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[boutrosinit]

Fuck official

I was playing Time Crisis 4 and a dude in a trenchcoat from Namco Amusements U.S (i forgot his name) starting talking to me about what I thought of the game.

For the record, it's fucking excellent.

Anyway, i started asking him questions and commented that they spent quite a lot of money on the CG, considering it's only an arcade title and if it was to make to the home market, the light gun market for PS2 is dead (especially in the U.S).

He then said "It's not coming to PS2. We're bringing it out with the PS3's Europe launch (where TC does the business)." Then I nearly shat myself and asked "When is that exactly". He said "Sony isn't really sure, but it's looking like Spring next year".

I asked about a few other games, said "thanks" to the kind gentleman and he carried on his merry way.

I *love* it when info like that just falls in your lap.

 

[duckroll]

And I put a story up about it too.

http://www.noooz.com/archives/2006/01/time_crisis_4_to_be_ps3_launch.html#more

Congrats, you won 0 points! Now go join the other winners over that corner who guessed Tekken! :lol

 

[boutrosinit]

Ain't a guess ;P but thank you for inviting me to the winners corner. Can I have a winners pie?

 

[Yamaha98]

Title should read, "Namco A-team commits to PS3"

 

[duckroll]

Title should read, "Namco A-team commits to PS3"

Well whatever teams these are will most definitely be better than the FCK team. :lol

 

[boutrosinit]

They should have called it 'Frame Unit City Killer'. Then they could've been the 'FUCK' team.
Just like how Pro Evo could have been 'Pro International Superstar Soccer' (Piss).

 

[duckroll]

They should have called it 'Frame Unit City Killer'. Then they could've been the 'FUCK' team.
Just like how Pro Evo could have been 'Pro International Superstar Soccer' (Piss).

Come on now, if it's ACTUALLY a bad word it's not as funny imo. Saying the Xbox360 got FCKed by Namco is much funnier.

 

[boutrosinit]

Come on now, if it's ACTUALLY a bad word it's not as funny imo. Saying the Xbox360 got FCKed by Namco is much funnier.

maybe not with FUCK, but if someone told me they work as part of the PISS team, I'd find it hard not to giggle. I seem to recall a game which had the acronym CUM. That would be a funny team to work for also.

 

[EOGamer]

Unless they have another Ridge Racer to offer me, I couldn't care less what systems they do or don't support. I've never found Tekken more than marginally entertaining, which isn't helped by it's lack of online and my lack of fighting game savvy friends. I'll also never touch another Tales RPG, no matter how pretty the next gen incarnation is. I spent fifty hard earned dollars on Tales of Symphonia and was served up the most bland, ugly, and unfun RPG I've had the displeasure of playing all generation. (with Jade Empire in a close second)

 

[Gantz]

Not really a big surprise, but c'mon Namco come out with some more original content.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Not really a big surprise, but c'mon Namco come out with some more original content.

Like FCK or Love Football or Critical Velocity or Urban Reign or Death by Degrees? No please.

Better to stick to Ace Combat, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Tales, Katamari...

 

[john tv]

Yeah, my guess would be Ace Combat, Tales, who knows (Baseball maybe?) and Tekken. Surprised there's nothing there for Ridge. Think the 360 version's tanking made them reconsider about releasing it at PS3 launch?

 

[TTP]

Yeah, my guess would be Ace Combat, Tales, who knows (Baseball maybe?) and Tekken. Surprised there's nothing there for Ridge. Think the 360 version's tanking made them reconsider about releasing it at PS3 launch?

What if Sony is planning to release a Gran Turismo game at the system launch? I know that's what Polyphony is aiming for. Maybe things went like this:

Namco: "Ok then, we are going to launch with the next RR as usual right?"
Sony: "Hmm... you could, but you are going head to head with GT I'm afraid"
Namco: "Oh shit. Ok can we release it for 360? Is that a problem for you?"
Sony: "Nah, it's ok. Just keep Tekken on the PS3 'cos we don't have a in-house fighting game yet"
Namco: "Sounds cool. Ok"
Sony: "Cheers"

 

[SolidSnakex]

Yeah, my guess would be Ace Combat, Tales, who knows (Baseball maybe?) and Tekken. Surprised there's nothing there for Ridge. Think the 360 version's tanking made them reconsider about releasing it at PS3 launch?

