GDC 2009 Updates

[Nauren]

Onlive

Third Party 360 Controller Launching with "Squeeball Games"

Gears of War 2 DLC Dark Corners

Rolando Sequels Announced

Max Payne 3 PC/360/Ps3

First Star Trek DAC Details

Under Siege PSN

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Trailer

Ragdoll Kung Fu PSN

XNA 3.1 revealed

New Xbox 360 Dev Kit

CryEngine PS3/360 Demo

New Punch Out Trailer

Noby Noby Boy Multiplayer

Team Ninja Doesn't Need Itagaki

Duke Nukem Critical Mass DS/PSP Announced

Fat Princess PSN

Cross Edge PS3

Resistance 2 Patch Details

Uno Rush 800 points XBL

PS3 Home Added an ARG called Xi

Pixel Junk Eden Gets Encore

PS3 Firmware 2.70 in April Devs Say

Katamari Damacy Tribute for PS3

Advent Children Blu-ray Gets US Release Date

Rock and Roll Climber Wii

New Zelda Spirit Train DS

My Life as King 2 WiiWare

Wii Now Runs Straight From SD Cards

Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

Mini Ninjas (PS#, 360, Wii, DS, PSP)

God of War 3 Leaked Trailer

Kojima Confirmed Next Game Will be Shown at E3

Icarian: Kindred Spirits WiiWare




Should be adding more updates today.

[Nauren]

Nobody interested in any of this stuff? I'm keeping you up to date here

[McClebby]

upcoming release? or something else?

[plague]

Rumors are SE is supposed to be announcing some things in this conference. Idk, maybe a release date for XIII or maybe (least I hope) some news of their new MMORPG.

[Nauren]

Mar 27, 2009 9:06:06 GMT -5 plague said:

Rumors are SE is supposed to be announcing some things in this conference. Idk, maybe a release date for XIII or maybe (least I hope) some news of their new MMORPG.

nah..not gonna happen. They did say that they have an idea for their next FF7 compilation. No hints yet. We will see the new SE MMO and E3 in June this year.

[McClebby]

Even if it does u wont see it till late 2009 for JP version so US wont get it till mid 2010

[Markus]

Mar 27, 2009 21:37:28 GMT -5 McClebby said:

Even if it does u wont see it till late 2009 for JP version so US wont get it till mid 2010

They need universal launch dates for MMOs imo. It can't be that hard to do...

[Jonathan]

they prolly do it on purpose for business reasons

this way they probably get to release it earlier, so they begin making money faster. And they get to deal with a smaller population at first, so easier to fix problems, and the game is more balanced in time for a wider release.

Not really fair or worth it to the people on the shortstick though. Less of an issue if they do their servers the conventional way - but I really liked how FFXI handled servers, mixing everyone from everywhere - it was pretty cool playing with people who couldn't speak English.

[McClebby]

In JP market like manga and games usually they would release in Japan first if the response is good they will do a international release...usually

@jon- i agreed, i got to know some pretty cool JP player

[Nauren]

Mar 27, 2009 21:37:28 GMT -5 McClebby said:

Even if it does u wont see it till late 2009 for JP version so US wont get it till mid 2010

SEE (Square-Enix-Eidos now for those of you who don't know) has promised to release most future games across the boards simultaneously. Specifically mentions MMO's and FF games. They also promised to show more support for NA (which is true with all of these 360 exclusives) since we are a bigger gaming country now.

[Sosa]

SEE (Square-Enix-Eidos now for those of you who don't know) has promised to release most future games across the boards simultaneously. Specifically mentions MMO's and FF games. They also promised to show more support for NA (which is true with all of these 360 exclusives) since we are a bigger gaming country now.

True, but they've been saying that for years. They can say whatever they want, but historically they've shown that the safe bet is not with universal release dates.

At some point in the future, they may actually embrace the larger NA market, but Japanese publishers, historically, have been extremely reluctant to introduce new franchises or IPs into the American market. The same is true for American publishers and the overseas market, very few know how to actually market and sell a game in Japan.

Seeing as how companies on both sides of the fence are obligated to their shareholders to actually sell games, they're probably going to continue going where the easy money is. I wouldn't plan on seeing this kind of change on any widespread level any time during this console generation.

[Nauren]

they just opened their first US office in Cali. They just bought Eidos which is a UK company. The Last Remnant was developed with NA as the lead selling country for the game. All RPG's they have released thus far have been for the 360 (minus a few quarky ones for the DS/Wii).


Hell..The Last Remnant launched in NA first!

Star Ocean IV launched in Japan and NA within days of each other.

Same for Infinite Undiscovery


I'm missing where their promise hasn't held up recently.



The fact of the matter is...they realize Japan is a niche gaming community of mostly handhelds now. They are moving their console games out.