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BioWare shoots first to kill Star Wars: The Old Republic Xbox 360 rumor

by Griffin McElroy on Mar 30th 2010 11:57AM

There was a great disturbance in the rumor-Force yesterday when VG247 acquired a memo from UK retailer GAME with an alleged upcoming release list for Xbox 360 -- a docket that included a listing for Star Wars: The Old Republic. While the better part of the day was spent hypothesizing about which button would be mapped to "Kill Dude With Lightsaber" (right bumper, of course), BioWare wasted no time in squashing the rumor.

"While we recognize that there are other operating systems and platforms available for games today, our development is specific to the personal computer using the Windows operating system at this time," BioWare's Sean Dahlberg explained. As to why the game was on the Xbox 360 release list, Dahlberg hadn't the foggiest idea, but reassured that the game "should not be on there."

[Via Massively]

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Tags: bioware, lucasarts, Microsoft, mmor, mmorpg, rumor, star-wars, star-wars-the-old-republic, swtor, the-old-republic, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (35)

Awwww.

So I'm guessing this isn't going up on Steam? No Mac support then? >_>
(Or it is, just without Mac OSX support?)

There is a void in my life that only a 360 version of KOTOR can fill.

That rumor was squashed faster than the Millennium Falcon doing the Kessel Run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-qV12Ec1zE

mmmm...Kessel

This rumor = Luke Skywalker's snowspeeder.
BioWare = Imperial walker.
Crunch.

Closer to Swoop Bike + Storm Trooper + tree.

I was going to use the Darth Vader's Hand/Bottomless Pit analogy for the same thing.

"Your Hand is useless now! It's never gonna work again!"

You mean they did it in less than 3.7x10^17 meters?

So, it was Ebon Hawk speed?

That rumor was killed faster than the post-Star Wars careers of everyone not named Harrison Ford.

I don't see why not, honestly. I am sure they have thought about it.

FFXIV will be on console, I am sure Blizzard's next MMO will be on console to reach the mass market. With consoles now having massive storage space, the only liability would be a keyboard which we can all purchase for consoles anyway.

Hardcore MMOers don't want it. But I say, why not.

Xbox 360 and cheap massive storage space doesn't go well together:

http://ca.kotaku.com/5505029/rumor-xbox-360s-usb-flash-drives-are-yes-expensive

It's too expensive to play MMO on the 360 (Overpriced 250HDD + Gold subscription + monthly MMO fee).

The PS3 on the other hand (inexpensive 2.5" SATA HDD + no network fee + monthly MMO fee) and in-game keyboard & mouse support.

@Ballistic: I believe that with FFXI on the 360, you could pay the standard subscription fee, but you didn't have to pay the Gold fee if you didn't want to. I may be wrong about that, but that's what I heard.

Asher is correct that FF didn't require Gold. But, the thing is most 360 owners already have Gold to begin with so it's more complicated than just saying don't require Gold. Maybe they give Gold users cheaper access rates than Silver members as an incentive?

THAT would've killed the MMO Lineup for sony.

Who would pay Final Fantasy XIV and it's ridiculous micro-transactions like 1 dollar per character? When you can have Star Wars: TOR...

C'mon! It's Star Wars made by Bioware!

Square Enix has neither announced that Final Fantasy XIV uses a microtransaction system nor that they will repeat the $1 per character model of FFXI. I'm following FFXIV news pretty closely, and it looks to be a standard monthly-fee MMO.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Final Fantasy XI charges that, and i don't think square would stop doing that

Are you high?

Enjoy the blizzard in Hoth.

I love how all Bounty Hunters come standard issue with flamethrowers. Despite the fact no other beings in the Star Wars universe seems to find them useful, Bounty Hunters know better!

You do realize that PC games still are on Microsoft's platform right?

The full quote: "should not be on there...yet. because we are suppose to surprise people when we announce it at Microsoft's E3 Press Conference, now you all just pretend to not know about it".

Apparently your lips are all over Microsoft's "platform" too. All of you go play b3yond. Okay? Thanks.

Hey, do a 360.

Did it? Good. *punch*

Yaaaay, that joke worked.

I'm pretty sure that Microsoft has all kinds of developer fees and barriers to entry for an MMO to thrive on the 360. If I remember correctly, this is the reason that Age of Conan never made it to the platform.

Same with champions online. Marvel Universe and Huxley never got off the ground either.

Another problem is that MMOs need to do hotfixes and patches all the time with little notice, and Microsoft requires developers go through a week-long approval process to put their stuff on the 360, which is obviously bad if you need to quickly hotfix a game-breaking bug. Apparently that was one of the hurdles Square Enix had to deal with when they put FFXI on 360.

BioWare, quit messing around and give us KotOR III. I want to find out where Revan and the Exile went, d*mm it!

I second this.

Although I don't know if BioWare would actually make it, since Obsidian did last time.

But I sure as hell hope they get the chance..

..as long as it doesn't interfere with Mass Effect 3. In which case NEVERMIND :]

bioware is making money on a so called piracy infested machine like the p.c. and they are doing it without DRM, i hope the could show ubi soft how this is done.

Yeah you do realize that the game is useless unless you pay the subscription fee right?

MMO's make most of their money off of the subscription fees..

..and without a subscription you aren't playing The Old Republic even if you pirate it :l

Meh, Microsoft completely lacks the ability to work with anyone they can't royally screw. Just look at the consoles they sell. The biggest computer company in the world, and there console doesn't even come with wireless tech. Then they charge 3 times the price of a regular adapter for the console version. A shame I would really love the ability to throw down an MMO on my PS3 or any console for that matter.

I'm in two minds about this, as much as I would love to play an Old Republic game (from Bioware) on my Xbox, I'm not sure I want that game to be an MMO

But then again, I am a social recluse

Kotor was one of my favorite games. Imagining that with Pvp action would be fantastic. Too bad us consoles ain't getting it.

Same with Star Trek online.
:(

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