Its possible they might cancel UT3 if true, bad news for microsoft awsome news for sony.

UT3 as a ps3 exclusive would bring in alot of fps gamers. Banjo tooie was better than Banjo kazooie.

leo-j please read and then think things through before you post. It says it's a first party game.

 Actually, I need to take blame for that one.

I mentioned it to my GF that there was a game rumored to be canned and she suggested it might be UT3 (as she didn't hear the 1st party part and neither did I). 

@one or two people in this thread...

I think Banjo Kazooie 3 will do very well on the 360 (at least 1 million) simply based on the amount of attention it's already getting and the fact that 360 owners are starved for a platformer and they're also starved for games that they can share with their children (not every 360 owner is a teenage boy into shooters). That and the game will have appeal in all three major regions.

BK3 would be enough to kick me off the fence, provided it's reviews and word of mouth are good enough (tho I decided to get a 360 long ago anyway). Of course I'm not most gamers...

I'm not bothered by BK2's weaker sales. A lot of games went belly up on the N64 the last year or two, largely because many gamers had switched to the PSX (also didn't help that the cartridges were still retailing for $70, when most PSX games were under $40). Just compare the sales of Majora's Mask to Ocarina, or Perfect Dark to GoldenEye.

 However, the lapse in Rare reliability and lag time between games IS enough to warrant healthy skepticism. IF they can deliver, and get the word out, there's a chance that they'll pull in a few people, but I doubt many gamers will put down $300 for even a cheap 360 console in order to play BT3. 

Situations like this happen all the time and many times get resolved, but you never hear about it. It looks like 1up is doing just what they say they are doing, stating rumors. It's hearsay and whether or not it comes true does not ruin 1up's credibility. They are just passing the word. Just hope it doesn't happen is all you can do.

360 owners were starved for JRPGs too, yet Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata largely went ignored and bombed. You can put the franchise on the 360 but you can't make the 360 gamer buy it.

And what attention are you talking about? There was a teaser released over a year ago (which mostly went unnoticed) and that was about it. Most people who'd probably care about a BK3 don't even know one is supposed to be coming out. There's no screens, no gameplay videos, no impressions, no details...just the vague acknowledgement that the game is coming sometime in the future. So I'm not sure where this attention is supposed to be coming from, when there's nothing to focus that attention on. BK3 is still pretty much an enigma.

I do kind of agree, Legend. On the other hand, this precise logic could be reversed: one might also say that the lack of platformers thus far will lead the game to be less succesful overall not moreso.

Look at Halo -- does that stop people from buying the other squillion shooters on the 360? Sure doesn't seem like it. Instead, it seems to establish a particular fan base that likes Halo-esque games and buys others in that genre. 

It's similar to Nintendo's history, just in a different direction. Does the Mario series stop other platformers from selling well? No. Actually, like Halo, it's historically been the reverse: platformer games have done well on Nintendo platforms, whether they're Mario or not, because Mario established what the users of those consoles were interested in, and the types of gamers these systems attracted.

So again, I do agree that there is some validity to what you're saying: I think some peopel will buy up BK3 because it will (presumably) be the first solid platformer on the system. On the other hand, I think we can assume that the total dearth of strong platformers on either Xbox console has strongly established the brand as not-so-good-for-those-who-like-platformers. Either the Playstation OR the Nintendo consoles have been much better for people with those particular interests.

While I knock the Xbox's lack of platformers, there is one platformer that was quite well recieved; Psychonauts, which was clearly superior on the Xbox when compared to the PS2. Look at the sales of that game. I rest my case.  

Ah yes, RPGs are another excellent example. The rationale that "Xbox/Nintendo/Sony gamers don't have many games in this genre, so therefore the few games that do exist will sell well" hasn't held up. That isn't an Xbox-specific truth, by the way; I'm not singling it out. Both the Playstation and especially the Nintendo consoles have their specific deficiencies as well.

How great were these games? BD got way bad impressions, same with ES, that and they put cartoonish JRPGS on a hardcore console, not the most smart idea

Its like DQ, its never done real well over here, while FF has, its just people in america like mature things. If Lost Oddyssey bombs we can make that statement. Same if last remnant bombs