Author Topic: Shemue 3 to be on 360: Multi-platform Release Possible (Read 19180 times)

TMW · « **on:** August 25, 2005, 11:04:29 AM »

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200508/141_p1.asp

This is first time I've actually felt a need to purchase a 360.

Hopefully, they -will- go multiplatform and I won't have to.

What I really love about this is it will be Shenmue 1 and 2 as well, so I won't have to track down a DC copy and a Freeloader to play #2.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2005, 11:46:11 AM »

I'm glad to hear Shenmue Online (Matrix Online with new textures) was cancelled, but hearing about "Shenmue's Greatest Hits" for next-gen without Suzuki involved in a large capacity bothers me.

And it had better be coming to Nintendo RevoNever Happening, as we know Sega + Microsoft = disaster. Given the international audience enjoyed Shenmue2 on Dreamcast, they of course couldn't enjoy a nonexistant international Xbox Shenmue2. Given Shenmue2 only came to Xbox in the US, the US Dreamcast audience simply got pissed.

Oh well i got to enjoy the Euro version of Shenmue2 with JPN voice acting and engrish subtitles, just like watching awesome anime.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:08:01 PM »

I would hope that Sega would grow a brain for a change and not make this Xbox 360 exclusive. Shenmue 2 bombed on the Xbox just like, well, EVERY exclusive Sega Xbox game. But this is a company who has a reputation for making the most illogical stupid decisions imaginable so it wouldn't surprise me if it was X360 exclusive.

But then this is Sammy Sega who bears no resemblance to the talented REAL Sega so this will probably blow anyway. So I guess it won't really matter.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:30:35 PM »

I believe Sega shot down this "rumour" so if it's in development it's not official yet...

TMW · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2005, 12:43:10 PM »

Oh?

Link plzkthx.

Nephilim · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2005, 04:49:51 PM »

Its a rumor, someone from sega said shenmue 3 is coming out still (which we knew all along)
everything else in the artical is speculation
they never even mentioned 360 in the qoute, all the other evidence is just built on a few qoute staken from here and there for the last 3years

TMW · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2005, 05:00:42 PM »

I dunno...

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sources close to the development of Shenmue 3 revealed to Kikizo that the project has essentially been close to finished and 'ready' for some time

Does that sound like speculation to you?

Hell, they could be out and out lying. But I still require proof of Sega debunking this as a rumor.

Nephilim · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2005, 07:52:53 PM »

yeah sources for the last 3years have said the same thing, as I said on the post above, the new all of the net is what we already knew
but still doesnt mention 360 anywere, only reason why they assume is because xbox sites have been hound dogging him

Djunknown · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2005, 12:10:27 PM »

The article piece seems too elaborate to be just a bunch of BS. From what I'm gathering, Shenmue 3 exists in some form, but Sega(Sammy)doesn't know what to do with it.

At the same time, Yu-Suzuki not totally involved with his 'baby'? That's hard to believe. Granted, it took an army to make Shenmue I (I still haven't played part II; I've been baaad...) but at the end of the day, its his vision of an RPG we were getting.

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But this is a company who has a reputation for making the most illogical stupid decisions imaginable so it wouldn't surprise me if it was X360 exclusive.

But those were the old rules. Remember that Microsoft has a stable of Japanese devs aside from Tecmo and SquareEnix on board for the '360. Though I'm still betting that Nintendo fans wouldl be more responisve to the Shenmue series, both in Japan and North America.

Compiling the the previous two titles is a great idea. They'd just have to port part one, since part two has been on the Xbox (barring backward compatibilty issues.) They could bill it as the greatest RPG epic ever released.

I'll hold off playing Shenmue 2 for a while longer...It does seem there will be a conclusion to this series before I'm 30 afterall

Leon Esla · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2005, 01:15:04 PM »

I swear to God. I'm getting a 360 on launch.

Shenmue 3, Lost Odyssey and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion seal the deal alone. Where X-Box failed to impress me, 360 has made up in every way possible. And it's not even out yet!

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2005, 02:30:16 PM »

So which bundle are you getting? (in USD)

$700?

$800?

$1200?

