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Prologue
I've suspected this a very long time now. But now I have a little evidence! It's happened to Take Two Interactive and Electronic Arts.
EA has kept blaming the Framework of PS3. But that bridge has probably collapsed now.
Evidence and comments
Sorry the links are in Swedish so i'll just explain them quickly.
http://www.fz.se/nyhetsarkiv/?id=20779
This is about Advertisement Partnership between EA and MS. But at the bottom it's about Peter Moore (one of the bosses at MS Xbox), he leaves his post to lead EA Sports. His replacement is Don Mattrick (earlier President of EA). So they do have a very tight relationship.
http://www.fz.se/nyhetsarkiv/?id=20175
This one is about MS paying Take Two no less than $50 000 000, lets give that some time. 50 million dollars. FIFTY! Anyway, they pay 50 million dollars to get exclusive download content for the Xbox version of GTA4. Take Two just smileys and takes the money, as most people would do.
I pre-ordered NHL 08 but sold it the day after i got it since features were missing. I contacted EA Support and asked them where the Season Mode was and this is their answer.
When i read this i got the feeling that he knew more than he told. He does the classic thing to blame the framework but it doesn't hold because there is a Dynasty Mode with economics, drafts, AHL-teams and all that, but not a stripped down Season mode. It's there for the Playstation 2 and Xbox versions of the game. So it can't be disc space either.
Epilogue
So what do you guys think, am i right? Please post your opinion.
I've suspected this a very long time now. But now I have a little evidence! It's happened to Take Two Interactive and Electronic Arts.
EA has kept blaming the Framework of PS3. But that bridge has probably collapsed now.
Evidence and comments
Sorry the links are in Swedish so i'll just explain them quickly.
http://www.fz.se/nyhetsarkiv/?id=20779
This is about Advertisement Partnership between EA and MS. But at the bottom it's about Peter Moore (one of the bosses at MS Xbox), he leaves his post to lead EA Sports. His replacement is Don Mattrick (earlier President of EA). So they do have a very tight relationship.
http://www.fz.se/nyhetsarkiv/?id=20175
This one is about MS paying Take Two no less than $50 000 000, lets give that some time. 50 million dollars. FIFTY! Anyway, they pay 50 million dollars to get exclusive download content for the Xbox version of GTA4. Take Two just smileys and takes the money, as most people would do.
I pre-ordered NHL 08 but sold it the day after i got it since features were missing. I contacted EA Support and asked them where the Season Mode was and this is their answer.
EA Customer SupportThanks for writing us at EA Technical Support. I understand that you are currently having game feature issues with NHL 08. I apologize for your situation, and the inconvenience that this causes you. Unfortunately, the Season mode is a game mode only available on the PS2 version of the game.
It is not always possible for us to explain specifically why a particular feature is included in one console version of a game but not another, but we are happy to offer any information that we do have. In the case of NHL 08, the versions on Playstation 2 and X-Box expand on previous versions of the game released on those consoles. This means the developers already had a framework to use, and allows for easier inclusion of new features. While developers certainly endeavor to include as many features as possible, it is sometimes necessary to prioritize certain aspects, and it is not always possible to include all of the features present in the versions of the game available for the older and more established consoles.
When i read this i got the feeling that he knew more than he told. He does the classic thing to blame the framework but it doesn't hold because there is a Dynasty Mode with economics, drafts, AHL-teams and all that, but not a stripped down Season mode. It's there for the Playstation 2 and Xbox versions of the game. So it can't be disc space either.
Epilogue
So what do you guys think, am i right? Please post your opinion.