They recently announced a PS2 baseball game that's due later this year. So that might knock a baseball game out of the running for the PS3 sports game. I'm personally hoping for a new Smash Court.

 

[Mrbob]

Yeah, my guess would be Ace Combat, Tales, who knows (Baseball maybe?) and Tekken. Surprised there's nothing there for Ridge. Think the 360 version's tanking made them reconsider about releasing it at PS3 launch?

Possibly, but then they never should have abandoned the Playstation userbase in the first place with RR6. Like Xbox fans want to play a PSP port (not exactly a port, but the game style is similar), when NFS MW and PGR3 are available at launch.

Namco should have taken the extra time, fleshed out RR6 more, and sold it to the fanbase that actually buys the games in the series. RR PSP sold extremely well in every territory.

 

[Mrbob]

What if Sony is planning to release a Gran Turismo game at the system launch? I know that's what Polyphony is aiming for.

Wait...what?

I don't like GT games but this would be a major Megaton...! A new GT game for PS3, with online functions to help push Sony's new online service? It *almost* makes sense.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What if Sony is planning to release a Gran Turismo game at the system launch? I know that's what Polyphony is aiming for. Maybe things went like this:

Are you sure? Last year Kaz told Auto Klub (a European car mag) that he hoped to have GT5 done in 2007. Unless VGT is actually real...

 

[Jerkface]

What if Sony is planning to release a Gran Turismo game at the system launch? I know that's what Polyphony is aiming for.

If that's what they are aiming for then I would expect it a year later.

 

[TTP]

Wait...what?

I don't like GT games but this would be a major Megaton...!

Yep. But who knows. That's what I'm hearing from different sources, but you know Polyphony: they always want to do a lot of things but usually manage to do half of them.

 

[TTP]

If that's what they are aiming for then I would expect it a year later.

Exactly :lol

SolidSnakex, I'm not sure of anything. I'm just reporting what I've heard. I'd be surprised if they manage to realease a GT game so soon, expecially considering they haven't abandoned the PSP and the PS2 platforms yet...

 

[john tv]

Polyphony'll never have a GT ready for launch. It wouldn't make sense anyway, they need to wait until there's a larger userbase. Trying to grow one with an AAA title that early just doesn't make financial sense.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Exactly :lol

SolidSnakex, I'm not sure of anything. I'm just reporting what I've heard. I'd be surprised if they manage to realease a GT game so soon, expecially considering they haven't abandoned the PSP and the PS2 platforms yet...

I could see it being VGT (the version the showed at TGS), but I don't know how it'd be possible for them to build GT5 that quickly will all the improvements Kaz wants. An online VGT with those 20+ cars would rock though.

 

[araganekyassuru]

New RPG = tales of xxx
New Shooting Game = new time crisis
New Sports Game = ridge racer 7 (racing = sport)
New Fighting Game = tekken tag 2

all launch games!

 

[TTP]

Polyphony'll never have a GT ready for launch. It wouldn't make sense anyway, they need to wait until there's a larger userbase. Trying to grow one with an AAA title that early just doesn't make financial sense.

Absolutely true. But this doesnt diss the chance of them releasing a quick 'port' with some added extras. Sony still needs to offer a racing fix to their early adopters I presume.

 

[D3VI0US]

Absolutely true. But this doesnt diss the chance of them releasing a quick 'port' with some added extras. They still need some racing stuff at launch I guess.

I don't think they'll waste the time. Weren't they supposed to do that for PS2 and then they ended up delaying and releasing GT3, maybe it was cause they were going by GT 2000 or something, I dunno. Anyways you won't see GT until next year probably but if anything EA will fill the racing void and maybe some others. I wouldn't count Ridge out and hopefully WipeOut, I haven't even played WipeOut PSP but I felt the love they put into and I want them to spread some of that to PS3.

 

[TTP]

I don't think they'll waste the time. Weren't they supposed to do that for PS2 and then they ended up delaying and releasing GT3.

Yep, but the PS2 was a bitch to program for. This is not the case with the PS3. I think that the very fact that they tried this already with GT2000 gives some credit to the rumors.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Absolutely true. But this doesnt diss the chance of them releasing a quick 'port' with some added extras. Sony still needs to offer a racing fix to their early adopters I presume.

Indeed.


That Gran Turismo online disc laying on some table in Sony HQ - spruced up & bundled in free with the PLAYSTATION 3 Entertainment System.

