Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360

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Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 04:04

We have just become aware of the issues people are having with Bully Scholarship Edition on Xbox 360. It appears that some older 360s are experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems. You have our word that we never experienced any of this in QA - in any of our offices or at Microsoft. I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation. Thanks to Neo-Gaf for bringing this matter to our attention. We love our games and put a huge amount of energy and care into making them all that they can be. We would never shove anything out the door - we never have and never will. We apologise to everyone affected for the inconvenience. Respectfully, Sam Houser


I didn' t know that the new Falcon chipset also affected framerate issues in a game, or freezing issues. Now that Rockstar have informed me that my older 360 is the problem, I can stay away from this one.
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 04:14
Yeah I noticed the framerate hitches when I first started playing and just now it froze up. I save often so its not to much a hassle.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 04:47
Is it really the older 360' s that are the problem?
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 04:57
Dunno. Not sure if mines old or not. Tho I' ve had this one for some time now. I' m sure a quick patch can fix it. If it was because of old or new consoles I' m sure plenty of other games would be suffering but I don' t hear any such things being reported.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 05:20
Yeah... I doubt it has anything to do with the older hardware.
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 09:48
Sloppy code from Rockstar? Never! [:' (]

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 10:15
Wouldn' t they have run it through dev-kits with the original chipset?

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 07, 2008 14:48

Wouldn' t they have run it through dev-kits with the original chipset?
You never know. Rockstar has only put one title out on a next gen console(arguably) Wii, and therefore would have most like only have picked up more recent devkits(there is little information of GTA4 development). Add that to the fact that the xbox 360 is really the only console in the last 10 years to undergo so many changes in a small amount of time.

After all this is merely a port of the code, they would surely not be finding the limits of the system in any way.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 08, 2008 01:21
On a side note. Is it just me, or does the main character in Bully look a lot like Bobby Hill from King of the Hill?
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 08, 2008 04:02
" Bobby, is that a vidjuhgame?"



Oh, and quite frankly, lol at anybody who repurchased a game readily available since the Christmas season... 2006.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 08, 2008 07:59

Oh, and quite frankly, lol at anybody who repurchased a game readily available since the Christmas season... 2006.


For people like me who have yet to play the game, the 360 version seems like a logical choice over the ps2 version. If it looks a bit better, has a wireless controller and undoubtedly loads faster, why not get it for the 360? Other than the fact that it probably costs a lot more than the ps2 version.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 08, 2008 10:29
You really haven' t played it yet? Huh. Well, I don' t know why you' re waiting for this version. It only sports a handful of new stuff. It looks slightly better, yes, but I certainly wouldn' t purchase Bully for the graphical updates. You' ve seen the screens, yeah? They' re nothing to write home about to be sure.

Unless you' ve got a large display, and sit far back from it there isn' t much of a point in wireless.

Edit: Come to think of it, you' ve got a pretty big display don' t you? Ignore my madness, as per usual.


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I don' t remember them being bad at all, but it' s been months since I' ve played the game.

I dunno. I' m not telling you what to buy here, but especially with the glitchiness it' s experiencing, I can' t see a point in buying a 2 year old port, that' s just personal preference I suppose.
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 10, 2008 02:16

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 10, 2008 05:42
Just the same as Dagashi, I never played the PS2 Bully and was going to pick it up now once it comes down in price.


Patch on the way.


Wow, that didn' t take long at all!!!!
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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 10, 2008 22:58

Well, I don' t know why you' re waiting for this version. It only sports a handful of new stuff.


8 new missions seems like a good enough reason to ignore the original to me. It may not be much, but it' s something.

Plus, I' m getting it for the Wii, so there will be a (slight) difference in controls.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 10, 2008 23:37
I suppose that' s true. If it were between the two, and I' d never played it I' d splurge for the 360 version. I' m suprised you guys haven' t played it yet. It was definitely one of the better ways to kill time back when it was big on the PS2.

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RE: Rockstar Remarks on Bully for 360 - Mar 11, 2008 00:40
i never had a ps2. sooo rather then go out and suddenly buy one then pick up the game for the total price i rather just get the 360 version.