Resident Evil 5 Only On 360?

With fans still waiting for the release date to hit for Resident Evil 5, and with the trailer hitting the E3 back in 2005 there are sources out there now that RE5 might just be an Xbox 360 exclusive. A GameStop listing shows that the title was to go on the 360 but having the PlayStation 3 in the dark. This is really hard to come by even try to believe because of the fact that RE5 was announced as a multi-platform title months and months ago. Come on, a least keep one side of the table clean. Capcom Senior Director of Communications Chris Kramer came back with this so called information that, “Resident Evil 5 is coming for PS3 and 360.” This story can also be found at www.kotaku.com Kotaku pointed out that online retailer Amazon had a similar hitch in the listing of the games, “the Xbox 360 version having a release date scheduled for October, but nothing for its PS3 counterpart.”We haven’t given either retailer any new information on the game, so it’s most likely hiccups in the system,” he said “The goal is for both products to ship simultaneously, as Devil May Cry 4 just did. It sounds a bit off the wall to us, but Microsoft has done an admirable job of securing exclusive content from Capcom in the past.”  Still I look back on this information and just smile as to the fact that sales of the Devil May Cry 4 on the PS3 in Japan sky rocket, it doesn’t seem to make much financial sense. Which even that the company has a main focus on multi-plat forming but still I’m going to keep my eyes on this story and see how it’s going to progress.

Sticks and Stones Nintendo!

Last weekend the director for the marketing for Nintendo’s European division, Laurent Fischer made concerns that the Wii’s memory space was to small, later on Fischer said that only “geeks and otaku” would want more memory space on their Wii. This story can also be found on www.mediapost.com. The term “otaku” in Japanese occasionally suggests a creepy, obsessive loner who rarely leaves the house. Way to go Mr. Fischer! Later Fischer made an apology saying, “I have huge respect for those who, like me, share a common passion for Nintendo and want to make it clear that I would never use and I didn’t use this terminology in such a context or way to cause offense,” he said. “I regret that this misunderstanding has created such offense and disappointment within the community.” With this comment, it open an interesting window into Nintendo’s position in the market. We all know that Nintendo is the oldest player in the current console war and that the Wii sales are up but still the Wii console is not for the hardcore audience. The Wii’s hardware hasn’t been fully utilized yet, said from the MediaPost. These purchasing habits of the famous Wii owners don’t seem to match the number of hardcore gamers out there. Numbers show that in the last quarter of 2008 that the Wii sales  figures has been leading the other two but only three Wii titles broke into the top 10 list of best-selling games. Many Wii gamers seem to be sticking with a small library of games consisting mostly of Wii Sports.

Now knowing that Nintendo is aiming to do without the “geeks and otaku” which makes up the fandom’s of the other two consoles.

 

Thank you

 

Jhard713

Xbox Live to Feature User Avatars This Holiday

[Joystiq]

In a never ending cold war of “feature jacking” Microsoft will be ripping a major facet of a competitor’s online service, an area where Microsoft’s Xbox Live has typically been at the forefront. According to a “trusted source” cited by Joystiq Xbox Live will roll out a new feature this holiday season (presumably as part of the oft touted Fall update) that will resemble, at least from first glance, Nintendo’s popular Mii user caricatures.

The leaked image, reportedly from an “online survey”, features cartoon-like characters complete with enlarged craniums and all. From the looks of it XBL users will be able to customize their virtual selves into any shape, size, or unusual costume choice they desire.

The implications of feature jacking aside, Microsoft has led the way in the console online gaming market for years now, and if there are one or two elements where they fall behind either Nintendo or Sony, the only logical option is to adapt, even if that means swallowing their pride and owning up to the fact that the other guy has a damn fine idea.

Call it ’stealing’ or ‘copying’ if you want, the fact is if someone pioneers quality features or content, it serves the gaming community as a whole if said advances are adopted throughout. We’ll see whether XBL’s Avatars stack up this holiday season.

Sessler’s Soapbox: Attention Bigots

I’ve always been a fan of Adam Sessler, all the way back to the original TechTV days (a few of you remember, I’m sure), and despite the persona of the ridiculous jester he puts on these days for G4’s X-Play, he remains of the more candid and uniquely insightful voices in gaming journalism. And quite frankly, he nails it on the head with this one.

We’ve all been subjected the overly audible idiocy of some prepubescent ignoramus once or twice on Xbox Live, and I’m pretty sure those of with a shred of human decency are as sick of it as Sessler is.

This is J. Peace.

[G4.com - Sessler's Soapbox]