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Last friday Acclaim reported a loss of £25 billion....
Unless Acclaim can agree to a £30 million loan deal then it is highly likely they'll be forced to close their doors.
Do we care? No. Acclaim ditched us blaming Nintendo for poor sales, their games have been persistantly crap, the only good title they've produced over the last few years is now under EA's wing of publishing.
But that doesn't mean I'm not saddened by the news. Acclaim were Nintendo's strongest Western ally during the last generation, games such as Turok were exclusive with the WWF games they made, South Park games and even the spin off shooter Armorines ALL offerring extras over the Playstation additions.
Not to mention how superb Shadowman was, a game that was of course the best on the Nintendo system.
But Acclaim then went multi-format and made many exclusive games for the PS2... almost at the same time profits went in free fall.
And now they face bankcrupcy.
Are Acclaim living proof that Nintendo may not be to blame for poor sales... but poor game development is instead?
Hmmm Eidios? Codemasters?
Unless Acclaim can agree to a £30 million loan deal then it is highly likely they'll be forced to close their doors.
Do we care? No. Acclaim ditched us blaming Nintendo for poor sales, their games have been persistantly crap, the only good title they've produced over the last few years is now under EA's wing of publishing.
But that doesn't mean I'm not saddened by the news. Acclaim were Nintendo's strongest Western ally during the last generation, games such as Turok were exclusive with the WWF games they made, South Park games and even the spin off shooter Armorines ALL offerring extras over the Playstation additions.
Not to mention how superb Shadowman was, a game that was of course the best on the Nintendo system.
But Acclaim then went multi-format and made many exclusive games for the PS2... almost at the same time profits went in free fall.
And now they face bankcrupcy.
Are Acclaim living proof that Nintendo may not be to blame for poor sales... but poor game development is instead?
Hmmm Eidios? Codemasters?
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Faithful enough to release major titles on the GameCube half a year after they've been on Xbox and a few months after PS2?
Hmmmm? HMMMMMM? Damn you Eidos/Codemasters. At least Ubi Soft are still faithful.
Last friday Acclaim reported a loss of £25 billion....
Unless Acclaim can agree to a £30 million loan deal then it is highly likely they'll be forced to close their doors.
Do we care? No. Acclaim ditched us blaming Nintendo for poor sales, their games have been persistantly crap, the only good title they've produced over the last few years is now under EA's wing of publishing.
But that doesn't mean I'm not saddened by the news. Acclaim were Nintendo's strongest Western ally during the last generation, games such as Turok were exclusive with the WWF games they made, South Park games and even the spin off shooter Armorines ALL offerring extras over the Playstation additions.
Not to mention how superb Shadowman was, a game that was of course the best on the Nintendo system.
But Acclaim then went multi-format and made many exclusive games for the PS2... almost at the same time profits went in free fall.
And now they face bankcrupcy.
Are Acclaim living proof that Nintendo may not be to blame for poor sales... but poor game development is instead?
Hmmm Eidios? Codemasters?
Unless Acclaim can agree to a £30 million loan deal then it is highly likely they'll be forced to close their doors.
Do we care? No. Acclaim ditched us blaming Nintendo for poor sales, their games have been persistantly crap, the only good title they've produced over the last few years is now under EA's wing of publishing.
But that doesn't mean I'm not saddened by the news. Acclaim were Nintendo's strongest Western ally during the last generation, games such as Turok were exclusive with the WWF games they made, South Park games and even the spin off shooter Armorines ALL offerring extras over the Playstation additions.
Not to mention how superb Shadowman was, a game that was of course the best on the Nintendo system.
But Acclaim then went multi-format and made many exclusive games for the PS2... almost at the same time profits went in free fall.
And now they face bankcrupcy.
Are Acclaim living proof that Nintendo may not be to blame for poor sales... but poor game development is instead?
Hmmm Eidios? Codemasters?
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