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Microsoft Drops Xbox Sports Game Releases for Year, Cites Quality Issues

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2004 - 3:50am.
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft has announced that it will not publish previously announced sports games for its Xbox video game console under its XSN Sports brand, citing quality issues with the titles, according to published reports. "We're focused on closing the quality gap between our sports line-up and that of our competitors," Microsoft Game Studios' Kevin Browne told Reuters. "Therefore we will not be shipping new versions of our sports games this fall." Microsoft said that it will resume publishing XSN Sports titles, such as "NFL Fever," "NBA Inside Drive" and "NHL Rivals," in 2005. The company will still publish a lone XSN Sports title yet this year, when "RalliSport Challenge 2" is released in May.
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