Post by: UERD on June 27, 2007, 04:40:01 PM
Report: Japanese Publishers Switching Over to Wii
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Japan's top three third-party publishers are ramping up development for Nintendo's Wii and DS systems, at the expense of rivals Sony and Microsoft. Namco Bandai will reportedly increase Nintendo hardware development by 109 percent to 115 titles, Sega will up its titles by 96 percent to 49, and Capcom titles will rise by 5 percent to 20.
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...development costs are lower for Nintendo's hardware.
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Square Enix... does not plan to develop any new titles for the PlayStation 3 until the console's installed base rises enough to make increased next-gen development costs worthwhile.
Interesting reading...hopefully this will be a continuing trend. This, along with the new independent developer's initiative, could really serve to keep Nintendo's market performance sustainable.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 27, 2007, 04:53:35 PM
Post by: denjet78 on June 27, 2007, 05:19:18 PM
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Japan's top three third-party publishers are ramping up development for Nintendo's Wii and DS systems, at the expense of rivals Sony and Microsoft. Namco Bandai will reportedly increase Nintendo hardware development by 109 percent to 115 titles, Sega will up its titles by 96 percent to 49, and Capcom titles will rise by 5 percent to 20.
Cool for Namco-Bandai but I think they've been warming up to Nintendo quite a bit lately so this isn't all that surprising. Sega... eh. I'm still miffed around the whole "shallow" comment. Besides, we don't know what they all are yet. Probably just a bunch of Sonic sequels and spin-offs and anything else they can think up to bastardize the franchise even further. Capcom... well... that's just weak. Unless, of course, one of those new games is RE5. Then I might be willing to forgive them... a little. And remember, these titles are spread across both the Wii and the DS. Capcom... what the hell is wrong with you?
The SE comment is an incredibly bad sign for Sony. FFXIII currently on indefinite hold??? Sure, they didn't say that but what would be the point of putting one of their biggest franchises on the system when they've already admitted that there's not enough user base to develop for it at all? I think this holds a very strong case for seeing the title ported or even shifted completely to a new platform. They probably won't announce anything now but if things don't change drastically by the end of the year I wouldn't want to bet against seeing a multiplatform release of the title at the very least.
If the PS3 can't at least catch up to weekly Wii sales by the end of the year, if not overtake it completely, I think the system will be considered dead in the water once and for all. And to be honest I can't think of a single thing that they could possibly do between now and then that would achieve anything close to that.
Post by: Urkel on June 27, 2007, 05:28:49 PM
Divided between Wii and DS?
While Namco-Bandai has over a hundred in the works?
Reggie needs to make a visit to Capcom...
Post by: denjet78 on June 27, 2007, 05:30:11 PM
Sony is so totally royally screwed...
Post by: Urkel on June 27, 2007, 05:43:03 PM
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Square Enix's president and CEO, Yoichi Wada, recently called the Xbox 360 and PS3 "over-engineered" and "mismatched" to gamers needs in a Financial Times report.
LOL
Post by: Kairon on June 27, 2007, 06:19:20 PM
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Square Enix... does not plan to develop any new titles for the PlayStation 3 until the console's installed base rises enough to make increased next-gen development costs worthwhile.
I'll believe it when I turn on my Wii and see five letters staring at me from the TV screen: F-F-X-I-I-I.
Post by: IceCold on June 27, 2007, 06:21:13 PM
QuoteSix letters, then?
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Square Enix... does not plan to develop any new titles for the PlayStation 3 until the console's installed base rises enough to make increased next-gen development costs worthwhile.
I'll believe it when I turn on my Wii and see five letters staring at me from the TV screen: F-F-X-I-I-I.
Post by: that Baby guy on June 27, 2007, 06:26:57 PM
Post by: Mashiro on June 27, 2007, 06:45:56 PM
Edit: On a side note, what ever happened to the Marvel vs franchise from Capcom? I wish they would make a 3rd already for Wii =P
Edit2: never mind, EA owns the rights to the marvel characters now. Stupid EA.
Post by: Kairon on June 27, 2007, 06:46:49 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on June 27, 2007, 07:03:15 PM
Post by: denjet78 on June 27, 2007, 07:04:13 PM
So much rampant stupidity.
Must kill all humans.
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You here that stupid Sony fan-jerks? You just ruined it for everyone. I have to blow up the entire planet now just to be sure that I get each and every one of you roaches.
Post by: IceCold on June 27, 2007, 07:13:45 PM
Post by: that Baby guy on June 27, 2007, 07:13:57 PM
Someone watched tonight's Futurama.
Post by: Kairon on June 27, 2007, 07:26:25 PM
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What is with that Bollywood movie?? I know a couple of girls who love it, but so far I have escaped seeing it.
It's actually not a Bollywood movie at all. Oh, I thought it would be one, but the director was British (she did Bend it like Beckham) and in actuality, was making an homage to all these musicals.
