Xbox 360 Launch Titles and Information

1up has some information from a recent release of Xbox 360 launch information. They have available for you the Launch Titles list, an assurance that the EU and JP launches will be this year, an overview of the event, and updates on the titles Ninety-Nine Nights and Frame City Killer. From the launch titles list: "Activision: Call of Duty 2, Tony Hawk American Waste, Quake 4, Gun - Capcom: Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising - Square Enix: FFXI - Microsoft Game Studios: Everyparty (from Game Republic), Ninety Nine Nights, PGR3 - Ubisoft: Ghost Recon 3"

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Question about FFXI for Xbox360

[PhilippeT]

I wounder if they play on new on the same servers as PS2 and PC? and if they are will "new" servers be added to compensate? I dont know much about FFXI, althought I am planning on getting it, but are new servers ever added? So new players can start on a world that doesnt already have players at the top level.

I am disappointed with this list...

[tepp]

This isn't an official launch list, and there are a lot of unknowns in this list, but if this is true, I am very disappointed.

I'm a female gamer, and there isn't anything on here I want to play...

Most of these games are sports titles. I include racing games in the sports genre. I'm not interested in these. Most women aren't.

There's FFXI. Now, I have played MMRPG's in the past - Ultima Online, Evercrack, Evercrack 2, and WoW. I've seen/read about FFXI, and decided that I'm not interested, because it has the same problems that plague Evercrack and Evercrack2 - the amount of money needed to buy very rare items that are farmed to death and sold on ebay. That's the same problem that drove me away from the other games... it wasn't about having fun in the game, it was about spending RL cash to get necessary gear. If I was interested in FFXI, I would've joined awhile back. I don't think there will be a mass influx of players racing to play FFXI on the xbox for that reason.

Then we get into a bunch of boring shooters. There's an FFA shooter - Quake... ho hum. There's some mission based shooters like Call of Duty and Ghost Recon 3. Rah rah, go army. Not interested.

What's missing from this list, at least to my knowledge, are some good platform based games. Like Conker or Whiplash! or Prince of Persia or Katamari Damacy. Or some medieval based strategy games like Pharoah. Or some traditional fantasy dungeon games like the Gauntlet Series or Baulder's Gate. Or even some really good fantasy fighter games like the well-done LOTR games. Or how about some strategy/story telling single player games, such as the Knights of the Old Republic or Deus Ex or Thief III?

There's just nothing here that makes me go "I must buy this platform! I must own this game!"

Heck, even Halo 3 is missing from the lineup... not that I liked Halo 2. I loved Halo 1, but found Halo 2 to be wayyy too boring in the indoor levels and difficult to see your enemies... I found myself straining too hard to make out shapes in the alien levels and to find the unmarked door in a maze of unmarked walls, and gave up.

Just one big gamer girl's 2 cents...

Oh, and for the love of god, please, give us an DDR Ultramix or Beatmania for the Xbox 360... I can't believe they pushed Ultramix 3 onto the old XBOX and didn't put it on the 360. Considering the number of sales that Ultramix 2 had, and the growing Xbox-based DDR fan-set, you would think they would try to court them on to the new platform....

MS starting to bend my will

[rAiNsT0rm]

I have been dead set against the 360 and PS3 due to what I perceive to be big flaws. These consoles are set to drive development costs through the roof and time to market similarly which will translate into more expensive games, less games over the system life, and only games from major developers that are "sure things" like sports, FPS, and big-name franchises/sequels galore. All the things I hate about modern videogaming. Of all the next gen systems the Revolution is the only one to garner my approval, and the 360 was beyond dead last in my eyes... however they are starting to change that all and I hate to say it.

I see the 360 as a much more viable system than the PS3 as far as development tools, online support, system design/hardware, and the juggernaut of MS behind it. PS3 has: Unreal 3 engine... and that's about it so far.

My money will go to the Revolution first and then more likely than not a 360 after the first price drop and a clear vision of titles is available. God that hurts to say (especially after covering PS2 titles for over 4 years in the media) I don't think even Sony's biggest fanboi's can keep the flame burning for much longer as it looks like MS is pulling far ahead in this battle.