EA and MS deal for online gaming

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Microsoft and Electronic Arts are patching up their differences through a deal which will see EA games played online through the XBox Live service.
The service launched in November 2002 but EA had doubts about the revenue-sharing model. The service also had to be run on Microsoft-controlled servers and EA appears to have had doubts about giving a competitor so much access to how people played its games. Microsoft now allows third parties to run servers. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Submitted by: Necropolis_UK

Source: The Register

Comments

  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited May 2004
    all i have to say is...

    ITS ABOUT ****ING TIME

    sorry... but was really starting to get me angry..
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited May 2004
    Looks like MS is in desperation with the Xbox.

    KingFish
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Jengo wrote:
    all i have to say is...

    ITS ABOUT ****ING TIME

    sorry... but was really starting to get me angry..
    I agree with you completely. I stopped buying any EA games because they didn't want to support LIVE. I was quite unhappy, as they have the best sports games available.
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