http://www.xbox360******.com/2007/01/30/mark-rein-user-created-mods-in-360-utiii/
360/Vista connectivity?
360/Vista connectivity?
User Created Mods In Unreal Tournament III (360)
- Thread starter Hardknock
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Thats a lie.
Reason UT wasnt confirmed\announced for the X360 was because they didnt want to draw hype away from Gears of War
Or dont kill the only reason why a bunch of people would buy a ps3.
In a roundabout way..I think the plan is simply to allow mods/maps created on a PC to be runnable and distributable on consoles.
I also don't really doubt what Mark Rein is saying about this delaying the 360 announcement. Just a few months ago, this is what Tim Sweeney was saying:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10974
So I think it's fairly believable that they were trying to iron some arrangement out with MS before committing to a 360 release.
scooby_dooby
Legend
Maybe, but they could have quietly confirmed a 360 version without drawing any hype away from Gears. Not only are the games 12 months apart, but they're different genres to boot.
I just hope MS and Epic are smart enough to charge MS points for user-created content, then give royalty to the author.
archangelmorph
Veteran
Maybe they should be redeemable for game coupons..?
Well they usually do the "Make something Unreal" contest. Grand prize last time was a million bucks. That game Red Orchestra won. Maybe they will allow PC/PS3/X360 mods in the contest.
Sure, I meant in real money.
I think we'll see things like that in several years - but not very soon. Many issues will have to be resolved. For example, who will do QA on for-sale mods? Who will pay for the bandwidth needed to distribute mods if they are free?
I guess there might be regulatory problems if MS allows for free exchange of points - they will turn into a "bank" issuing a "currency", and the government will suddenly jump on them.
Excuse me? MS stated when the 360 first launched that "Velocity Girl" could create stuff on XBL and sell it for MS points. I was thinking very clearly when I typed that but thank you.
Well, maybe the plan changed. The ludicrous outcome should have been enough to get you to think of alternatives, and real money is an obvious alternative. Even just speculating that the reward could be real money is not beyond simple analysis.
Couldn't you already sell mods on PC? And I dont see any rush to do it there. Because nobody's going to pay for a mod, basically. Make it free or nobody's buying..and therefore nobody will play your mod and it wont get any exposure..
Although people probably WOULD buy mods on XBL, just because it's so easy to buy stuff. Your credit card info is already in there and whatnot.
I could see a use for a pretty good amount of points. I rent a fair amount of movies, and you could buy every XBLA game that comes out every week just for the hell of it if you had a lot of points.
scooby_dooby
Legend
The 'Velocity Girl' structure that MS proposed had to do with the trading of in-game assets, thus no QA is required as they are all objects existing in, or created in the game itself. It was a trade system, think Forza 2 livery editor. People would design something using the ingame tools, and then trade that to another user for either points, or another ingame item.
The MS Software head indicated this should be up and running by the end of 2007, since it's MS lets just say ballpark 2008
This deal with these mods, it'ss totally different, and I would assume is free. Any other method of delivery just doesn't make sense.
The MS Software head indicated this should be up and running by the end of 2007, since it's MS lets just say ballpark 2008
This deal with these mods, it'ss totally different, and I would assume is free. Any other method of delivery just doesn't make sense.