ckmlb on 23 July 2007
GI: Are you planning on making a big splash at TGS?
Kim: I don’t know. I don’t know about any third-party announcements that are being lined up there. I wouldn’t know right now, anyway.
GI: I meant first party.
Kim: No, not really. For us, again, I think you’re going to see the same messaging that we have at E3, which for us in Japan is about bringing our other content, our Western content, to Japan. Lost Odyssey has to be the big splash. Showing that it’s real, getting Sakaguchi-san up there—in the same way we did with Blue Dragon last year. He’s going to get up there and say, “Hey, this is my next masterpiece, I hope you like it.”
That dampens my TGS 360 expectations too. Where is Alan Wake, Fable 2 and Halo Wars? They gotta show 'em at TGS...
Kim: I don’t know. I don’t know about any third-party announcements that are being lined up there. I wouldn’t know right now, anyway.
GI: I meant first party.
Kim: No, not really. For us, again, I think you’re going to see the same messaging that we have at E3, which for us in Japan is about bringing our other content, our Western content, to Japan. Lost Odyssey has to be the big splash. Showing that it’s real, getting Sakaguchi-san up there—in the same way we did with Blue Dragon last year. He’s going to get up there and say, “Hey, this is my next masterpiece, I hope you like it.”
That dampens my TGS 360 expectations too. Where is Alan Wake, Fable 2 and Halo Wars? They gotta show 'em at TGS...
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