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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 513898" data-attributes="member: 1207">I disagree that Steel Battalion was a huge risk for Capcom.  Microsoft approached Capcom and basically said, “If you could make any game you wanted, what would it be?”  Capcom proposed what would become Steel Battalion.  Microsoft gave Capcom a few fat wads of cash to develop it, so the financial risk for Capcom was minimized, if not eliminated.  Capcom would have never developed such a game without Microsoft’s financial backing.  And, of course, the venture is hardly a risk for Microsoft since they’ve plunged billions of dollars into XBOX and XBOX Live advertising, development, and support and don’t appear to be backing off any time soon.  Financing a single niche game that may or may not make money doesn’t concern MS in the least.  They’re simply enjoying the hype generated by such a game.That being said, I feel that if I’m going to put down 200 dollars for one game, a game that is practically screaming for multiplayer action, it should have XBOX Live support, regardless of promises of online sequels.  I think a more plausible explanation is that they didn’t want Steel Battalion competing with Mech Assault online, hoping mech fans will purchase both separately for single player and multiplayer experiences, and/or they wanted to make sure it was out in time for the holiday season, so they reneged online support to save development time.</blockquote>

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