Quality control is a tricky beast. While Microsoft certainly wants to get gamers the games they expect every Wednesday for their Xbox Live Arcade program, they also want to be certain that what they offer is as solid an experience as possible.
Contra issues aside, it seems that the reason Worms for XBLA has been delayed is because it's just not up to snuff for what Msoft wants to give the public. Team 17 boss Martyn Brown had this to say to Eurogamer about the issue:
"The delay with Worms for XBLA has been as frustrating for Team17 as it has been for the very many players eager to see it's release," Brown told Eurogamer this morning.
"It's been a case of the last cycle of production/testing and certification taking much longer than we would have hoped. We know we aren't the only case, but that doesn't ease the frustration."
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2:54 PM on 02.21.2007
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acting like quality control is so hard, then why do we see so many crap games...
stop with excuses, and just use "delayed"
Those six people must be pissed!
[sarcasm]Microsoft is quality controlling? This game will suck.[/sarcasm]
in the end it's just another live title that lives for a week then never discussed again..
no doubt, i think it is his current high on crackdown...
fun game yes, but don't see what is so amazing about it in his eyes (we all know the ONLY reaon it's gonna sell is Halo 3 beta)
Mxyzptlk, have I mentioned lately that you're my favorite reader?
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Obviously they have no problem getting new games to put on XBLA, seeing as they're M$ and would buy Africa if it was profitable. Every single one of their new releases is houdned by delays, bugs, and complaints though. A lot of developers always point the blame at this final "certification process."
Now that two of the top XBLA bosses have abandoned ship, you wonder what's wrong here. Does Live have some horrible networking protocols? Is the XBLA department at MS just organized horribly? I can't imagine all this fuss for just having "strict requirements."
Just sayin'. :D
Sony/Ninty release a game late and we all need to recognize that they are useless pieces of garbage that don't deserve any of our hard-earned money.
I call double standard!
Good for MS if Quality Control is the real issue here. I remember how Ninty was praised by most on here for forcing Elebits back so that Konami could get it up to snuff. Could it be that gaming companies actually take pride in their products?? How... un-American!
Besides, it's Worms. It's fun, and you can wait a week. Go play Crackdown or something.
Back in the Dreamcast days my friends and I would have some awesome 4 player worms action just about every weekend. I look forward to more.