them, so there is no stealing, either.
Now, how about actually taking a look at this game, rather then reporting the rhetoric of people who just see the title, "Bully," and then make presumptions as to what the game is about? These people made these same claims back in 2006, they're still just as ill-informed now.
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SuperSaiyan4 6 Mar 2008 16:57
3/4
I like this quote:
''I call upon Amazon, Game, Play and HMV to withdraw this product from sale immediately."
Why now? What about when the game was launched on PS2??
''I call upon Amazon, Game, Play and HMV to withdraw this product from sale immediately."
Why now? What about when the game was launched on PS2??
Horatio 6 Mar 2008 17:05
4/4
SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
I like this quote:
''I call upon Amazon, Game, Play and HMV to withdraw this product from sale immediately."
Why now? What about when the game was launched on PS2??
''I call upon Amazon, Game, Play and HMV to withdraw this product from sale immediately."
Why now? What about when the game was launched on PS2??
Because, and this is the clever bit readers, Rockstar gave the title a different name to confuse all those lazy reporters :-) Clever eh? Eh?
Never mind.