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In case you have not seen this yet, good news: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Skate-Games/Skate-3-is-available-on-Xbox-One-Backward-Compatibility/td-p/5688147
It's not like this game isn't not still being sold new in stores today. I can go to Wal-Mart and pick up a sealed copy for 20 bucks. How is us being able to play that same game on a free program for an updated console version any business to expired marketing deals?
He makes a really good point. Skate 3 has never left shelves that I've seen and has been available digitally for quite some time. It wouldn't make much sense for all that to be able to happen without affecting licensing deals but somehow porting it for backwards compatibility does. Plus you have again not answered my question about the Skate 3 servers and whether or not they are being shut down. You can't hide that behind licensing deals or push the responsibility for it to MS, that's solely on you.
Agreed! I am having a hard time buying this "licensing issues" explanation. It is hard for me to believe that any music or brands that were licensed for the game would no longer be licensed. I could go buy a 360 today and play Skate 3, and all of those ads and licensed brands and music will be in the game. So why would EA need to re-establish all of the licensing to release the same exact game on an emulator that runs on a next-gen console? Unless it is more like EA says to Monster Energy Drink (who is heavily advertised for in Skate 3) "Hey Monster, we are going to release Skate 3 for xbox one BC, but if you want to keep all of the Monster ads in the game, we want some more $" To which Monster replies "Nah, F*** that! We already paid you 6 years ago."
Whatever the case may be, I am sick of the disappointment and frustration. I am going to gamestop tomorrow and buying a used 360 so I can Skate again. I will keep my EA access account, but will never buy another new EA release unless it is called "Skate 4." Honestly if you had told me back in December that Skate 3 still wouldn't be BC in mid-August, I would have bought a used 360 back then. It is a shame that EA cannot be more transparent and honest with us.