 

[xaosslug]

What if Sony is planning to release a Gran Turismo game at the system launch? I know that's what Polyphony is aiming for. Maybe things went like this:

Namco: "Ok then, we are going to launch with the next RR as usual right?"
Sony: "Hmm... you could, but you are going head to head with GT I'm afraid"
Namco: "Oh shit. Ok can we release it for 360? Is that a problem for you?"
Sony: "Nah, it's ok. Just keep Tekken on the PS3 'cos we don't have a in-house fighting game yet"
Namco: "Sounds cool. Ok"
Sony: "Cheers"

:lol Cheers? :lol

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

SOUL CALIBUR PS3 PLZ!

 

[D3VI0US]

SOUL CALIBUR PS3 PLZ!

They gotta make Tekken first then mod that engine so it's gonna be 2007 hopefully. Does anyone know if the SC and Tekken teams are seperate? Seems like there is a lot of overlap and that's only gonna increase next gen probably.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

In a world with Virtua Fighter - there is no need for Tekken.

Soul Calibur = Priority #1 for Namco!

 

[isamu]

all of those games are "New". An enhanced RR6 port, however, would not be.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hmm, I just read an eyewitness account saying that the PS3 version of Ridge Racer 6 looks substantially better than the X360 version (because of the "impossible" deadline Namco had for the launch). If true, good thing, because I'm not shelling out for launch RR unless it has some "wow" power.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Can you tell me where you got this quote from?????? I need to know what their plans are for the Ridge Racer fanchise

 

[bill0527]

Nothing really surprising here.

Most Xbox Japanese support not made by anyone named Itagaki, has been mostly pure shit. Then they want to know why their games won't sell on Xbox.

 

[isamu]

Possibly, but then they never should have abandoned the Playstation userbase in the first place with RR6. Like Xbox fans want to play a PSP port (not exactly a port, but the game style is similar), when NFS MW and PGR3 are available at launch.

Namco should have taken the extra time to bring out a force feedback steering wheel for fanatical fans such as Isamu. They really shot themselves in the foot by not doing so.

I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with this...

 

[xexex]

I want Ridge Racer 7 with an Arcade History mode like PS2 Tekken5 that includes
System 22 arcade versions of Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 2 and Rave Racer.


until then I will not forgive Namco for canning the PC version of Rave Racer (along with Air Combat 22) without a word to say

 

[jarrod]

Simple...

PlayStation 3
-Tekken: Dark Resurrection
-Time Crisis 4
-World Stadium 6
-New Xenosaga

Xbox 360
-Ridge Racer 6
-Frame City Killer
-Love Football
-Tales of Harmonia

 

[SolidSnakex]

Simple...

PlayStation 3
-Tekken: Dark Resurrection
-Time Crisis 4
-World Stadium 6
-New Xenosaga

Xenosaga 3 is suppose to be the final entry in the series.

 

[jarrod]

Xenosaga 3 is suppose to be the final entry in the series.

That's why it'll be "New Xenosaga" and not " Xenosaga Episode IV".

 

[SolidSnakex]

Kinda pointless to continue Xenosaga in general since the team has fallen apart and the scenario writer isn't working on the series anymore.

 

[solarplexus]

http://namco-ch.net/list_game/list.php?hid=28

The page is online since October 2005! The content is the same too so nothing new here.

There is already a Thread about this (10-24-2005, 11:02 PM)

http://www.ga-forum.com/showpost.php?p=2139200&postcount=1

 

[ichigo kurosaki]

I.WANT.MY.RIDGE.RACER!! >_<

 

[jj984jj]

The page is online since October 2005! The content is the same too so nothing new here.

There is already a Thread about this (10-24-2005, 11:02 PM)

http://www.ga-forum.com/showpost.php?p=2139200&postcount=1

:lol Wow. This IS old.

 

[duckroll]

:lol :lol :lol

Holy shit that's so fucking old I think I'm going to crawl back into my cave!

Me am pwned total! :lol

 

[jarrod]

Kinda pointless to continue Xenosaga in general since the team has fallen apart and the scenario writer isn't working on the series anymore.

IPs jump teams all the time. Look at Tales, there's 2 dedicated teams within Tales Studio making new installments, likely a 3rd porting team, Namco developing games on the side, Alfa System with Narikiri Dungeons, tons of mobile games from who knows where... doesn't matter if Monolith's in shambles and the creator long gone, Namco will just continue the Xenosaga brand themselves. It's too valuable to just let die off.