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From www.planetxbox.com:
Microsoft and Namco today formally announced that Namco is developing four titles for the Microsoft Xbox video game system. Namco is the latest Japanese developer to announce its support for Microsoft's powerful new video game console.
Namco plans to bring the latest versions of two of its biggest franchises to Xbox: the popular racing series, Ridge Racer Latest Version, and the award-winning fighting game, Soul Calibur 2. Two Namco titles are also under exclusive development for Xbox: Dead to Rights, a thrilling adventure about a cop framed for murder and facing execution who makes a daring escape and seeks revenge on those who killed his father and set him up, and a second, unnamed action-adventure title.
"At Namco, we are excited to work together with Microsoft on Xbox game development," said Masaya Nakamura, chairman and CEO of Namco. "We initially will provide game titles that appeal to the avid video game consumer in the Xbox consumer space, and in the future we intend to provide games using the Xbox online game service."
"Having Namco games available on Xbox is a huge victory for gamers around the world," said Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer at Microsoft. "We are delighted that, through Xbox, gamers worldwide will experience the thrilling titles produced by Namco's game creators."
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So, a Ridge Racer game, as well as Soul Calibur 2 are heading to the XBox then. Could this be enough to persuade people that the XBox is the way to go?
No that Namco have joined with names like Acclaim, Activision, Sega, Capcom, Core, Eidos and the rest of the 150+ developers for the XBox, will people now realise that the XBox WILL have the games needed to make it a succesful console?
Microsoft and Namco today formally announced that Namco is developing four titles for the Microsoft Xbox video game system. Namco is the latest Japanese developer to announce its support for Microsoft's powerful new video game console.
Namco plans to bring the latest versions of two of its biggest franchises to Xbox: the popular racing series, Ridge Racer Latest Version, and the award-winning fighting game, Soul Calibur 2. Two Namco titles are also under exclusive development for Xbox: Dead to Rights, a thrilling adventure about a cop framed for murder and facing execution who makes a daring escape and seeks revenge on those who killed his father and set him up, and a second, unnamed action-adventure title.
"At Namco, we are excited to work together with Microsoft on Xbox game development," said Masaya Nakamura, chairman and CEO of Namco. "We initially will provide game titles that appeal to the avid video game consumer in the Xbox consumer space, and in the future we intend to provide games using the Xbox online game service."
"Having Namco games available on Xbox is a huge victory for gamers around the world," said Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer at Microsoft. "We are delighted that, through Xbox, gamers worldwide will experience the thrilling titles produced by Namco's game creators."
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So, a Ridge Racer game, as well as Soul Calibur 2 are heading to the XBox then. Could this be enough to persuade people that the XBox is the way to go?
No that Namco have joined with names like Acclaim, Activision, Sega, Capcom, Core, Eidos and the rest of the 150+ developers for the XBox, will people now realise that the XBox WILL have the games needed to make it a succesful console?
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But they aren't free, and people need to buy them so that the console that we choose continues to get the support it needs. Therefore we tend to argue vehemently in support of our own consoles in the hope that others pay heed and also support it, thereby lengthening its lifespan.
I failed to give my full support to the Dreamcast, but that won't happen with the X-Box, seeing as I'm posting exciting stuff about it all the time on about 100 websites every day :-)
Ridge Racer....*drooool*
(another title goes on FM's shopping list for next year).
I failed to give my full support to the Dreamcast, but that won't happen with the X-Box, seeing as I'm posting exciting stuff about it all the time on about 100 websites every day :-)
Ridge Racer....*drooool*
(another title goes on FM's shopping list for next year).
I just had a thought: if we were all rich and could afford all the consoles on the market, or were given to us free of charge, we wouldn't care who was winning or argue who was the better: we would just be in our homes, happily playing away on our multiple consoles. Even if one console was clearly better than another, we still WOULDN'T CARE, as they would be FREE.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the X-box will sell fairly well because of several games that will be well-known by the general public. It seems to be aiming at not so much an older market, but more a subdued market, the kind of people that want stability more than something that will have an instant 'wow' factor.
I may be wrong, but that's the feeling I get...
I may be wrong, but that's the feeling I get...
