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Namco Bandai has remained quiet on rumours that Beautiful Katamari will be released exclusively on Xbox 360.
The company told Eurogamer this morning that until it announced its plans and a publisher for Europe it couldn't possibly comment on speculation.
Even Microsoft remained tight-lipped, offering no comment on what would surely be a high-profile exclusive-snatch. Then again, it's E3 next month.
Likely publisher EA was also unavailable to comment at the time of writing.
Namco Bandai recently announced the game to the North American masses, promising its release before the end of the year. It will be the first this-next-whatever-generation of the charming roly-puzzle-action-collect-em-up we've seen. Beautiful Katamari also looks set to feature multiplayer modes and on-going downloadable content.
It's exclusivity on a Microsoft console would be slightly bewildering, despite the recent swathe of Namco Bandai games for 360 - Pac-Man CE and Eternal Sonata, for example. Previously all Katamari games have appeared on Sony platforms.
We also know original creator Keita Takahashi won't be responsible for the new versions, instead passing the buck to Me & My Katamari co-lead designer Jun Moriwaki. But that won't curb our enthusiasm, even if the PSP creation was a little off the magical pace of the others.
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 10:08
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Microsoft subsidizing exclusivity with their bottomless pockets shocker.
I'm just waiting for all the Sony guys who previously loved it to turn round and say "Meh. Katamari sucks. We don't need it." You mean, like the XBox guys who previously said "Meh, I don't care about this kind of stuff" and now think it's awesome?
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souljacker2000
15/06/07 @ 10:09
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I think there is a need for this to be exclusive... more people who love sony machines will come over to the much superior 360 ;)
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 10:12
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@ souljacker2000:
It will be less effective than you think, though. Not even Ace Combat, that I like more than Katamari, is enough to make me change my mind. The best thing is to make these games multi-platform. Namco may have lost my money on these titles, depending on how much MS payed them off, of course.
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It will be less effective than you think, though. Not even Ace Combat, that I like more than Katamari, is enough to make me change my mind. " So basically you won't buy a 360 no matter what. Your opinion is gaining weight by the day! As someone who ''seesthroughall' you quite transparent yourself. :) |
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 10:15
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No, if EVERY SINGLE game from the PS3 lineup simply disappeared, then that would convince me into buying hardware that most people have already deemed unreliable.
Ace Combat and Katamari are two franchises I like from Namco, compared to more than half a dozen first party exclusives on the PS3 I'm interested in. Tekken 5 DR fills my brawler needs, since T6 will surely not bring anything new to the table, and I never liked Riiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer. If I can't have those two nice bonuses, too bad. EDIT: need more coffee, dammit.
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Kenshin001
15/06/07 @ 10:18
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Santa Clara, Calif., April 20, 2007 – Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that The King of All Cosmos, everyone’s favorite pint-sized Prince, and the whole wacky and wild Katamari crew will be making their hilarious next generation debut in Beautiful Katamari™ for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft later this year.
http://www.namcobandaigames.com/news/pre... NAMCO ARE LIARS. STORM THEIR BUILDING AND BURN IT TO THE GROUND. |
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The Bodybuilder
15/06/07 @ 10:21
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A cult, japanese game that didn't sell that great on a sony platform, even in japan becoming exclusive on the dead-selling (in japan) MS console with much less global install based in comparison to te ps2?
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The Bodybuilder
15/06/07 @ 10:24
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>"depending on how much MS payed them off, of course. "
Ms doesn't need to pay them, they just need to subsidize the royalties tis'all. And when you factor in the sales of the ps3, it might even be the sensible thing to do this moment in time. |
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"So basically you won't buy a 360 no matter what. Your opinion is gaining weight by the day! As someone who ''seesthroughall' you quite transparent yourself.
This thread would really be better off if people didn't feed the lot who want to turn everything into a console war." Sorry. I really don't think I started it though, I just noticed it! I'll stop now. |
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 10:26
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A timed exclusive makes sense for Namco, of course.
