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PlayStation 3 News by Games Industry.biz
Sony has been quick to quash rumours that the PlayStation 3 will incorporate a version of PC messaging and matchmaking solution Xfire for online gameplay.
While the company has admitted that one launch title - SOE's Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - will utilise Xfire, there are no current plans to use the Viacom-owned technology.
"We can confirm that Sony Online Entertainment is in talks with Viacom and Xfire for a single, specific PS3 game," said a spokesperson for Sony in a statement to 1Up.
"However, there are no announcements at this time regarding any discussions between SCEA, Viacom and Xfire," continued the statement."
The rumours stemmed from a transcript of an earnings report issued by Viacom which revealed, "Xfire just signed a deal with Sony to create a version of their platform for the new PS3, which will now enable Xfire to extend its reach further into the huge console gaming market."
Xfire is a PC application that allows players to send and receive instant messages, manage friends lists, voice chat and other social functions - features already available for Sony's rival Xbox 360, via Microsoft's Xbox Live service.
However, SOE's Chris Kramer also poured cold water on the idea that Sony would incorporate Xfire into the PS3 by clarifying: "SOE has been in talks with Xfire about potentially including some of their technology in Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, our PlayStation 3 launch title."
"This proposed deal is completely separate and independent from the PlayStation Network Platform, and is something that SOE was examining specifically for Dark Kingdom."
Viacom recently acquired Xfire in a deal worth US$ 102 million.
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""We can confirm that Sony Online Entertainment is in talks with Viacom and Xfire for a single, specific PS3 game,"
So let me get this straight game sony be using different solutions even within sony? what a mess this does not sound like a unified service..
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rhinoxious
13/09/06 @ 14:06
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"Last I heard was that Sony was leaving it upto individual publishers whether they charged for online gaming or not. There again online gaming is free on the PS2 isn't it?"
Yes. but it also wasn't very popular. When it first launched you had to buy the network adaptor to use it. If you had got an FPS on PS2 that was as succesful as Halo2 was on XBox, then things may have been different regarding charging. |
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"It's down to the developers choice and as long as it's free "
Can each developer choose to charge? Yes. But they also could have charged per game on the PS2 if they wanted also. ;) So it's either: No charge and a shite connection or charge per dev.
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The Bodybuilder
13/09/06 @ 14:30
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>"I think some individual publishers will love it being the ones in charge of what the consumers pays and not pays."
Think? From what I've gathered, it seems most developers like the unification and control of LIVE by MS (so they don't have to). But publishers don't want a LIVE-like service, as they don't control it. And you know what equals control? Yep, money. I'm 99.9% sure than EA will charge for thier service. If people pay (and let's face it, with madden in america and FIFA here, many will), then expect activision to follow suit too. Squenix goes without saying, and all the others will follow suit. |
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not necessarily it'll be just like the PC....
You are forgetting that the reason that (most) PC servers are so great is because of the fact that they are paid for by the gamers/clans/organisations. The pub's services don't have anything to do with them other than list them. I very much doubt that sony will somehow make it possible to rent a permanent pro server to host games out of it's controle. PC servers with the same quality lvl as XBL are just as much free as XBL. The only difference is that somebody (else) pays to server hosts instead of pub's, sony or ms. |
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BartonFink
13/09/06 @ 18:38
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Man this is going to be one huge munge of a kludge.
Messy Sony very messy. |
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