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Mister - It was rumored for awhile to come to XBLA.

I don't know the answer, but I will shortly. I just got hired by the developers of TIM, and might be able to find out first-hand next week when I fly out to their HQ for training. Even though I'm under NDA, maybe I can ask them to do a press release about the whereabouts of TIM.



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Here is the IGN review for Ikaruga - 9.0 out of 10

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/864/864903p1.html



EMULATION is the past.....NOW.......B_E_L_I_E_V_E

 

 


could Ikaruga be the arcades turnaround?



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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Any good new game is "the arcade's turnaround"

When you have good games, XBLA does well - look at Rez HD, N+, Metal Slug 3, Brain Challenge and Poker Smash. All 3 games did remarkably well. Its when you have crap like Bliss Island, and such that sales start to be horrid.



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brain challenge was good I think(from the trial), but overpriced. Pricing (and profit sharing) will only get bigger as an issue.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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Strategyking92 said:
could Ikaruga be the arcades turnaround?

Did you miss out on Rez HD and N+?

 



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick

 

Sweet, I just bought Ikaruga though I haven't played it, yet. (Later tonight :) ) and yes I bought it w/o trying the demo first, since I'm a big Treasure fan anyway! (Where is my Radiant Silvergun!)

Oh and I was short on MS points, so I stopped at a local video game/dvd rental store near me and picked up a "special limited edition MS points card" haha, Well it was the same price as the "regular" 3500 MS points card, so why not? (They also had another Idolmaster: L4U MS points card w/a different picture)

 




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sinha said:
Strategyking92 said:
could Ikaruga be the arcades turnaround?

Did you miss out on Rez HD and N+?

 


I meant after those games, when Tiqal and bliss island came out (along with other disapointments.)



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

Just an FYI:

We'll have to wait till tommorow to certify it, but Ikaruga is certainly on pace to beat Rez HD for fastest selling title of 2008.

For refference: Rez HD sold 25,000+ copies in the first 3 days of sale, on XBLA.
Currently, Ikaruga, after a mere 18hrs on sale, has already amassed 5,500 units.



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