IceCold · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2005, 02:42:49 PM »

I'd say the $800 one

KDR_11k · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2005, 11:51:11 PM »

You forgot the 2000USD bundle.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2005, 12:26:20 AM »

Ah yes, strangely the $2000 Omega bundle isn't listed with the rest of the bundles on gamestop.com

Renny · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2005, 09:59:10 AM »

I thought those bundle prices were a joke. Who the hell is going to buy these? Just go to an electronics store and spend too much for the system itself.

ThePerm · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2005, 11:50:56 AM »

at this point i have t ons of reasons t o buy a 360..and not one good enough reason to buy a revolution...
revolution better be revolutionary...if not well i hope it fails..so it can b e like a nintendo wake up call.

if i t did end up on revolution..it might wake up sega....

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2005, 05:13:38 PM »

Wasn't the story written and completed like, years and years ago? When Shenmue was supposed to come out on Saturn? laffo

I would be so happy if this comes out at all!

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #17 on:** August 28, 2005, 12:11:55 AM »

I'd be happy if it was on Dreamcast!

KDR_11k · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2005, 01:09:53 AM »

and not one good enough reason to buy a revolution...

Whoa big surprise there considering the system isn't even properly announced!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2005, 07:18:18 AM »

"Whoa big surprise there considering the system isn't even properly announced!"

That's the point. The lack of information regarding the Rev hurts it. There is no real incentive to buy a Rev yet because we don't know much about it. But we do know about the Xbox 360 which launches this year. So Nintendo has to reveal some major info soon to give everyone a reason to buy a Rev.

Personally I'm not sold on the X360 because of the price but Nintendo hasn't sold me a Rev yet either. I like Nintendo the company a whole lot more than MS or Sony so I'll probably buy a Rev at some point but WHEN I will buy it is key. Nintendo should make me want to buy it at launch and to do that they have to give me confidence that it's going to be a serious competitor. If it's not going to compete I might as well wait until the thing's marked down in the clearance section like the Saturn and Dreamcast were.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #20 on:** August 29, 2005, 08:39:31 AM »

The lack of information regarding the Rev hurts it. There is no real incentive to buy a Rev yet because we don't know much about it.

Yeah, I went to my local electronics store and those non-existant Revolutions just aren't selling! Good GRIEF, noone decides whether they will buy a system or not a year in advance...

Ian Sane · « **Reply #21 on:** August 29, 2005, 08:55:00 AM »

"Good GRIEF, noone decides whether they will buy a system or not a year in advance..."

It's not a year in advance. The Xbox 360 launches in only a few months. Therefore people are making their decisions soon. A purchased Xbox 360 is for all intents and purposes a lost Rev sale. Once someone has bought one console they're pretty much made their decision regarding the others. Most people only buy one console.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #22 on:** August 29, 2005, 09:00:11 AM »

Remember when Dreamcast sold a year in front of the PS2, and had the fastest selling console at the time? Okay...

Also, if anyone should be worried about losing gamers, it's SONY, NOT Nintendo...Sony and Microsoft fans have similar taste (in crap) and thus there will be more flipping between the two companies...Ninty's fanbase, on the otherhand, buys Nintendo consoles for Ninty's games, so their fanbase is a lot more stable than the other two...In addition, Ninty is reaching out to those that don't game at all, so all in all Ninty is aiming at their own stable userbase along with the potential gain of new additions to the gaming world...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #23 on:** August 29, 2005, 10:38:00 AM »

There is no real incentive to buy a Rev yet because we don't know much about it. But we do know about the Xbox 360 which launches this year.

Microsoft better has more information out there than Nintendo considering the launch is just a few months away! In fact it seems rather bad for their schedule that they didn't have any playable units at the GC. By now the system should be finalized and gone into production if they want to have enough available at launch.

Thing is, the X360 is underwhelming, so is the PS3. Many are holding off for the Rev or put it on their "to buy" list in addition to a X360/PS3. As long as the Rev isn't announced it isn't underwhelming. Those who aren't intrigued by the prospect of new gameplay aren't regular gamers and would have bought their respective system anyway, no matter how good the Rev is because they're going with what's hyped to them the most. And at the moment the X360 got more hype.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #24 on:** August 29, 2005, 11:55:35 AM »

It will be interesting to see what the xbox360 reception is this christmas. I'm almost certain that microsoft won't produce many units so they can drive up hype and have an excuse if sales are low.

But KDR_11k is right, they really do seem unprepared for a system that is launching in 3 months.

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Author Topic: Shemue 3 to be on 360: Multi-platform Release Possible (Read 19180 times)