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Nintendo drops the Megaton
Out of Tokyo this morning (mid-day in Japan) Nintendo has announced the move that could change gaming forever.
In an announcement early this morning, Nintendo and Sony executives announced that they had come to a legal agreement over the rights to the name 'Playstation'. The name, which was originaly given to a joint-venture CD rom based add-on for the Super Nintendo, was technically, a joint-owned copyright. Sony has agreed to pay Nintendo 10% of all past and future proceeds made off of the name. This ammounts to a whopping 2.3 billion USD in back-payments. Nintendo will allow Sony to pay the money back in installments instead of a lump sum over the next 20 years. However, Nintendo has plans for their new found source of income. They will immidietly finance a new game studio called 'The Artists Group' which will feature members of Sega, Nintendo, Namco, Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, Square-Enix and more to collaborate on projects for Nintendo systems, and exchange copyrighted properties. The first projects announced out of this new studio are a new RPG using various gaming icons as the central charachters, a new Smash Brothers game, featuring mascots from accross the companies, including Pacman, Megaman, Sonic, Mario and more, as well as a new Sega-AM2 developed racing game that will also feature multiple icons from the various companies. The final collaboration is the recently announced Viewtifull Joe from Capcom stuidios. Nintendo has also promised that completely original more collaborations between studios will take place in the future, but for now, they will be focusing on quality content showcasing the newfound bond between the various development houses. Contrary to internet rumors however, Nintendo has not as of yet purchased any software developers, and as such, all members of the Artists Group will be allowed to explore development on other systems of their own accord. More as it develops.
[UPDATED: Wednesday 2:17 18/12/2002]
Nintendo drops the Megaton
Out of Tokyo this morning (mid-day in Japan) Nintendo has announced the move that could change gaming forever.
In an announcement early this morning, Nintendo and Sony executives announced that they had come to a legal agreement over the rights to the name 'Playstation'. The name, which was originaly given to a joint-venture CD rom based add-on for the Super Nintendo, was technically, a joint-owned copyright. Sony has agreed to pay Nintendo 10% of all past and future proceeds made off of the name. This ammounts to a whopping 2.3 billion USD in back-payments. Nintendo will allow Sony to pay the money back in installments instead of a lump sum over the next 20 years. However, Nintendo has plans for their new found source of income. They will immidietly finance a new game studio called 'The Artists Group' which will feature members of Sega, Nintendo, Namco, Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, Square-Enix and more to collaborate on projects for Nintendo systems, and exchange copyrighted properties. The first projects announced out of this new studio are a new RPG using various gaming icons as the central charachters, a new Smash Brothers game, featuring mascots from accross the companies, including Pacman, Megaman, Sonic, Mario and more, as well as a new Sega-AM2 developed racing game that will also feature multiple icons from the various companies. The final collaboration is the recently announced Viewtifull Joe from Capcom stuidios. Nintendo has also promised that completely original more collaborations between studios will take place in the future, but for now, they will be focusing on quality content showcasing the newfound bond between the various development houses. Contrary to internet rumors however, Nintendo has not as of yet purchased any software developers, and as such, all members of the Artists Group will be allowed to explore development on other systems of their own accord. More as it develops.
[UPDATED: Wednesday 2:17 18/12/2002]
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*Drinks 2 pints of Water*
I'm lock and loaded.
I'm lock and loaded.
Need more sites to have it. Then I shall wet myself.
At the moment I am holding it in.
At the moment I am holding it in.
Wahoooooo!!!
Great news, Gamecube will now be way better than any other console by far. I wonder how many characters there will be on the new Smash Bros game.
Great news, Gamecube will now be way better than any other console by far. I wonder how many characters there will be on the new Smash Bros game.
looks genuine. expect nothing on NOE tho.
might upset the sony cronies.
might upset the sony cronies.
My reply to this is....HELL YEAH!!!
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> I wouldn't prefer that, if this was true then it would be truly
> amazing news.
>
> I'd say the 2nd part is beleivable but I can't see that Nintendo would
> be sueing Sony.
Thats what I said!
> I wouldn't prefer that, if this was true then it would be truly
> amazing news.
>
> I'd say the 2nd part is beleivable but I can't see that Nintendo would
> be sueing Sony.
Thats what I said!
I wouldn't prefer that, if this was true then it would be truly amazing news.
I'd say the 2nd part is beleivable but I can't see that Nintendo would be sueing Sony.
I'd say the 2nd part is beleivable but I can't see that Nintendo would be sueing Sony.
Sibs wrote:
> Anyhoo. I'd remain skeptical, but I must say this sounds more
> plausible to me than a Capcom and Sega buy out...
I'd still prefer that though :)
> Anyhoo. I'd remain skeptical, but I must say this sounds more
> plausible to me than a Capcom and Sega buy out...
I'd still prefer that though :)
Well, according to the date and time, the news was only out a few hours ago... maybe it hasn't filtered to other sites yet, and they haven't been updated...
Anyhoo. I'd remain skeptical, but I must say this sounds more plausible to me than a Capcom and Sega buy out...
Anyhoo. I'd remain skeptical, but I must say this sounds more plausible to me than a Capcom and Sega buy out...
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