Tecmo Pres Praises Xbox Next , slams sony

[hey69]

what a suprise but hey ..
here you go

November 19, 2004 - Tecmo President Junji Nakamura took a few shots at Sony Computer Entertainment's next generation offerings earlier today during Tecmo's quarterly press briefing in Tokyo. Regarding SCE's push for the PlayStation 3, Nakamura said: "We don't feel the heat." This is in comparison to Microsoft's heated worldwide lobbying efforts for developers to develop product for the next generation Xbox system.


Nakamura's comments didn't end there. "There's no information from Sony. It's very different from Microsoft America," he stated, hinting that MS has been the more open of the two companies with its next generation plans. Getting a bit more up front in his criticisms, Nakamura commented that Sony's cooperation with the home appliance industry gives him the feeling that game functionality is being added as just a part of the picture.
While Nakamura feels that the Xbox is going nowhere in Japan, the next generation Xbox has a different fate in his eyes. Nakamura expects Microsoft to make use of the experience it earned in this generation to make the system a "formidable success" in Japan.

We'd suggest that Dead or Alive fans be in line for Xbox Next on launch day.



source: IGN

 

[London Geezer]

Does anyone actually care about Tecmo or DOA? Apart from the few hundred thousands who bought their games?

 

[hey69]

i love the gambling minigames in DOA beach volleybal..

 

[Guden Oden]

Can Tecmo actually climb any further up MS's butt than they already have?

In my opinion they're a POS company making POS games that to a large extent are based on sexually degrading women. I have no interest in anything they either say or sell.

 

[cthellis42]

Already chatted about it the day it came out.

 

[London Geezer]

Well, in millions will queue up to see their new Havok3.0-powered-boobies game.

 

[sytaylor]

I acutally liked DOA, it had some neat innovations. I even liked the orginal on the Saturn... It had that kinda cross between Virtua and Tekken goin on. The of course soul calibur comes along and re-defines everything...

 

[phenix]

Well, in millions will queue up to see their new Havok3.0-powered-boobies game.

HMMMM... BOOOBIIIIEEESSS....

 

[cthellis42]

Actually, last I knew the "true boobies" DOAXBV sold about 200,000 copies (and I don't think it's been "Platinum'ed" has it?) and even DoA Ultimate slipped off the charts rather quick. DoA3 sold well enough (some ~675k as I remember) but then it was enhanced by being the only real fighting game at launch, and rather the prettiest launch game in general.

Sadly it seems like Tecmo may actually have to make DoA stand up as a fighting game next time around, rather than a tit-fest.

Shocking, I know.

 

[London Geezer]

See, u people don't get it. They dont need to make DOA a better game. If Havok3.0 boobies aint enough, than they'll go for the Displaced-Mapped-Per-Pixel-Ray-Traced-SubSurface-Scattered-Havoc3-boobies. I mean, doesn't get much better than that.

 

[Evil_Cloud]

Does anyone actually care about Tecmo or DOA? Apart from the few hundred thousands who bought their games?

If it weren't for them, Microsoft would have failed even worse than now with Xbox in Japan... Most Xbox titles don't even break 10.000 numbers sold...

1 DEAD OR ALIVE 3 Tecmo 02/22/02 217,149
2 DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Beach Volleyball Tecmo 01/23/03 127,576
3 Halo Microsoft/Bungie Studios 04/25/0 76,963
4 DEAD OR ALIVE Ultimate Tecmo 11/03/04 60,098
5 NINJA GAIDEN Tecmo 03/11/04 56,544

(title, publisher/developer, releasedate and numbers sold in Japan)

 

[phenix]

See, u people don't get it. They dont need to make DOA a better game. If Havok3.0 boobies aint enough, than they'll go for the Displaced-Mapped-Per-Pixel-Ray-Traced-SubSurface-Scattered-Havoc3-boobies. I mean, doesn't get much better than that.

Hmm.. That sounds like a lethal combination.

Hey london-boy what is it that you hate the most, techmo, Xbox or boobies? Lighten up brother.

 

[pahcman]

DOA is a great fun multiplayer beat em up
Ninja Gaiden is by far best 3d action game come out from Japan yet
Fatal Frame brings a new generation of horror.

Tecmo is all right in my books.

 

[London Geezer]

Hey london-boy what is it that you hate the most, techmo, Xbox or boobies? Lighten up brother.

I don't hate the xbox.

 

[Gubbi]

Does anyone actually care about Tecmo or DOA? Apart from the few hundred thousands who bought their games?

No, why would anybody listen to the studio that made some of the highest quality games in this generation ?

Cheers
Gubbi

 

[PC-Engine]

If I had a PS2 I'd buy Rygar.
If I had an Xbox I'd buy DOA3 and Ninja Gaiden.

I only have a GCN so I'll have to wait for Xenon and Revolution for Tecmo's offerings. :?

 

[pahcman]

Skip rygar, get Fatal Frame. Trust me.

 

[jvd]

they just need a few more good selling game companys to jump on board the xenon and they will have a much better run than they did with the xbox

 

[London Geezer]

Does anyone actually care about Tecmo or DOA? Apart from the few hundred thousands who bought their games?

No, why would anybody listen to the studio that made some of the highest quality games in this generation ?

Cheers
Gubbi

Err, i agree Ninja Gaiden was a fantastic game. Fatal Frame was cool too, but some of the finest games this generation would be stretching it.

 

[Evil_Cloud]

I wonder, will it make a big/key difference for Microsoft and Nintendo when they launch around the same time as Sony?

Could the market split up in three equally large chunks for all three companies?