EA might sell it\'s soul to xbox live

where you at pstwo?

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/508/508793p1.html?fromint=1

money makes the world go \'round

IGN believes that EA was able to strike a deal with Microsoft to lower the manufacturer\'s licensing fees for those particular games. Another possibilitiy is that it\'s working on a new monetary package to pay for online play. As for content, IGN believes Microsoft will share its data with EA.

this is bad for everyone, gamers included

oh, and in other related news

The console is still nowhere near making a profit for Microsoft though, as the Xbox division reported a $209 million loss

what other company can/would sell a product for 3 years and steadily lose billions?

It\'s about time EA joins the dark side!    

this is bad for everyone, gamers included

Why?  The other boards I visit have lots of Xbox Live players complaining that EA won\'t go online (for the Xbox).  I\'m sure they\'ll be glad when this happens.  What\'s the bad part?

Come on, man. This is mm. Do you really need to ask?

Just wanted to see if he\'ll post a reason or say something like "If you have no clue by now then you need to go shoot yourself and die."

this is bad for everyone, gamers included

I think what you meant to say, is that it\'s bad for PS2 Fanboys. Cause honestly I do not see how EA supporting XBOX live is a bad thing.  The only rational reason one would complain about something that benefits gamers, is because it\'s being supported on a competing console.

open your eyes re-read that quote

fanboy?  wtf is this?  1998?

/me looks at xbox with dust on it, yep
:rolleyes:

Not all gamers are like you mm.Many XBOX owners do play games on their XBOX.Online gaming included.

me looks at xbox with dust on it, yep

Then why did you purchase one, I certainly didn\'t

I believe he is a collector.

Just so everybody understands why mm said what he did:

"Another possibilitiy is that it\'s working on a new monetary package to pay for online play."

Charges outside of the payment for LIVE. EA still wants a big sum of money of their own out of the deal.

[EDIT] - .. That\'s how I understand it, anyways.

collector, aye

nvidia256, since you dont own an xbox, please stfu

nu, your close

Probably its the fact that developers these days tend to follow the "money bringing" logic than trying to help the gaming industry evolve.

edit:For example XBOX would have been a dead console if the creator was a different company than MS but XBOX still exists and sells becuase MS has the money to throw away.Developers spend money to support a "dead" console as much as the ones that do well and help the gaming industry while developers could have concentrated their efforts somewhere else.

I would suspect EA would charge for updates, like new player rosters or add-on levels or missions.  Several publishers do this already.

If they charge a monthly subs. on top of what MS charges then they can go screw themselves.

nvidia256, since you dont own an xbox, please stfu

Just because I personally do not own one, does not mean I don\'t play XBOX, We have one here in the Entertainment room.

So please stop the assumptions or STFU.

EA still wants a big sum of money of their own out of the deal.

What did you expect it\'s EA we are talking about, other than there sports titles, they think that there god\'s when it comes to making games(quite the contrary)