Fail: Xbox 360 Need for Speed Shift crashes...into PlayStation Store

Posted Sep 27, 2009 at 3:31PM by Glenn M. Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, PlayStation Store
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We've seen our fair share of bugs and crashes, but this one has to be a huge wake-up call for the developers. Insert Electronic Arts. Their latest NFS game, Need for Speed Shift, reportedly induces a crash that Microsoft would want to wipe from the face of the Earth. Why? The Xbox 360 version of the game crashes and takes you to a PlayStation Store screen.

While checking out menus while connected to Xbox Live, FreakBits blogger, enigmax, experienced a sudden crash. "When my rage had subsided and I got a better look at the screen, I was pretty shocked at what I saw," he wrote. And what he saw is this:

PlayStation Store..via Xbox Live?! - Image 1PlayStation Store..via Xbox Live?! - Image 2


"EAÂ’s new Need for Speed Shift is the most bug-ridden piece of code I have witnessed in recent times," he wrote. "But when the Xbox 360 version seemed to want to access the Playstation Store today, things had clearly gone too far." enigmax had at least a dozen crashes on the game at least a dozen times before this one, hence the frustration.

Judging by "Multi-line dialog text," it seems like the code wasn't finished, and I'm partial to thinking that the code was actually written for the PS3 first, then came the incomplete transition to XBL - that's my theory at least. What the PlayStation Store is doing on an Xbox 360 is a story I'd like to hear, and I'm sure you would too.

Until or if the parties responsible actually comment on this fiasco, we might get a bigger picture of what happened. Hopefully, we won't get the usual "We currently don't have plans of accessing the PlayStation Store" reply. Stay tuned.



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Via FreakBits

 
 
 

Comments

by JaXeRiR - 2009-09-27 16:00:39
Ahahahahah :D

I'd really like to see that happen to my 360! "We currently don't have plans of accessing the PlayStation Store." That's exactly what they're gonna say, trust me! Or not.
by eaferrari24 - 2009-09-27 16:02:38
lol

i would have never expected that.. maybe the ps3 showing xbox marketplace.. but not the other way around.. haha
by git131269 - 2009-09-27 16:16:27
delusions of grandeur lol

Noun 1. delusions of grandeur - a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are....
by papajag - 2009-09-27 16:17:16
OOOooo!!!

So many fanboys that bought this game probably got a heart attack. Now we know MS isn't buying EA.
by DaneC - 2009-09-27 16:39:28
Wow

Had this crash on PS3, didn't expect to see it on 360 though. Then again, not exactly the only bug in the game.
by kon_e3 - 2009-09-27 16:46:39
vid?

Is there a video of this
by FelisCatusLover - 2009-09-27 17:50:07
...

In the Alone in the Dark PS3 manual, one of the buttons is displayed as the Xbox 360's Back button.
by gslance - 2009-09-27 18:20:17
HAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA Oh man, I haven't laughed like this for a while now. Thanks, Microsoft! Thanks EA! And thanks Sony! Conspiracy theories galore!!
by Freya - 2009-09-27 19:26:41
roflmao

DUde this is like hilarious. So much ownage. Not really...but yeah.
by masasame - 2009-09-27 20:22:27
FOUND A VIDEO

heres a link to a video i found on youtube about the glitch lol thats funny!!!!
by masasame - 2009-09-27 20:23:43
video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+eE-683101Vo
by unggoy - 2009-09-27 20:53:02
lol..

hahahahahahahahahaha..
by masasame - 2009-09-27 21:39:07
the + sign

change the plus sign to an equal sign
by Boner_Ville - 2009-09-27 22:13:14
XD

GOOD GOOD, BUY A PS3 ITS THE BEST SYSTEM YET
by damonous - 2009-09-27 23:20:11
Fan wars finally settled

I think this finally settles the war between 360 and PS3. Even the *games* are trying to escape from the 360. :-)
by GUNBEHINDTHESUN - 2009-09-27 23:38:56
Hmmmm!

I wonder what happens if he chooses "ACCEPT"
by rededbest - 2009-09-28 00:02:05
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

lol this is the funniest shet I've ever seen in gaming. even game dev think ps3 is the best PS3 FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by danielakadanny - 2009-09-28 01:33:54
LOL!

now this was unexpected...but not the coding..we all know how EA is
by Kuroya - 2009-09-28 03:05:50
That made a good laugh.

Haha, I haven't lol'd hard like this for ages.
by NathanDrake - 2009-09-28 06:11:10
...

That actually is a pretty amusing glitch.
by kalossfsv2 - 2009-09-28 10:07:49
XD

Lol the funniest glitch i have seen so far!!
by hush404 - 2009-09-28 15:29:32
lmao

awesome.
by Masemune - 2009-09-28 18:00:50
LOL

LOL Dude I like your name! ;)
by Solid Snicker - 2009-09-29 08:51:31
.

here's the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+e1dvSlvZLG8
by Walo - 2009-09-30 10:32:51
Wow

I swear man, one of these days they will end up putting blu ray discs inside the xbox 360 cases lol.
by cocoman - 2009-10-09 14:02:21
omfg

so much bugs (worst one is the corvette bug) and there isnt still an update. shame on u , EA (and the guys who made this nice game)

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