Introversion

What do you think?

Hertston wrote:Will PC Multiwinia players have to pay a subscription for half the multiplayer 'features'... yes or no?

Only if IV wants to shoot themselves repeatedly in the foot with nuclear machine guns.

Hertston wrote:Will PC Multiwinia players have to pay a subscription for half the multiplayer 'features'... yes or no? I would humbly point out that that particular business model has already completely f****d up two high-profile RTS releases.

I would humbly point out that such a business model is irreconcilable with everyone but Warcrack-heads, so I'd like to think there's no danger of it being used.

Mas Tnega wrote:I would humbly point out that such a business model is irreconcilable with everyone but Warcrack-heads, so I'd like to think there's no danger of it being used.

I'm not sure you quite get the point. With Microsoft Live as the included online play facility that IS the business model... basic online play is free but additional features such as ranking, matching, etc involve a subscription to Live (you only need one for all games using the system, PC or hexbox).

Well it depends, if IV use the microsoft live platform for multiplayer then I'm sure they'll offer a non extort, ahem, I mean pay per month option. Ofc they could bypass the xbox live system and implement their own metaserver like defcon (anyone who knows about xbox programming know if this is possible?)

martin wrote:(anyone who knows about xbox programming know if this is possible?)

Yes it's possible to have network functions on the 360 without using Live.

NeoThermic

Thanks Neothermic, in light of that I'm going to assume IV will provide their own metaserver - and possibly not use live at all (or at least not have a requirement for it)

I thought online Multiplayer was restricted to Live on the 360. I haven't seen any releases that suggest otherwise.

RabidZombie wrote:I thought online Multiplayer was restricted to Live on the 360. I haven't seen any releases that suggest otherwise.

Burnout Revenge for X360 didn't use Live iirc.

Uh, yes it does.

Well, you had to register with EA to play, I never got around to actually trying it out because of this. But I thought it was due to it perhaps not being live.

I'm so glad you are bringing it to consoles, Darwinia is one of my favorite games. The thing is my computer is getting so slow, I can barely run the first darwinia. Here's to hoping it works just as well on the Xbox as it does the computer!

OneMech wrote:I'm so glad you are bringing it to consoles, Darwinia is one of my favorite games. The thing is my computer is getting so slow, I can barely run the first darwinia. Here's to hoping it works just as well on the Xbox as it does the computer!

Tip: re-install windows

RabidZombie wrote:I thought online Multiplayer was restricted to Live on the 360. I haven't seen any releases that suggest otherwise.

Well you'll need a Live Account to use online multiplayer functions,
however if the game uses its own servers you can make do with
a free silver membership.

That works for me

And if it's going to be on XBLA you'd still need the Live Account
to buy and download it.
(and again silver membership would be enough).

Feud wrote:

NeoThermic wrote: TooManySecrets!

NeoThermic

C-Tec Astronomy!

Setec Astronomy! I love that film Not as much as IV...well, hehe!

And I'm looking forward to being able to use my Xbox Live points for downloading something worthwhile.