Yeah, that's the other angle. Even without a Microsoft policy on hitting later it would be like Activision to go "nope not worth it if it can't hit at the same time now it's canceled."
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game Delayed Indefinitely for Xbox One [Up: Released]
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RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
This is the third time I see this happening, where only the XBO version is missing. Tropico 5 and another game. Weird stuff...
Hm yeah. I REALLY hope we get some more info on this. It just doesn't seem to make any sense :/
Hmm. I stand by my guess, though I imagine Activision will probe to see if they can easily fix whatever came up (since a bug MUST have come up at the last minute), if the game is received well and sells well, and if Microsoft will agree to a later date if that's a sticking point for them. If one of those doesn't pan out, yeah, I wouldn't be counting on seeing it.
Well, don't be too surprised.. Activision has never really been a company, historically, that has abandoned Nintendo consoles.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Interesting.
So...five bucks that this is going to go dark and will eventually be canned some months down the road?
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
OP updated.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Claims the game is free-roaming... wut?!
Occassional hitching and the game flashing forward from what I last saw. Pass.There is. It's just being sold with the wrong format.
I think there's too many wi-fi signals here or something so nothing works for very long. 
Hip Hop
Member
Who knows.
The first Amazing Spider-Man title was released 1 and a half years later on the Vita after it made its original debut.
Same with the Wii U version. Almost a year later.
microsoft and sony have some sort of bizarre same-day clause though. if they release it on the xbox one in the future, it will have to come with extra stuff. it's partly why rayman legends had more stuff put into it when the wii u version was delayed to match the other three.
7DollarHagane
Banned
This game is probably a rushed mess but these kind of PR releases relating to Xbox one releases is not a good thing for their platform.
cripterion
Member
That's how I feel. Although I own both consoles...
But this also highlights further problems with the Xbone One so the hits just keep on coming.
digoutyoursoul
Member
From what I've seen of PS4 version, Xb probably had ZX Spectrum style loading screens
I'd bet on a combination of every possible factor: sales of both systems, the target audience, expectations for games on both platforms and costs involved in making those.
I wonder why it doesn't have a vita version, but a 3DS version ôo
They can release a simple game that doesn't even meet Gameloft's mobile game quality standards on the 3DS and hope that it becomes a gift for unlucky kids. On the Vita, there probably is an expectation that the game will closer resemble its console counterpart, which would be significantly harder to make.
Sounds like Sony's looser, or became looser anyway. Maybe they have a small window as a grace period, or relented to please indies and even some bigger publishers, while Microsoft took a hardline stance. Conversely I can see them making exceptions to damn near any policy for the right reasons and with enough muscle behind them, question is if these are enough for Microsoft, or if they really are that unrelenting.
I'm guessing Activision expects the worst pulling all mention.
Yeah, that made me slightly more worried. That, and those camera angles...
Miles Quaritch
Member
Isn't there a weird parity clause where if you release late you have to add more content?
Yeah, pretty much this.
It'll probably go dark and they'll quietly cancel it a few months later. Unless it's something as simple as a cert issue, but that doesn't sound like it's the case...
i don't know how sony's looser. the only difference in launch times seems to be between handheld and console games, like borderlands 2 or rayman origins (although the vita wasn't out when origins was first released).
John Caboose
Member
Marvel
could never
lol.
At a minimum indies apparently aren't bound by any release parity policies. I don't think there's really been any test cases on PS4 yet to see if they changed there or not, most publishers probably do prefer to release on the same day if they can help it anyway.
Though there was that Conception II demo being kept on Tuesday for 3DS rather than the normal Thursday to coincide with the PSN update... for whatever that's worth.
if I had to guess, I would say they could not optimize XB1 version in time to make it passable... XB1/PS4/PC versions could share similar code, but others are not, so the fact that it is on 360 or 3DS does not matter at all.
Original got rated 71 on Metacritic, so it is not horrible game as I thought it would be.
Original got rated 71 on Metacritic, so it is not horrible game as I thought it would be.
Not exactly a must play either it seems unless you're really up for a Spider-Man video game, which is fair enough.
Miles Quaritch
Member
John Caboose
Member
I'm thinking 360.
geordiemp
Member
Post of the thread...
That's the first game.
That is from the first game...