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Ninja Gaiden Black Preview
The ever-vigilent 1up.com has a heads up on the upcoming Xbox title Ninja Gaiden Black. A revamp of the the highly acclaimed restoration of the old skool series, Ninja Gaiden Black rehashes the 2004 release with new difficulty settings (both easier and much harder), mission modes, new bosses, new cutscenes, and more content all around. From the article: "A promise to provide the thrills of the Hurricane Packs to those without Xbox LIVE. The people who played the Hurricane Packs account for just 10 percent of the total of people who bought Ninja Gaiden. I wanted to provide follow-up support for the remaining 90 percent if I could. I've said from the beginning that I don't consider the Hurricane Packs to just be a service for the fans, but rather an investment towards the next level of progress. Now that has become a reality and Ninja Gaiden Black is the result of this."
It says right in the second paragraph that it will be at a discounted price. Besides that you can try and sell your old copy as you get the new one.
Besides it seems like the people that will buy it again are most likely fans and don't mind that. Or you can just get most of the stuff over Live if you feel that's a better deal.
Tecmo are suing the webmasters and contributors (and possibly even the visitors if they get the logs) to www.ninjahackers.net, they are suing them for creating custom skins for Tecmo games like Dead Or Alive, DOAX Volleyball and Ninja Gaiden. The fans there had made all sorts of new costumes like Terminators with battle damage, changing Ryo in DOA to match his Ninja Gaiden costume etc (there was even a nude patch). It was a true fan community with an enthusiasm for adding new content to Tecmo's games.
Most companies support the modding communities (witness Bungie's support of Halo 2 modders), but Tecmo have decided to sue their fans instead. Microsoft knew to steer clear of this lawsuit and declined to join Tecmo in it. I'm boycotting all future Tecmo games unless they drop this suit, and I'd urge everyone else to do so too.