It starts with a couple of bollywood numbers and homages, but there are other sorts of musical homages too. There are night clubs and there's a song that supposed to be reminiscent of Grease-style girls having fun, and at one point there's an ENTIRE GOSPEL CHOIR!!! Watching the director's commentary reveals that she didn't want it to be just Bollywood, but all the musicals she grew up with.
... Of course, it doesn't hurt that the movie is based heavily on the 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice." Since the movie isn't 4 hours long though, purists will be forced to accept the combination of many scenes, (and in my opinion, some direct line homages/transliterations are a tad forced) 4 daughters instead of five, and racial/cultural issues as well as class/money issues.
Oops. Sorry. Went off on a rant. Darn, I promised myself I wouldn't. But yeah... I think the movie is pretty okay.
Though I wonder Shyguy... did your friends love the movie because of its bollywood/musical aspects, or did they love it because the Goddess Jane Austen has crafted a story that's timeless and that shines through no matter how you mess with it?
Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 27, 2007, 07:40:46 PM
Bwahahahaha... take that, Nintendo bashers of the past.
Post by: denjet78 on June 27, 2007, 07:51:11 PM
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Sony should pull out of the console market and join Sega as a third party.
Bwahahahaha... take that, Nintendo bashers of the past.
Um... what?
At least Sega had franchises they could butcher. And butcher they did!
Sony has Grand Turismo and... um... ... ...Besides, they sure as hell wouldn't make any Wii games. They'd be too busy complaining about how the system wasn't powerful enough to render all of the bald space marine's knuckle hairs in their most recent generic shooter or how the Wiimote doesn't have enough axesises... or whatever.
Post by: Ceric on June 28, 2007, 02:20:32 AM
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FF isn't exactly a letter, anyways. It's hex for 255. So really, he wants to see two numbers, 255-13.
Actually if you assume that letters are just a subset of characters in general. That would still be 6 characters.
Post by: couchmonkey on June 28, 2007, 08:27:38 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on June 28, 2007, 09:12:25 AM
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Twenty games from Capcom? Twenty!?!
Divided between Wii and DS?
While Namco-Bandai has over a hundred in the works?
Reggie needs to make a visit to Capcom...
Careful with the Banco number, that company does loads of movie and TV tie-ins and I think some pachinko games, too.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 28, 2007, 09:25:31 AM
Post by: Urkel on June 28, 2007, 07:32:30 PM
I love this comment from the Gamespot article:
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You have any idea how many millions upon millions of people are gonna buy PS3s for all those gorgeous next-gen RPGS? 10s of millions.
Is... is this what all Sony fanboys believe? Or at least hope for?
Post by: Kairon on June 28, 2007, 07:41:20 PM
All of a sudden I'm a lot less scared of it.
For comparisons sake though, VGChartz pegs TP's sales at about 4.5 million worldwide, Wii and GC combined.
Post by: Urkel on June 28, 2007, 07:53:47 PM
Somehow... I don't see "tens" of millions of gamers flocking to the PS3 with it's $600 pricetag for a few RPGs.
I'd say a couple million, tops, and that's me being very generous.
Post by: Urkel on June 28, 2007, 08:00:56 PM
Yeah, doesn't seem threatening.
Post by: Arbok on June 28, 2007, 08:18:13 PM
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According to VGchartz (I know, I know, really REALLY rough guesstimations that aren't at all that respected), FFXII sold about 5 million copies worldwide. 2.42 million in Japan, and 1.68 million in America.
All of a sudden I'm a lot less scared of it.
For comparisons sake though, VGChartz pegs TP's sales at about 4.5 million worldwide, Wii and GC combined.
I've said it before and I will say it again, the next Final Fantasy will be the Ocarina of Time of this generation: heralded by the system's fans as a savior, and selling great to the base that already bought the system, but it will be "too little, too late" in the grande scheme of things.
Post by: Shift Key on June 29, 2007, 02:11:57 AM
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I've said it before and I will say it again, the next Final Fantasy will be the Ocarina of Time of this generation
I can't wait for the mobile phone FFXIII, it will truly be an epic game befitting a minuscule screen.
Post by: Arbok on June 29, 2007, 05:26:25 AM
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Originally posted by: Arbok
I've said it before and I will say it again, the next Final Fantasy will be the Ocarina of Time of this generation
I can't wait for the mobile phone FFXIII, it will truly be an epic game befitting a minuscule screen.
Err... good point, just in case anyone was confused, I was taking solely from a sales perspective, not quality between the two titles.
Post by: IceCold on June 29, 2007, 05:26:10 PM
QuoteAnd the PS3 didn't even have a Mario 64..
I've said it before and I will say it again, the next Final Fantasy will be the Ocarina of Time of this generation: heralded by the system's fans as a savior, and selling great to the base that already bought the system, but it will be "too little, too late" in the grande scheme of things.
