Tiger Woods 09 experiments in mobile-to-console gameplay
For players who wrestle with the virtual greens, Electronic Arts has announced a way to better your game while on the go. The newly launched mobile version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 includes a feature called Console Boost, which (as you might have guessed from the all-too-descriptive title) gives Xbox 360 and PS3 players a stat hike in EA's annual trip to the links.Explains EA Mobile exec Adam Sussman, Console Boost "enables players to improve the skill level of their console character" by storing their mobile triumphs to their online EA account. Depending on the skill level completed in the mobile version, players will see their home version's stats likewise improved, hopefully ensuring a little more time on the fairway and a little less time fishing balls out of water hazards.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Esat Dedezade @ Nov 9th 2008 7:09PM
+1 for innovation. -1 for crappy mobile games.
+0 for breaking even.
and finally +... you know what, I think I should just STFU.
goodnight.
Garfunkiel @ Nov 9th 2008 8:59PM
Innovation? I think not - this has already been done in Mario Golf: Advance Tour.
Vince UK @ Nov 9th 2008 9:01PM
Have you got your - & + the wrong way around? Because in golf, of course, a - is a +.
I presume that's what you were doing.
Esat Dedezade @ Nov 10th 2008 6:40AM
to be honest it's the next day now and I don't have a clue what I was talking about. That's what tiredness does to you.
Tehman @ Nov 9th 2008 7:17PM
Get back to me when I can gain XP for my Call of Duty multiplayer on the go......
Halwende @ Nov 9th 2008 8:00PM
Reminds me of that thing Microsoft wanted to do with Windows LIVE Anywhere (?), where you could modify your Forza car on your Windows Mobile device and upload them to the 360 game... or something like that
Dr. @ Nov 9th 2008 8:21PM
Can you import your character from the previous year's game yet? It seems a waste to have to start over from the incredibly bad stats every year.
Foetoid @ Nov 9th 2008 8:41PM
Those Ps3 graphics are fantastic!
Kspraydad @ Nov 9th 2008 9:26PM
That is actually the Wii HD version.
BTW EA...bring it to my PSP and I'll give a shit.
Foetoid @ Nov 10th 2008 2:38AM
Considering this game isn't filed under Wii, your comment makes no sense and makes baby Jesus cry.
blue ocarina @ Nov 10th 2008 12:30AM
awesome, now do it with a game I actually care about...
elkniwcire @ Nov 10th 2008 12:34AM
Not the first time they've done something like this. On the mobile version of Need for Speed Prostreet you recieve codes for more money and special parts on the console version after every tournament you complete. I must say it was a big help.
...Jan... @ Nov 10th 2008 1:16AM
Wouldn't this make more sense to do on the DS and Wii version?
Gilbert Tang @ Nov 10th 2008 2:10PM
And yet I still can't play with someone on a 360 or Wii while on a PS3.