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1UP: Interesting. Lastly, what do you think of the Xbox 360 hardware? Does it let you do things unique to the 360 version, or will the game always be designed around the lowest common denominator, e.g. the PS2 version?

HT: I love the Xbox 360 because it does what you can only do with a computer for a lot more money, at least on XI. You're getting at whether you have to keep the coding for the lowest common denominator for PS2. What I prefer to think of as more important phrasing is that we are not using the 360 to its full potential, and what we meant to do is add something as completely as powerful as the Windows version but on a different platform...although it is sad to not use the machine to its full potential, with the time it would take to accomplish this, the company would already be on to investing in its next major online game. But I would definitely consider using a machine like the 360 with that power as the base platform for the next online multiplayer game.

From: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pa...=2&cId=3145765
And i agree, not only that, what about PC users who already have all the .DATs for the game now? Do they have to download all of that again? Why doesnt SE work on older parts? Because they easily use that time to make newer and better content. I agree, with the time spent updating graphics which dont matter a whole bunch in accordance to how good a game is(ie: EQII) they can make another expansion pack. To upgrade graphics(lets say IF), is to drop the PS2 right there and kill their statement of crossplatform all the way and on the system they started on and what most JP use. That and what about 56K users? By doing that you effectively cut off ALL 56Kers.

Not to say graphics being better is bad, but i agree with what they have to say about using the time to do better and bigger things.