Size Restrictions Keeping Oddworld Off Xbox Live

[sunami88]

What ever happened to the Oddbox!? C'mon, I'm dying for some Stranger's Wrath on PC!

I mean really, if they take much longer I'm gonna have to go through the trouble of finding a copy for the original Xbox and then rearranging my room (dig the Xbox outta the closet, grab my old CRT TV out of storage) just so I can play it.

 

[waterhazard]

Yeah Strangers wrath isn't backwards compatible but the other oddworld is? Where is the sense in this Microsoft?

 

[IamQ]

With Mass Effect 2 no longer a PS3 exclusive, I began to regret my purchase of my PS3. But news like this makes me feel ever so happy!

...What?

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

Microsoft never ceases to shit on us with idiotic limitations and systems.

and yet the best Online material for the consoles has appeared on the system...hmmmm.

 

[Enigmers]

Aw, shucks. I was looking forward to this.

 

[The_Deleted]

I recall they were pretty pissed at M$ for the lack of support the game received on original release. I saw plenty of adds in mags at the time in the UK, though, but they might have been paid for out of JAW's own pocket.
Maybe this is JAWs way of biting back.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Or they could make the backwards compatibility actually work?

The Games on Demand service would be good way to circumvent all this nonsense.

 

[WNxSajuukCor]

Why can't you split the data into multiple downloads? 50/50, or even 90/10 to get the first one under the 2GB limit.

 

[JohnDoey]

Darn

 

[Outcast107]

I recall they were pretty pissed at M$ for the lack of support the game received on original release. I saw plenty of adds in mags at the time in the UK, though, but they might have been paid for out of JAW's own pocket.
Maybe this is JAWs way of biting back.

Um...what are you talking about? JAW didn't make Strangers wraith for the original xbox. It was Oddworld Inhabitants. And stop with the whole M$. Cause every company is out to make money. Just like $ony, with their whole 3D gaming.

 

[The_Deleted]

I recall they were pretty pissed at M$ for the lack of support the game received on original release. I saw plenty of adds in mags at the time in the UK, though, but they might have been paid for out of JAW's own pocket.
Maybe this is JAWs way of biting back.

Um...what are you talking about? JAW didn't make Strangers wraith for the original xbox. It was Oddworld Inhabitants. And stop with the whole M$. Cause every company is out to make money. Just like $ony, with their whole 3D gaming.

Good point, thought I might have been confused there.
Either way: Oddworld Inhabitants were annoyed at the lack of support.
And thanks for the Business Model 101, it honestly never occurred to me....

 

[SmugFrog]

Seriously? Is it that hard to come up with a solution?

Make it Part 1 and Part 2. Problem solved, right?

 

[Korey Von Doom]

So did any of you actually read the article?

"The 2GB limit is reportedly a limitation of the Xbox 360 hardware, and not an artificial limit such as those previously imposed by Microsoft."

It says it's a hardware limit, not just something M$ says it has to be.

 

[Jumplion]

Seriously? Is it that hard to come up with a solution?

Make it Part 1 and Part 2. Problem solved, right?

Playing Devil's Advocate here; Even if it is that simple, why should Just Add Water succumb to making unnecessary changes and splits in the game just to work around the system? They can easily put Stranger's Wrath on PSN with no problem, and recently LIVE has taken some pot-shots at it (VALVe [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.231292-Valve-Xbox-Live-Rules-are-a-Train-Wreck?page=1], and I'm pretty sure a few other developers, lord knows if I can find them.)

Overall, sucks for Xbox users, though I'm going to be getting a taste of Stranger.

...wait that came out wrong...

 

[Brotherofwill]

Hahaha. Wow, lot's of people hurt about that ME2 comment. Just let it go man. Let it go. Like anyone cares about exclusive games. ME2 was pretty mediocre anyway.

I still don't understand how 2 Gig could be a system related limit. What exactly is limiting what here?

 

[Jewrean]

Or they could, you know, make the original fucking backwards compatible like they said they would do with every 360 game. Oh wait, they quietly stopped working on that back in 2007.

Pricks.

Because honestly, I don't care about the graphics, I just want to play it because its awesome.

Exactly! Why don't they just make the only Oddworld games that were any good instead?

 

[Lightslei]

Interesting. Sounds like something they could have thought about, you know... before making the game it's current size?
It's almost like they're the ones who developed it wrong. Did they develop the game? Oh.
A shameful attempt to relieve oneself of blame if there ever was one.

Well, I'm sure they'd like to talk with you about what they should cut out then .

They didn't develop any game "wrong", they developed it. They plan to release it, it's fine. This just sounds like you're trying too shift blame back on them.


Also will someone please explain to me how there is a 2GB limit on the 360 hardware, shouldn't it be almost like 10GB thinking about it ?

 

[IbanezLaney]

lol @ the hardwares 2gig limit - welcome back to 1998.

 

[Dami Fayse]

I would happily pay retail price for it.