Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on November 02, 2004, 01:42:13 PM
N-Sider reports that the mysterious online service will remain under wraps until 2005.
When the project was first announced in late September, the plan was to have the service available shortly after the system’s launch in 2004. Details were to be revealed this month. According to N-Sider’s sources, the WP team is reevaluating and enhancing Demasked’s at-launch functionality in order to accommodate “another party breaking into the mobile gaming industry.”
Warp Pipe Technologies CEO Chad Paulson publicly apologized for the delay in the service and its unveiling in the N-Sider forums.
"I apologize to those who were expecting information on demasked in November. Although, immediate gratification is not possible, I really look forward to pulling back the curtain and sharing the demasked experience with gamers around the globe."
PGC will be there to ask questions when Mr. Paulson and his team are ready to talk.
Post by: VideoGamerJ on November 02, 2004, 02:09:14 PM
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 02, 2004, 02:19:50 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 02, 2004, 02:28:58 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 02, 2004, 02:41:05 PM
Post by: MaleficentOgre on November 02, 2004, 02:59:42 PM
Post by: mantidor on November 02, 2004, 03:11:27 PM
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Post by: Bill Aurion on November 02, 2004, 03:17:30 PM
Post by: Pale on November 02, 2004, 03:19:46 PM
Post by: ruby_onix on November 02, 2004, 03:26:33 PM
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...in order to accommodate “another party breaking into the mobile gaming industry.”
Just to clarify this bit with a slightly larger quote from N-Sider...
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According to a source close to the project, outside interest has prompted the delay. Another party breaking into the mobile gaming industry has expressed interest in the Demasked service, which has prompted Warp Pipe Technologies to re-evaluate market conditions...
So basically, "Demasked for the DS" (whatever that is) is getting delayed because Sony wants "Demasked for the PSP".
Unless Demasked turns out to be a useless piece of garbage, Nintendo's really getting beaten down with a club by Sony lately.
The PSP? So cheap it oughta be illegal (and would be, if anyone except Sony was manufacturing the parts).
RE4, arguably the GameCube's first-and-last great 3rd party exclusive? Yoink! It's a PS2 game now.
The super-megatun "Demasked" surprise? Yoink! It's a PSP surprise now.
Hello, world of Full Sony Monopoly. Now all we need is for Sony to put an OS/internet browser on the PS3, and run Microsoft out of business. All will be complete.
Post by: Pale on November 02, 2004, 03:49:58 PM
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on November 02, 2004, 04:19:44 PM
It is possible Sony and the PSP are the culprits, but doesn't Sony have the resources to make an online handheld solution this on its own?
Post by: mantidor on November 02, 2004, 04:51:00 PM
Post by: PaLaDiN on November 02, 2004, 05:04:17 PM
Yeah, for a second I thought it was Sony, but then I remembered they would have boasted about it, same as Capcom.
Post by: Berto2K on November 02, 2004, 09:30:42 PM
Post by: JB on November 03, 2004, 12:49:13 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 03, 2004, 01:10:00 AM
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Originally posted by: Berto2K
old news....
I don't want to hear YOU saying this...
Post by: ruby_onix on November 03, 2004, 02:29:06 AM
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I've read on the WarpPipe forums that the reason they are accomodating for another party breaking into the market, is because they don't want their ideas to be stolen.
Well, the "Another party breaking into the mobile gaming industry has expressed interest in the Demasked service" part of the N-Sider article seems pretty clear-cut to me, but I suppose it could be possible that...
Step 1: Ken Kutaragi, President of Sony, approaches Warp Pipe.
Step 2: Kutaragi says "Your Internet hype was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Demasked does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out."
Step 3: Warp Pipe founder-guy says "Farm you! We're Nintendo fanboys! We have no need for money!"
Step 4: Kutaragi turns around and leaves, with a great deal of angry-sounding mumbling in Japanese that the Warp Pipe guys couldn't quite make out.
Step 5: Warp Pipe founder-guy says "Oh farm, he was really mad. What if he steals our idea once he figures out what, if anything, Demasked does?"
Step 6: Another Warp Pipe guy says "I know, lets make Demasked so super-awesome that once we reveal our idea, it'll be too late to steal the idea, because the PSP will already have been killed by our super-awesome idea."
Step 7: Warp Pipe founder-guy says "Awesome thinking! That's much better than my idea of pushing Kutaragi down the steps! So... what was that Demasked thing supposed to do again?"
Post by: couchmonkey on November 03, 2004, 04:38:19 AM
Anyway, all of these comments are pretty vague. It's even possible that Nokia or some other phone company-turned-videogame experts has approached them. I would think that Sony has been putting online plans in place for months now. It does look like Sony the way it's worded, though...wait, what about Tapwave?
Edit: Anyway, blind speculation aside, if Sony was the one approaching Warp Pipe Tech., then it would seem like Demasked is something worth keeping exclusive to Nintendo, and I hope that the Big N does everything necessary to keep it.
Post by: KDR_11k on November 03, 2004, 05:45:58 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 03, 2004, 06:33:29 AM
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That's much better than my idea of pushing Kutaragi down the steps!
Tis not so often I laugh aloud on this internet nowadays. Thanks very much
Post by: JB on November 03, 2004, 09:14:58 PM
EDIT: Chad has also hinted towards Animal Crossing DS being able to use Demasked. Which leands more support to the theory that WarpPipe is working directly with Nintendo.
