white engine/crystal tools has been known to be multiplatform for quite a while.ManaByte said:Weren't people swearing that the FFXIII engine was pure PS3 and couldn't be done on any other system? Oops.
white engine/crystal tools has been known to be multiplatform for quite a while.ManaByte said:Weren't people swearing that the FFXIII engine was pure PS3 and couldn't be done on any other system? Oops.
Only the uninformed, most know Crystal Tools is a PC based engine and FFXIII is being made on that.ManaByte said:Weren't people swearing that the FFXIII engine was pure PS3 and couldn't be done on any other system? Oops.
Dot50cal said:Ill take that as a yes
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Apologies to southerners for butchering your accent.
nib95 said:That's what I said. There was really very little to the conference outside of the FFXIII announcement (which means little to me as a multi-platform gamer). I wanted to hear about the lost exclusives, or new one's. I wanted to know what i'd be playing the beginning half of 09. It's exclusives that separate consoles from one another, so while multiplatform titles are great, it's the exclusives that really shout. And the MS conference really lacked anything new in that regard.
Take out the FFXIII announcement, and what do you have? A casual centric conference with little new info and no new IP's or exclusive games shown outside of Lips.
Nintendo hasn't done their press conference yet... you never know. :lolTabris said:3) I have to listen to fanboys use this against me. Honestly though, I'm just happy Nintendo didn't get the game as I wouldn't stop hearing it as Nintendo fanboys are horrific (Microsoft fanboys don't really exist, they are more just normal gamers who own 360's and want games on their console, not some kind of agenda-ridden nintendo fanbots)
Tabris said:Well maybe they're bad in this thread but usually microsoft fans are calm gamers.
Anyways, Final Fantasy VII Remake! Wait for it.
Tabris said:maybe it can start a PSP-like rebirth in a year or two.
I was going to skip the Sony conference, but I may just catch it on G4 just to see if anyone in the audience boos...derder said:This reminds me of the Warner Blu-Ray announcement. I wonder what the presentation is going to be like tomorrow.
And SO4.Blader5489 said:You'll be playing RE5.
DancingJesus said:http://ffxiii360.ytmnd.com/ :lol :lol :lol
jj984jj said:And SO4.
mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
Actually this generation Sony fanboys are by far the worst, and with this announcement I suspect they're only going to get whinier.Tabris said:3) I have to listen to fanboys use this against me. Honestly though, I'm just happy Nintendo didn't get the game as I wouldn't stop hearing it as Nintendo fanboys are horrific (Microsoft fanboys don't really exist, they are more just normal gamers who own 360's and want games on their console, not some kind of agenda-ridden nintendo fanbots)
mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
jeremy1456 said:The PSP rebirth was mostly because of Monster Hunter.
*Looks around thread*seat said:Actually this generation Sony fanboys are by far the worst, and with this announcement I suspect they're only going to get whinier.
derder said:This reminds me of the Warner Blu-Ray announcement. I wonder what the presentation is going to be like tomorrow.
The conference was disappointing, I second that.nib95 said:Take out the FFXIII announcement, and what do you have? A casual centric conference with little new info and no new IP's or exclusive games shown outside of Lips.
NYTimes said:Microsoft Wants Games to Appeal to the Masses
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By SETH SCHIESEL
Published: July 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES Ever since Microsoft waded into the video game wars with the introduction of the original Xbox in 2001, the company has spared little expense in attempting to establish its bona fides with hardcore gamers. From the physical appearance of the first Xbox hulking, extruded black plastic to the testosterone-laden, shoot- em-up essence of Microsofts signature game franchise, Halo, Microsofts first, perhaps only, priority has been to reach out to the young men at gamings historical roots.
Until now. In a significant shift for the company, Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new strategy for its gaming unit that is meant to help the companys Xbox 360 console appeal to the mainstream. Lured by games and consoles like Guitar Hero, The Sims, World of Warcraft and Nintendos Wii, millions of consumers who would never have thought of themselves as gamers have begun to play video games in recent years. By some projections, the global game industry could approach $50 billion in revenue this year, propelled mostly by gamings soaring mainstream popularity.
So on Monday at the annual E3 convention here, Microsoft announced a collection of new games and services for the Xbox 360 that are meant to appeal to the everyday entertainment consumer.
For the last few years we have consciously and continuously fed the core gamer audience, and now we are reaching that inflection point where we have to reach out to the mainstream consumer and bring them into the Xbox 360, David Hufford, Microsofts director for Xbox product management, said in an interview.
Everyone plays video games now or has an interest in playing video games, he said. So we have to appeal to the mainstream more than ever now. And what really is appealing to that mainstream consumer is that social experience, in the living room or online. Whether its the older consumer or the Facebook generation, they see games not as a solitary experience but as something you do with friends and family, and thats what we want to deliver this fall.
At the core of Microsofts new initiative is a new interface for the Xbox 360 that incorporates humanlike avatars representing each player. Users will be able to customize their avatars and socialize with other Xbox users, even outside of any particular game. Nintendo has been successful using a similar approach with its Wii, where each person creates a more cartoony figure called a Mii. Sony is also working on such a system with a new service for its PlayStation 3 called Home.
In Microsofts system, Xbox users will be able to share photos with one another across the Xbox Live network and also watch movies together in real time, even if the consumers are thousands of miles apart.
In addition to the new avatar system, Microsoft announced a partnership with Netflix, so Netflix subscribers can watch any of more than 10,000 movies and television programs over their Xbox 360. Microsoft already offers some films and TV shows for download and on Monday the company announced that its Xbox Live service had generated more than $1 billion in revenue since the Xbox 360s debut in 2005.
