FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 from Konami exclusive to XB360 for 12 months
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Surely an official press release exists on a website somewhere.
I´ve checked.. nothing has come up yet..
Yes, it does matter because if it's 12 months exclusive you'll have to wait a year extra to be able to play your first next-gen fifa on PS3.
Yes, it does matter because if it's 12 months exclusive you'll have to wait a year extra to be able to play your first next-gen fifa on PS3.
Well, I can imagine people at Microsoft saying: "Ok, so if the next-gen battle is in Europe (i.e. we've apparently lost Japan), then what do we need to have?' 'Soccer!'. And right they are, probably. Soccer games are really big over here. So it's a smart decision, especially with developers not too eager to bring out too many titles at once for a launching (i.e. small user base) platform anyway, especially at the higher cost that developing for emerging technology typically brings along.
This, mind you, is coming from someone who is a lot more enthusiastic about the PS3 than the 360 at this point. I just think that Microsoft made a smart move here, that's all.
Yes, it does matter because if it's 12 months exclusive you'll have to wait a year extra to be able to play your first next-gen fifa on PS3.
Oh i know that, what i meant was, does it matter if it's called Fifa 07 or Fifa 08? they're gonna be basically the same...
It was kind of a bitchy joke against the Fifa games...
scooby_dooby
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If you could read it's very obviously a 12 month deal until Aug 2007. Which does not exclude a PS3 version for next holiday
RancidLunchmeat
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I don't really understand all the confusion.
The only 'sneaky' thing that might possibly be happening is if MS is twisting the word 'football' to mean ALL types of football.. thereby including the launch of Madden 2007 WITH FIFA and PES in order to get a sum total of '12 months exclusivity' (because seasons overlap).
If that isn't the case.. which I don't really think it is, then I don't see the big deal. We've read numerous reports about how far behind the PS3 version of Madden 2007 is from the 360 version. We know that the PS3 version of Madden couldn't possibly launch (today?) even if the console was available, and because the console isn't... 360 has '3 months exclusivity' of Madden 2007.
I don't see how this any different, except that maybe EA learned from it's PS3 Madden troubles and decided that launching the game late (halfway through or after the season) is worthless, so they'll focus on next year's title instead.
It makes sense. It actually makes more sense then releasing Madden 2007 for the PS3 in December. The season is over by Jan/Feb. If you can't get your NFL game out by August, there's really little reason to release it.. thus little reason to spend the resources creating it in the first place.
How many copies of Madden 2007 for the PS3 are going to sell? I'm going to wager a guess here that it'll be very.. very few. I'd put the PS3 version as last place, unless they release an Xbox version which might be last place because I have this silly notion that most Xbox users bought a 360. (Sales of Madden 2007: PS2, 360, Wii, PC, PS3).. thats how I see it anyway.
The only 'sneaky' thing that might possibly be happening is if MS is twisting the word 'football' to mean ALL types of football.. thereby including the launch of Madden 2007 WITH FIFA and PES in order to get a sum total of '12 months exclusivity' (because seasons overlap).
If that isn't the case.. which I don't really think it is, then I don't see the big deal. We've read numerous reports about how far behind the PS3 version of Madden 2007 is from the 360 version. We know that the PS3 version of Madden couldn't possibly launch (today?) even if the console was available, and because the console isn't... 360 has '3 months exclusivity' of Madden 2007.
I don't see how this any different, except that maybe EA learned from it's PS3 Madden troubles and decided that launching the game late (halfway through or after the season) is worthless, so they'll focus on next year's title instead.
It makes sense. It actually makes more sense then releasing Madden 2007 for the PS3 in December. The season is over by Jan/Feb. If you can't get your NFL game out by August, there's really little reason to release it.. thus little reason to spend the resources creating it in the first place.
How many copies of Madden 2007 for the PS3 are going to sell? I'm going to wager a guess here that it'll be very.. very few. I'd put the PS3 version as last place, unless they release an Xbox version which might be last place because I have this silly notion that most Xbox users bought a 360. (Sales of Madden 2007: PS2, 360, Wii, PC, PS3).. thats how I see it anyway.
Nobody is paying $600 for their PS3 to play PS2 games.
But it will be able to transfer PS2 game data at an unprecedented read speed! Think of the possibilities!
Definitely, but only if the PC version is either also delayed by 12 months or is not as "next gen" as the 360 version
If 360 got by far the best version of PES6 exclusive for 12 months then I'd certainly buy a 360 for it (if I didn't already have one) and I'd bet that millions of others would as well. In fact if 360 got by far the best version of PES6 exclusively for 12 months it could be the one thing that would sell 360's in Japan as well.Definitely, but only if the PC version is either also delayed by 12 months or is not as "next gen" as the 360 version
Yeah, if this doesn't sell 360 in Japan, there aren't that many other options that will.
Though I reckon MS should dig deeper into their pocket and have those two franchises exclusive just to 360 and no last gen machine or PC for the next 3 years.
Now I wonder if Sega will port their new version of Virtua Striker 4 to PS3 and Wii, within this 12 months to make easy cash.
I'm getting really fed up with all the BS MS is spreading around
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basically EA didn't have enough time to get ps3 version of FIFA07 up to satisfying standard.
