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sinha on 16 September 2009

Bonk: Brink of Extinction



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

 

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sinha on 16 September 2009

XBLA sales revenue skyrocketed in July... I created this thread on July 9.  Coincidence?

Microsoft reaches the largest month ever thanks to big 'Summer of Arcade' titles

Microsoft proved this month that the Summer of Arcade lineup wasn't just a promotion, but a force to be reckoned with. The digital gaming platform brought in the highest revenue ever for a single month, beating last month's amazing cume of $14.7 million USD with $16.7 million USD. This cume represents a remarkable 49% increase from last year's 'Summer of Arcade' promotion, which was also a record breaker for Microsoft, at $11.2 million USD. Last year's major titles included favors such as 'Geometry Wars 2', 'Braid' and the blockbuster 'Castle Crashers'.

Top 10 titles certainly had their way with the charts, as they accounted for $14 million in revenue thanks to five titles that managed to gross over $1 million in revenue - a new record. According to the chart provided by FADE, the Xbox Live Arcade Market has seen a year over year increase of 30% by the end of August - mostly due to the lift in July and August.



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

 

De85 on 17 September 2009
sinha said:

XBLA sales revenue skyrocketed in July... I created this thread on July 9.  Coincidence?

Well done, and thanks for your valiant effort at keeping us all informed.



sinha on 17 September 2009

GamerBytes: Rainbow Islands XBLA Supports Avatars, Online Play

When Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure was released on WiiWare earlier this year, a lot of people were miffed with the new designs for Bubby & Bobby. Instead of these little fat kids jumping around we had these much taller, lanky kids throwing rainbows everything. We may now know the reason for it - the Avatars are playable in the Xbox Live Arcade version.

Xbox.com splash page - Rainbow Islands



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

 

sinha on 17 September 2009

Bubble Bobble Neo:

 

Sol Survivor

 



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

 

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sinha on 17 September 2009

Call of Duty Classic Preview

Classic is a touched-up version of the original Call of Duty, released nearly five years ago for the PC.  You’ll work your way through a number of historic battles, using soldiers from the Russian, British and American armies.  You’ll face a number of tough scenarios, including a push into the city of Aachen against a heavily mounted German force and the battle for Stalingrad.  Unfortunately, Infinity Ward hasn’t talked much about this game, so we don’t know if it contains new content.

What we do know is that the game will feature polished high-definition graphics that will make it look better than before.  Although we have yet to see the game in action, Call of Duty Classic should be right up there with Battlefield 1943 in terms of visual depth for an online shooter.  Expect quality audio as well, as only Infinity Ward can deliver.

In addition to a fun single-player campaign, Call of Duty Classic also features ample multiplayer options.  You’ll be able to fight up to seven of your friends in a variety of modes, including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Retrieval (which sounds like Capture the Flag), Headquarters, Search and Destroy and Behind Enemy Lines.  We should have more details on these modes soon.



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

 

CaptainDJ on 17 September 2009

This list is Great! I can't wait for Perfect Dark and Serious Sam.



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tenma501 on 17 September 2009

Well however MS got Ikaruga they should try to get Radiant Silvergun. Nintendo got Sin & Punishment on the Wii store.

I'm sure you throw some money at Treasure and it can be done.

 

Also love to see Saturn games. Sega release a collection like the Genesis ones.

Or on XBLA and PSN or something.

But this is Sega were talking about MORONS can't even bother to release Yakuza 3 and Kenzan.

License them out to another publisher. SCEA sucks really bad but at least they licensed out Demons Soul to another publisher.

Although they still suck but not as much as Sega USA it just doesn't make sense how still 15 years of garbage management and not everyone has been fired and hopefully hire some people who know what there doing. Bernie Stolar Peter Moore etc.. of the past and whatever else wretched scum that they keep hiring still keep making what should be an amazing company nothing more than a piss stain.

 

 



sinha on 17 September 2009

King of Fighters: Skystage



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

 

sinha on 18 September 2009

Twisted Pixel Talks 'Splosion Man Postmortem

As for what went wrong, one notable issue with the game was that Twisted Pixel retrofitted networking into the game for multiplayer. This was an imperfect implementation, and the company is working an Xbox Live Arcade patch for it right now.



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