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**wildcatchild** · 05-29-2004, 07:09 AM

Re: Question

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Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

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They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

**wildcatchild** · 05-29-2004, 07:09 AM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

**wildcatchild** · 05-29-2004, 07:09 AM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

**jmood88** · 05-29-2004, 09:04 AM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

hey didn't need a tweak of the graphics. They needed to completely overhaul them. It's sad that they couldn't take advantage of any of the xbox's capabilities(sound, graphics, etc...) and it was an xbox exclusive game

**jmood88** · 05-29-2004, 09:04 AM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

hey didn't need a tweak of the graphics. They needed to completely overhaul them. It's sad that they couldn't take advantage of any of the xbox's capabilities(sound, graphics, etc...) and it was an xbox exclusive game

**jmood88** · 05-29-2004, 09:04 AM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

hey didn't need a tweak of the graphics. They needed to completely overhaul them. It's sad that they couldn't take advantage of any of the xbox's capabilities(sound, graphics, etc...) and it was an xbox exclusive game

**Basketballfan** · 05-29-2004, 02:26 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

Aww ok thank you for clearing that up for me wildcatchild.

**Basketballfan** · 05-29-2004, 02:26 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

Aww ok thank you for clearing that up for me wildcatchild.

**Basketballfan** · 05-29-2004, 02:26 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

Aww ok thank you for clearing that up for me wildcatchild.

23 · 05-29-2004, 07:00 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

They needed to add a graphics major tweak, better presentation, and some different animations.

23 · 05-29-2004, 07:00 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

They needed to add a graphics major tweak, better presentation, and some different animations.

23 · 05-29-2004, 07:00 PM

Re: Question

<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
wildcatchild said:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />
Basketballfan said:
why did microsoft stop making thier XSN Sports titles? ran out of money or what? please could some one you fill me in here. Thanks

<hr /></blockquote>

They said they wanted to take a year off to make their titles competitive with EA Sports and VC. I haven't played Fever, but I know one thing for sure: Inside Drive just needed a slight graphical tweak, and that was it. You know Bill Gates, can't settle for anything less than first.

<hr /></blockquote>

They needed to add a graphics major tweak, better presentation, and some different animations.

**snowmizer** · 05-29-2004, 08:23 PM

Re: Question

They needed something that people would actually buy (which is entirely about the looks of the game).

Only 50,000 ID 2004 copies have sold. I believe ID 2002 sold 300,000+, while ID 2003 sold 170,000 (a few weeks back, there was a thread at the Gaming-Age forum that had lifetime-to-date figures for each, but GA switched to a new server, obliterating that... the exact numbers are out there floating around, though).

The game is now selling well below the number generally accepted to be profitable, even as the Xbox userbase has increased substantially. Releasing an Inside Drive 2005 on the current Xbox, unfortunately, would just be throwing good money after bad.

So MS realizes they need their sports games to look as good as, or better than, the competition. With Xbox 2 just around the corner, they decided to just focus on that instead and have a fresh start for all their series.

**snowmizer** · 05-29-2004, 08:23 PM

Re: Question

They needed something that people would actually buy (which is entirely about the looks of the game).

Only 50,000 ID 2004 copies have sold. I believe ID 2002 sold 300,000+, while ID 2003 sold 170,000 (a few weeks back, there was a thread at the Gaming-Age forum that had lifetime-to-date figures for each, but GA switched to a new server, obliterating that... the exact numbers are out there floating around, though).

The game is now selling well below the number generally accepted to be profitable, even as the Xbox userbase has increased substantially. Releasing an Inside Drive 2005 on the current Xbox, unfortunately, would just be throwing good money after bad.

So MS realizes they need their sports games to look as good as, or better than, the competition. With Xbox 2 just around the corner, they decided to just focus on that instead and have a fresh start for all their series.

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