Tekken 6 PS3 exclusivity not solid |
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| BY Se Ajala Jul. 30th, 2008 | More on: |
The Tekken franchise has been one of Namco Bandai’s bread and butter series since its arcade perfect debut on the PlayStation way back when in 1995. Every iteration of the game series has seen a similar release pattern — arcade game and then a port directly to a Sony system with the exception of Tekken Advance for the Gameboy Advance back in 2001. Well, it looks like Namco Bandai may be jumping on the multi-platform express, a trend that we’ve seen companies such as Capcom, Square Enix, and 2K Games follow.
GameEX Magazine sat down with Tekken game designer Haruki Suzaki who, when asked if Tekken 6 was going to be a PS3 exclusive as it had been listed in the past, had this to say: “No, it hasn’t been determined yet as of the moment.”
Tekken 6 is scheduled for release in December 2008 for the PS3 for now.
July 30th, 2008
at 8:27 pm
well this would be a gigantic blow to PS3 if it went multi.
Not that I care i have both consoles. I’m actually rooting for MS just because it will make sony get PSN into something which doesn’t suck faster. Yea i said it, PSN sucks. ‘Cause it does. No Cross-game invites = useless for multiplayer/friendslist
July 30th, 2008
at 8:35 pm
Now this, this is what I like to hear. Or would like confirmed. And want to play. On my xbox.
July 30th, 2008
at 10:03 pm
Maybe I’ve been dense but I’ve yet to see why cross platforming franchises is still considered a bad thing for a system. Maybe a pride blow, I could see that, but otherwise the game is getting to more people. If you own a PS3, you’ll get it for the PS3. If you have both, still a chance there that it could ring up as a PS3 sale. Even if you got it for the xbox, Namco still gets money which = incentive to make Tekken 7, 8, and so forth. Am I missing something?
July 30th, 2008
at 11:38 pm
I’m with you Los, I don’t think it’s a bad idea when games get multiplatform releases. That whole “pledge of allegiance” to whatever game company you like is comedy central to me. I mean I personally am HUGE Nintendo fan, but if Mario Galaxy suddenly came out for PS3… no wait that would be really weird.
J/K but for real, all it equals is more money for more games. A win win in my book.
July 31st, 2008
at 12:39 pm
I agree with the last 2 comments. Of the current-gen I bought a Wii first for the Nintendo games such as smash bros and Mario etc. I bought a PS3 2 weeks ago simply for blu-ray, metal gear and gran turismo, plus I got it for £220.
I would be happy for cross platform titles - Mass Effect and Halo on the PS3 would be great. So I have no problem with third party titles not being exclusive. But if it were always the case, then Nintendo would virtually be the only company to have decent 1st party exclusives. Another aspect is perhaps the development side. Take Polyphony Digital and Gran Turismo for example - would the game be as good technically if the team couldn’t focus on one console? I’m not so sure.