But the fact is, Microsoft probably had to give Namco an insurance that their investment would be returned, regardless of sales in Japan. |
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seamonsterneil
15/06/07 @ 10:36
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if i remember rightly that HUGE article about the game in famitsu they pretty much said it was for both the ps3 and the 360...i dont see why it wouldnt be...
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 11:33
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Or maybe Namco thought, no-one's buying the PS3, let's go where the money is.
The PS3 still sold more than the 360 in Japan, the market where Katamari is the most successful. |
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@SeesThroughAll
smart comeback :p At least im glad that for once's you guys are not posting like you are screaming at eachother or beating up one another :). Man I only have one question and seriously I want an answer... Ive told you before Im not an MS fanboy and I meen it. Why do you hate MS so much though? lol I have reasons to hate Sony for their PS3 and I could repeat them but why do you hate MS so much? o.O is it cause of what they did with Windows back in the days? If so just think of it as a : well at least now I can have a pc for sure at home in this case if it wasnt for them" ;) I know we've been in arguements before but now you joke about it but you still know you sound like that when you talk about PS3 and MS. ( xerxes you tried to push Bioreit's buttons with your comment though didn't you? :P ) EDIT:::::: I sound nice cause I might be getting engaged soon so don't start with me. Im not beeing sarcastic here!!!! So don't spoil it for me now :p ( a song that uses the word *excited* comes to my mind but I wont let it come out of my mouth cause that would sound gay lol )
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Kenshin001
15/06/07 @ 12:02
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"Or maybe Namco thought, no-one's buying the PS3, let's go where the money is."
It would make more sense to go multiplatform and the 360's sales are pathetic in Japan. More likely MS threw a bunch of money at them to try and make inroads into the Japanese market. They seem to have got it together lately with Trusty Bell, the J version of Oblivion etc. Also MS have little to counter LittleBigPlanet. |
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SeesThroughAll
15/06/07 @ 12:02
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No point trying to prove that they would make even more money releasing it on the other two platforms as well, heh?
Excluding another 10 million people? Yes, morriss, very reasonable. |
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@Qbert2k & morris
I just said not to flame in here but there you go. You spoiled it, ruined it and asked for it!!! : The rest of you DO NOT get affected. ppl that think of themselves so superior to others is cause they have genetical problems if not mental ones! Just ignor!!! :p ( I don't meen it you guys ( yet :p ) but don't do this. No need to flame this thread too. Don't make me sound like a darn weird grandfather :/ ) |
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@ NotSoSlim
You sound biconsoled... :p You think they are idiots if its exclusive but yet you are questioning if multyplatform is paying back o.O You comfussed me dude :p But then again lets think of the facts... If that game is stupid to be exclusive think of how happy ppl would be with a mario, MGS, FF, Halo etc etc on every console... If it would go by fanboism there MS would be screwed wouldnt they? lol |
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so how does this work then?
they've just announced (couple of days ago) that time crisis is a ps3 exclusive and soul calibre is going multi format? yet it's now being reported that ms and namco have entered into an exclusivity deal and all next gen stuff from them is 360 only.... theres more to this story me feels... |
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captainrentboy
15/06/07 @ 13:51
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PS3 got a new Time Crisis? Fuck, I like those games :( Suuure a new one on the console is nowhere near enough incentive for me to buy it, but that was a pretty good game for Sony to get nevertheless.
And like a few have said, getting Katamari as an exclusive might help out Microsoft eeeeever so slightly in Japan, but as for the rest of the world it's no big deal, I'm not sure how good the game as I haven't played it but I know it gets a lot of praise, but even then it still sells like shite doesn't it? |
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Bad article EG. No news is no news. No comment on rumours and speculation is no news either.
Namco's official Beautiful Katamari website lists the game as coming out for both 360 and PS3, dates yet unknown. http://namco-ch.net/beautiful_katamari/i... |
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