Your Honour wrote:
> As soon as I saw that it was you that had replied, I knew that you had
> written that.
Well, I'd hate to disappoint!
By the way, Dead to Rights is coming to PS2. It featured in PSM2 issue 12 (page 38 if anyone still has that issue), is currently 40% complete, and expected some time in 2002.
> As soon as I saw that it was you that had replied, I knew that you had
> written that.
Well, I'd hate to disappoint!
By the way, Dead to Rights is coming to PS2. It featured in PSM2 issue 12 (page 38 if anyone still has that issue), is currently 40% complete, and expected some time in 2002.
Wòókiee Møn§Ý€R wrote:
> Nope.
Lol, one word that sums up the X-box's future with beautiful concision.
> Nope.
Lol, one word that sums up the X-box's future with beautiful concision.
People must have had enough of Ridge racer, how many damn versions of it have thier been? 5 on the sony console, and one on the N64. And soul calibur 2 is coming out on Gamecube anyway.
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
> Nope.
As soon as I saw that it was you that had replied, I knew that you had written that.
Even before I opened the topic.
Flange-tastic!
> Nope.
As soon as I saw that it was you that had replied, I knew that you had written that.
Even before I opened the topic.
Flange-tastic!
Nope.
From www.planetxbox.com:
Microsoft and Namco today formally announced that Namco is developing four titles for the Microsoft Xbox video game system. Namco is the latest Japanese developer to announce its support for Microsoft's powerful new video game console.
Namco plans to bring the latest versions of two of its biggest franchises to Xbox: the popular racing series, Ridge Racer Latest Version, and the award-winning fighting game, Soul Calibur 2. Two Namco titles are also under exclusive development for Xbox: Dead to Rights, a thrilling adventure about a cop framed for murder and facing execution who makes a daring escape and seeks revenge on those who killed his father and set him up, and a second, unnamed action-adventure title.
"At Namco, we are excited to work together with Microsoft on Xbox game development," said Masaya Nakamura, chairman and CEO of Namco. "We initially will provide game titles that appeal to the avid video game consumer in the Xbox consumer space, and in the future we intend to provide games using the Xbox online game service."
"Having Namco games available on Xbox is a huge victory for gamers around the world," said Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer at Microsoft. "We are delighted that, through Xbox, gamers worldwide will experience the thrilling titles produced by Namco's game creators."
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So, a Ridge Racer game, as well as Soul Calibur 2 are heading to the XBox then. Could this be enough to persuade people that the XBox is the way to go?
No that Namco have joined with names like Acclaim, Activision, Sega, Capcom, Core, Eidos and the rest of the 150+ developers for the XBox, will people now realise that the XBox WILL have the games needed to make it a succesful console?
Microsoft and Namco today formally announced that Namco is developing four titles for the Microsoft Xbox video game system. Namco is the latest Japanese developer to announce its support for Microsoft's powerful new video game console.
Namco plans to bring the latest versions of two of its biggest franchises to Xbox: the popular racing series, Ridge Racer Latest Version, and the award-winning fighting game, Soul Calibur 2. Two Namco titles are also under exclusive development for Xbox: Dead to Rights, a thrilling adventure about a cop framed for murder and facing execution who makes a daring escape and seeks revenge on those who killed his father and set him up, and a second, unnamed action-adventure title.
"At Namco, we are excited to work together with Microsoft on Xbox game development," said Masaya Nakamura, chairman and CEO of Namco. "We initially will provide game titles that appeal to the avid video game consumer in the Xbox consumer space, and in the future we intend to provide games using the Xbox online game service."
"Having Namco games available on Xbox is a huge victory for gamers around the world," said Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer at Microsoft. "We are delighted that, through Xbox, gamers worldwide will experience the thrilling titles produced by Namco's game creators."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
So, a Ridge Racer game, as well as Soul Calibur 2 are heading to the XBox then. Could this be enough to persuade people that the XBox is the way to go?
No that Namco have joined with names like Acclaim, Activision, Sega, Capcom, Core, Eidos and the rest of the 150+ developers for the XBox, will people now realise that the XBox WILL have the games needed to make it a succesful console?
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