| happydolphin said: That's a fair point, which assumes that the PS3 has something to fear in the U, which I think is unreasonable in the COD market. Also, you're losing sight of the fact that the PS3 would gain 100k to a million players on xboxlive, so it's win-win for them there. |
Criterion wanted cross platform play for Burnout Paradise but Microsoft has already made a statement that they wouldn't allow this. In their words they'd have to give part of Xbox Live code which would damage the infrastructure. In an interview, Criterion said Sony would be fine with it but it was Microsoft that wouldn't allow it.
I tried Googling an article to link a source but I can't find it. I did find a GAF thread that does mention Criterion and how they said they added a line of code so that they could still have cross platform leaderboards but PS3 and 360 owners won't get matched against each other. The common response that there is no fee on the PS3 and people being able to play against each other this would hurt Xbox Live's image which is why Microsoft didn't want to include it.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352196
