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[shinobi602]

https://twitter.com/EA/status/431544407880245249

 

[antitrop]

Daaaaaaamn.

Gives people more time to play Dark Souls II, I guess.

 

[makeitawkward]

Anything to get you to buy a one.

 

[Silky]

Expecting 60fps w/ drops on 360

 

[Darkangel]

Curious to see how this turns out.

I might buy it if it's still 60fps.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Bluepoint knows what it's doing so probably was needed.

 

[StoOgE]

I see what you did their Microsoft.

I'm sure MS don't mind the delay, but I think there is a reason we've not seen 360 footage.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Clever girl.

 

[Nokterian]

Now it's the other way around. Damn that is pretty long! Thank god i am getting it on PC.

 

[Painraze]

Shocking news!

 

[curb]

The tin-foil hat guy in me this is just a ploy to encourage people to make the XB1 jump.

Spoiler

I'm sure the delay is legit.

 

[kimbaka]

Sounds good to me. Wasn't sure how to balance Titanfall and Dark Souls 2 releasing on the same day, this makes it easier.

 

[Ein Bear]

The tinfoil hat part of me wants to say it's because Microsoft know that most people would buy it on 360, and want to drive Xbox One sales.

Edit: Damn you, curb!!!

 

[Empty]

twilight princess'd

 

[RoboPlato]

That sucks for 360 players but thankfully it's not too long of a wait.

Is it bad that the first thing I thought when I read the title is that MS probably wants to avoid comparisons with the XBO version since they're far closer than they should be?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Yeah....right.

 

[Alienous]

That's not how you spell "to push consumers towards the Xbox One version of the game".

 

[meanspartan]

And the fact that they want to give 360 owners every reason to upgrade helps too I'm sure. Two weeks is looooong time to wait if your friends are saying a game is awesome, you may just go out and buy an Xbox One for it.

 

[Hoodbury]

I see what you did their Microsoft.

I'm sure MS don't mind the delay, but I think there is a reason we've not seen 360 footage.

I sure wonder how much pull Microsoft really has on this project. This does seem really fishy.

 

[V_Ben]

Wow, so it now launches the same day as infamous on PS4. Polish time is never an excuse EA has used before to delay a version of a game, so I'm going with 'we want people to buy this on XB1'

 

[bombshell]

To make sure reviewers do not deduct points for an inferior performing 360 version?

 

[Uno Venova]

Interesting way to make people more interested in the One version instead of most buying it on the 360.

 

[Nintyb]

Heh. Smart but such bullshit.

 

[shinobi602]

Shocking news!

Well, I didn't really expect it did you?

 

[SwiftDeath]

I am of the opinion this is likely on purpose to encourage XB1 sales as I know bluepoint to be highly competent. Could be innocent I suppose though just seems the less likely scenario to me

 

[Marauder Shields]

They must really want people to get the One version.

 

[Neuromancer]

Well, shit. That's disappointing.

 

[alr1ght]

Uh huh, sure.

 

[Dragonborn]

That sucks for 360 players but thankfully it's not too long of a wait.

Is it bad that the first thing I thought when I read the title is that MS probably wants to avoid comparisons with the XBO version since they're far closer than they should be?

No, because that's probably exactly why. Also to push people twoards the X1

I believe I heard or read somehwere that the 360 was turning out better than expected, MS probably want to delay tge inevitable backlash as much as possible

 

[GSG Flash]

Riiiight, finishing touches

They didn't want the 360 version cannibalizing One sales.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

That's not too big of a delay for 360 owners but nevertheless that sucks for them.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I kinda just want to see the Digital Foundry comparisons. Should make for a great thread.

 

[StoopKid]

Microsoft knows what it's doing .

 

[S¡mon]

Yep, this is a smart move from Microsoft: the people who want Titanfall, will now feel like they have to resort to the Xbox One.

Also, there won't be any direct graphical comparisons @ launch. So people won't notice graphics are likely quite similar.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Wow, so it now launches the same day as infamous on PS4. Polish time is never an excuse EA has used before to delay a version of a game, so I'm going with 'we want people to buy this on XB1'

Infamous releases on March 21st.

 

[DocVape]

The tinfoil hat part of me wants to say it's because Microsoft know that most people would buy it on 360, and want to drive Xbox One sales.

Exactly why this game should not be coming out on the 360 at all
Why does m$ do that
Guess they HAD to, to make up for the money missing out from it being multiplat

 

[MercuryLS]

Wow, so it now launches the same day as infamous on PS4. Polish time is never an excuse EA has used before to delay a version of a game, so I'm going with 'we want people to buy this on XB1'

Yup. They would have just patched the game if it wasn't quite done.

 

[V_Ben]

Infamous releases on March 21st.

Wait, really? Huh. I'm getting all my dates confused...

 

[Jachaos]

Yes. Sure. Look I won't buy an Xbox One for this game, that will wait for later. But this will work on at least part of the interested gamers and so they will do it.

 

[Mesoian]

Getting out of Dark Souls 2's way.

 

[Zozr]

Interesting way to make people more interested in the One version instead of most buying it on the 360.

The Xbone sales probably hit a brick wall after the initial sales from dedicated Xbox fans who don't care about comparisons because their mind was made up.

Can you blame them for trying to do anything they can?

 

[RedNumberFive]

.

 

[RedRooster]

Can the 360 and XB1 people play each other? Sorry, I haven't been keeping up, and might give my old 360 one last hurrah.

 

[Gorillaz]

Pretty clever MS...pretty clever


Dark Souls 2 month just got interesting

 

[Korigama]

Having the 360 version release two weeks after the Xbone one. How...convenient.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I like how we are a month away, and we haven't seen a single screenshot/video of the 360 version.

 

[Milennia]

Nvm read that wrong, getting it for the xbone.

I cant wait to see how the 360 version turns out however, we haven't seen a damn thing.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

And the fact that they want to give 360 owners every reason to upgrade helps too I'm sure. Two weeks is looooong time to wait if your friends are saying a game is awesome, you may just go out and buy an Xbox One for it.

If your friends are saying it's awesome within those two weeks then you don't seem to be wanting to play on the same platform as them anyways .

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Yeah right. I've never heard "finishing touches" for any game in development either. But it's obvious why they are delaying it. Smart.

 

[Neuromancer]