Driving home the companys new push for mainstream consumers, the company also unveiled new family-oriented games including a new entry in its Viva Pinata franchise and a madcap B-movie simulator called Youre in the Movies.
But a video game business cannot survive on family-friendly fare alone. To appeal to more traditionally discerning gamers, Microsoft offered a well-received look at the post-apocalyptic role-playing Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2, sequel to one of the best games of 2006.
Perhaps of most interest to serious gamers, Square Enix of Japan showed a lusciously beautiful trailer at the Microsoft briefing from its coming game Final Fantasy XIII, which is scheduled to be released next year. Previous Final Fantasy games have been available only on Sony consoles, but, in a major coup for Microsoft, Square Enix announced that FF13 would also be released for the Xbox 360.
Later in the day, Electronic Arts, the big United States game publisher, held its own media presentation to show off its lineup for the holiday season and next year. Predictably, Spore, the evolutionary biology simulator from Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims, looked almost frighteningly addictive. Spore is scheduled to be released in September, and Mr. Wright said that players had already created more than 1.7 million fictional species using the games demonstration version.
E.A. has long been a leader in appealing to casual gamers. To reinforce that success, the company showed off a new game called SimAnimals, which appears poised to do well among girls and children. The company also moved to reinforce its credibility with core gamers which looks at Dragon Age Origins, from the BioWare studio, and Left 4 Dead, a survival horror game from the Valve studio. Both BioWare and Valve are among the most respected game developers in the world.
In a surprise move, E.A. announced a publishing partnership with id Software, the inventors of the first-person shooter genre and the famous developers of the seminal Doom and Quake franchises. John Carmack, an id lead programmer, showed a brief snippet from ids coming game Rage.
But the surprise hit of the E.A. news conference was a new science-fiction horror game called Dead Space, which is scheduled to be released for PCs, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in October. Not for children and not for the squeamish, Dead Space takes place on a space station where something has gone horribly, terribly wrong (the combat revolves around what was described at the presentation as strategic dismemberment). The quality of the animation and the evocative tension and fear of its presentation appeared to be of a very high quality, as long as you dont mind flying body parts.
Nintendo and Sony are scheduled to hold their major briefings on Tuesday.
Cmon, The Last Guy is calling you:lolmistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
MechDX said:Did SE let Sony know ahead of time about this or was it not known on their part?
nib95 said:That's what I said. There was really very little to the conference outside of the FFXIII announcement (which means little to me as a multi-platform gamer). I wanted to hear about the lost exclusives (SC Conviction, Alan Wake), or new one's (Bungie? ME2? Bizzare?). I wanted to know what I'd be playing the beginning half of 09 (not just Fall 08). It's exclusives that separate consoles from one another, so while multiplatform titles are great, it's the exclusives that really shout. And the MS conference really lacked anything new in that regard.
Take out the FFXIII announcement, and what do you have? A casual centric conference with little new info and no new IP's or exclusive games shown outside of Lips.
mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
Tabris said:If I was Sony, I would fund Square Enix's development of the game.
jacket320 said:Article already posted? FF stuff is in bold:
Original link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/arts/television/15gameweb.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Buy Uncharted, Resistance, and Ratchet RAWR!!!mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
i mean its only haloTEH-CJ said:Can someone plz explain to me why this is such a big deal? i dont get it
i mean its only final fantasy
hc2 said:One of the more ridiculous statements. Just watched the rerun of the MS presentation on G4. You must have missed a good 40% of the presentation.
TEH-CJ said:Can someone plz explain to me why this is such a big deal? i dont get it
i mean its only final fantasy
why on earth would that effect sony when they have many other titles that are far more worthy and interesting
oh well.
TEH-CJ said:Can someone plz explain to me why this is such a big deal? i dont get it
i mean its only final fantasy
why on earth would that effect sony when they have many other titles that are far more worthy and interesting
oh well.
Picture this: Cliffy B revelas that Gears 2 will be brought over to the PS3 day and date with the 360.TEH-CJ said:Can someone plz explain to me why this is such a big deal? i dont get it
i mean its only final fantasy
why on earth would that effect sony when they have many other titles that are far more worthy and interesting
oh well.
I question your notion of the meltdowns being jokes, but all right, I'll grant you this thread has been civil for the most part. However just wait for the news to spread in the coming weeks. If the DMC4 on 360 announcement was any indication, I don't think it'll be pretty.BobsRevenge said:*Looks around thread*
What?
edit: Most of the fanboyism in this thread is from MS fanboys and it's a lot more annoying than the PS3 fanboy meltdowns, most of which seem like jokes.
TEH-CJ said:Can someone plz explain to me why this is such a big deal? i dont get it
i mean its only final fantasy
why on earth would that effect sony when they have many other titles that are far more worthy and interesting
oh well.
mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.
hc2 said:One of the more ridiculous statements. Just watched the rerun of the MS presentation on G4. You must have missed a good 40% of the presentation.
Oh my god! :lol :lolDot50Cal said:Ill take that as a yes :lol
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Apologies to southerners for butchering your accent.
Honestly people get so caught up in this. As a 360 owner I'll be playing Gears 2, Fable 2, Banjo, Prince of Persia, a new Geometry Wars, Fallout 3, some more Scene it, RE5, RPG's up the ying yang, Halo Wars, Mercenaries 2 etc... over the next 6 months. Not too shabby.hc2 said:One of the more ridiculous statements. Just watched the rerun of the MS presentation on G4. You must have missed a good 40% of the presentation.
traveler said:I hope this is as non-existant as Kid Icarus is apparently supposed to be. (According to the new thread) Christ, people, if you're going to hope for some meaningful exclusives, at least pick some potentially great ones. :lol
mistuhcahlos said:wont be buying a ps3 now. might just skip this generation altogether.