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Soul No Longer Burns on Xbox, GC
GamesIndustry.biz has the word that what was just speculation the other day is now fact. Soul Calibur III will be a PS2 exclusive title. From the article: "The new game, which is scheduled only for 2005, will add three new characters to the mix as well as a new character creation mode, allowing players to create their own fighters in the game."
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Especially since SC2 sold more on the cube. Wait a minute...
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Does anyone actually play the PS2 anymore?
if this has anything to do with the projected introduction of the new game systems.
Given that Playstations tend to enjoy a long life after the introduction of a successor. That could drastically alter the number of units they feel they could move if Sony is still expected to be the exception to an industry wide rule.
They do all the moves of the other caracters, but you can change the head, the torso, the legs, everything from a human to a cow. Bravo! I have never seen somthing like it (ironic).
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...for one of the funniest Slashdot headlines I've read in a long time.
OMG! Wau!
The first version of the story is still on the front page, and the new version is still also spelled wrong.
you could atleast spell it right, after all the discussion about it yesterday when this story was posted first.
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I'm sure this is that same 'exclusive' deal that Grand Theft Auto had with the Playstation (seeing as San Andreas will be out on the Xbox this year), as D0A2 had on the Dreamcast (which came out on the PS2), and as Splinter Cell had on the Xbox (which later came out on all systems).
Soul Caliber III PS2 Only?
And the original article only got around 80 replies.
Nintendo lobbies Namco to include Link in SCIII anyway, to gain more recognition for it's failing console. SCEA was unavailable for comment.
(Disclaimer: I am a Nintendo fan, but this was too good to pass up)
I never quite understood exclusive deals like this one. If you programmed the game in a platform-independent manner and sold it for more than one console, wouldn't you stand to gain more money than if you had released it only on a single platform?
I rather enjoy SC2 on my GC, but SC3 is not going to make me go out and buy a PS2.
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We all know that fanatics will eventually get it on there, whether leagal or not...
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Crap.. Im being tempted by the evil forces to acquire a ps2!!!! argh!... must remove hand ... from Wallet!!!
Oh crap! they have Tekken 5 too! no hand! put that Credit Card away no! NOOOO!!!
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So if an editor sees a 'new' news story which has a slightly different take on a story that he's seen previously, it's fair game! So all I can say is, I welcome our dups overlords! I'll do the same; I'll post similar but slgihtly differently worded posts for each one to garner karma with less effort than ever before ;)
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For any game that comes out on any console, the platform owner takes a royalty cut. By taking a smaller royalty cut, Namco can potentially earn more money on the title then they could by going to all 3 platforms.
I would assume that Sony negotiated this with the following points.
1) A large number of people who bought the game on X-Box or Gamecube probably also owned a PS2, and bought that version based on either graphics or Link.
2) If Soul Calibur 2 was PS2 exclusive, it would probably have sold nearly the same as a result.
3) In exchange for PS2 Exclusivity, we will take a smaller cut of the final sale.
Namco, being a smart developer that likes money, probably agreed, but likley left themselves some loop holes allowing them to port it to all the next gen platforms.
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Sophitia was stuck with in inferior port, and her ire still burns.
Soul No Longer Burns on Xbox, GC
So they improved the copy protection?
The Petition can be found here
Rumors say that the popular Katamari DS petition to Namco worked, so maybe this one will work too.
Dear Namco, do you realize that pacman can't cant save you this time!, so why are you doing this to your customers, specially when Nintendo has been so kind to you, they even lend you Mr Miyamoto last time. How rude Namco!, now I'll have to hate PacPix... uhm I'm still playing it, but I will still be mad at you Namco,tsk I'll have to fix my broken ps2......
Namco clearly took the "easy" way out on their other release this year - Tekken 5. While its still a good title its very obviously to an experienced observer that it has a fraction of the budget of previous games and was definitly their first "console" fighting game ala DoA. They took the money and ran in other words.
Sony's PS2 comes in last place for buyers of multi-platform games who have multiple systems. The Gamecube and Xbox "ports" tend to have nicer graphics, quicker loading, and so on.
Sony obviously benefits when a would-be portable title is released only on their system instead of two or all 3. There's also less lost development energy on a single-platform title in general (no porting and cross-platform worries), and it can make a big difference in the quality of PS2 titles (take Gran Turismo 4 or God of War for example).
Even if they aren't permenantly exclusive, just having the initial release on the PS2 is a pretty good bet that the PS2 version will sell the best.
It does state that "GamesIndustry.biz has the word that what was just speculation the other day is now fact."
Let me guess-- you probably have one of those bumper stickers where Calvin pees on a different kind of car than you have, right? You sure are cooler than those people who bought different things than you.