Why Cant Mommy And Daddy Just Get Along

<p>After reading a news article over on <a title&equals;"Kotaku" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5813740&sol;i-saw-the-playstation-3-wired-to-play-against-an-xbox-360-but-you-wont&quest;tag&equals;defiance" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Kotaku&comma; <&sol;a>and to sum it up in as few words as possible&period; The writer witnessed first hand the MMO Shooter <em><a title&equals;"Trion" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;trionworlds&period;com&sol;en&sol;games&sol;defiance" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Defiance&comma;<&sol;a><&sol;em> running a multi-player match with one person on 360&comma; and the other on PS3&period; Now don&&num;8217&semi;t jump to conclusions just yet cause I&&num;8217&semi;m about to burst the bubble&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To quote the writer &&num;8220&semi;I had expected science fiction from <em>Defiance<&sol;em>&comma; but I didn&&num;8217&semi;t expect this&period; It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t a magic trick&period; It was multi-player console gaming without borders&period; And it won&&num;8217&semi;t be coming to a home near you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He mentions that <a title&equals;"trion Worlds" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;trionworlds&period;com&sol;en&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Trion Worlds<&sol;a>&comma; creators of <em>Defiance<&sol;em> simply wanted to prove that you can have a cross console multi-player experience via a wiring connection&period; But that&&num;8217&semi;s as far as it will go I&&num;8217&semi;m afraid&period; Sony and Xbox&&num;8217&semi;s online services are very complicated but very unique&period; The time and effort&comma; not to mention the cost of trying to make two different types of competitive hardware run together would be too substantial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mommy-daddy-stop-fighting&sol;parents-swear-and-children-suffer&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-16689"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16689" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;parents-fighting1-300x228&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"590" height&equals;"341" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft had this to say when asked&colon;  &&num;8220&semi;We have a high level of expectation for our game developers to ensure that all Live experiences remain top notch&period; Because we can&&num;8217&semi;t guarantee this level of quality&comma; or control the player experience on other consoles or gaming networks&comma; we currently do not open our network to games that allow this cross-over capability&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Defiance<&sol;em> is set to release in April 2013 for Xbox 360&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So no bashing the other console player in a multi-player game just yet&comma; but perhaps someday there will be a game title that has that ability&comma; and the carnage to suit our needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think Viewers&quest; Is it a far stretch of the imagination to play Consoler Vs Consoler&quest; Or is it not as hard as Microsoft is making it all out to be&quest; Let us know by dropping a comment below or on our <a title&equals;"Bagogames Twitter" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;&num;&excl;&sol;BagoGames" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">twitter<&sol;a> page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a title&equals;"Kotaku" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5813740&sol;i-saw-the-playstation-3-wired-to-play-against-an-xbox-360-but-you-wont&quest;tag&equals;defiance" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Kotaku<&sol;a>&comma;<a title&equals;"Game Kicker" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamekicker&period;com&sol;gaming-news&sol;microsoft-blocked-cross-over-play-with-sony" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Gamekicker<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;