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Factor 5 Drops Xbox 360 Support in Favor of PS3
May. 22nd, 2005 1:57 pm
According to a story on C|Net, Julian Eggebrecht, president of Factor 5,
has confirmed that the company will no longer support the Xbox 360 and
instead it will create games exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The
following paragraph is an extract from the article:
The choice boiled down to performance, Eggebrecht said at E3 in Los
Angeles. His company has worked with Microsoft's Xbox 360, but found
PlayStation 3's 3.2GHz Cell chip offered more processing power. The
additional performance allows the gang at Factor 5 to more easily
simulate the real world for a better game experience, he said.
The San Rafael, California-based game developer and middleware provider
is better known for the development of two titles of the Rogue Squadron
series.
This announcement comes as a bit of a surprise because Factor 5 was one
of the early supporters of the XNA development tools, as this page shows.
We were unable to contact Mr. Eggebrecht for further comment but we’ll
have more on Factor 5’s switch to PlayStation 3 development as it develops.
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Hmmm...not the publicity MS needs...
Alexander
Factor 5 Drops Xbox 360 Support in Favor of PS3
May. 22nd, 2005 1:57 pm
According to a story on C|Net, Julian Eggebrecht, president of Factor 5,
has confirmed that the company will no longer support the Xbox 360 and
instead it will create games exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The
following paragraph is an extract from the article:
The choice boiled down to performance, Eggebrecht said at E3 in Los
Angeles. His company has worked with Microsoft's Xbox 360, but found
PlayStation 3's 3.2GHz Cell chip offered more processing power. The
additional performance allows the gang at Factor 5 to more easily
simulate the real world for a better game experience, he said.
The San Rafael, California-based game developer and middleware provider
is better known for the development of two titles of the Rogue Squadron
series.
This announcement comes as a bit of a surprise because Factor 5 was one
of the early supporters of the XNA development tools, as this page shows.
We were unable to contact Mr. Eggebrecht for further comment but we’ll
have more on Factor 5’s switch to PlayStation 3 development as it develops.
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Hmmm...not the publicity MS needs...
Alexander