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I need everyone's help, Sega are releasing the series on the Xbox but not the Gamecube!!! I have just brought a preowned dreamcast just to play the 2nd game as the first one changed my life {o.k a little o.t.t} but it was just brilliant!!! Any ideas on a campaign to get it on the Gamecube, i thought we all should email sega and keep annoying them!!! :) feedback please.
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The decision about which format to release games on is up to the head of the department who is making the game- in this case Yu Suzuki, who, if youn don't know the name, is as talented as Shigsy. (Although the Shenmue series is terrible! How can people ignore the linearity!)
Anyway, why Xbox... here's a guess...
When the N64 came out, fewer people bought it than the PS. So why did 3rd parties make games for it? Because they had a captive audience- they release a game on a console with a low game listing and it'll sell!
With the Xbox 2 things are important. Firstly, the captive audience want rpgs, and there aren't any square rpgs to compete against. Secondly, the Xbox gamers are, on the whole, a lot more hardcore than GC gamers due to the console price. (To prove the point, the games:console ratio for the xbox is far greater than that of the gc). Hence a high proportion of xbox gamers will buy the game than of gc gamers. Even though there are more gcs out there, the xbox will probably allow sales.
Oh, and as for the Xbox doing dismally... it's doing far better than the n64 did!
Sonic
Anyway, why Xbox... here's a guess...
When the N64 came out, fewer people bought it than the PS. So why did 3rd parties make games for it? Because they had a captive audience- they release a game on a console with a low game listing and it'll sell!
With the Xbox 2 things are important. Firstly, the captive audience want rpgs, and there aren't any square rpgs to compete against. Secondly, the Xbox gamers are, on the whole, a lot more hardcore than GC gamers due to the console price. (To prove the point, the games:console ratio for the xbox is far greater than that of the gc). Hence a high proportion of xbox gamers will buy the game than of gc gamers. Even though there are more gcs out there, the xbox will probably allow sales.
Oh, and as for the Xbox doing dismally... it's doing far better than the n64 did!
Sonic
I'd luv for Shenmue to continue on the Cube cos I luv the series and I ain't gettin' a goddam X-Brick!
Why Sega are releasing it on X-Box is just beyond me! The X-Box is doing PANTS in Japan and not BRILLIANTLY in Europe. And those are the two main areas Shenmue did well! i.e. Shenmue 2 didn't get released in the US! So why on earth are Sega releasing it exclusively on X-Box!?!
MADNESS!
I mean they released Jet Set Radio Future on X-Box, and surposedly that didn't do very well. Release that on Cube or PS2 and it would have done helluva lot better!
Sega have lots their marbles me'sa thinks!
:)
Why Sega are releasing it on X-Box is just beyond me! The X-Box is doing PANTS in Japan and not BRILLIANTLY in Europe. And those are the two main areas Shenmue did well! i.e. Shenmue 2 didn't get released in the US! So why on earth are Sega releasing it exclusively on X-Box!?!
MADNESS!
I mean they released Jet Set Radio Future on X-Box, and surposedly that didn't do very well. Release that on Cube or PS2 and it would have done helluva lot better!
Sega have lots their marbles me'sa thinks!
:)
I need everyone's help, Sega are releasing the series on the Xbox but not the Gamecube!!! I have just brought a preowned dreamcast just to play the 2nd game as the first one changed my life {o.k a little o.t.t} but it was just brilliant!!! Any ideas on a campaign to get it on the Gamecube, i thought we all should email sega and keep annoying them!!! :) feedback please.
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