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Watcher Tan: And this time we're not going to include any guest characters? And it's not going to be on 5 platformsHiroaki Yotoriyama: That's correct. We've decided not to have any guest characters, and it's only going to come out on PlayStation 2. The guest characters and the three different consoles were great and I'm glad that we did it, but it was also pretty tough.
Tan: Yeah, the new modes are definitely better suited for playing at home. Here's another question that I think a lot of players are wondering. What about online? Is SC3 going to be online compatible?
Yotoriyama: Well, we're trying to make a product towards a global audience. The online infrastructure is not developed in many regions so the online aspect would be unplayable for many gamers. So we decided to not go online this time, instead concentrating on upgrading the content and characters to provide a game that can be played by everyone.
Tan: Still, online would have been nice. We couldn't make this game online compatible, but this time the game is going to come out in North America and Europe before Japan. And, the new modes should really expand the game.
Yotoriyama: Yes, that is one of our concepts this time.
Why?
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Falaanla Marr said this about your mom:
So they pick the system that will have the shittiest graphics of the three to release on, not to mention a controller that doesn't work as well for a fighting game...Why?
$$$
By far the biggest target audience.
Lazy
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Alaan got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
$$$By far the biggest target audience.
XBOX is quickly catching up to the PS2.
As for making it PS2 only, it looks like a poor move on paper. Making it for all three has the advantage for some players that perfer another system over the other.
Personally, I liked the GameCube version more. The controller just fits me a little better. Plus, the graphics and loadtimes were better compared to the PS2, and at least par to the Xbox.
On Namco's part this is probably the best decision for them. Development costs keep going up, and if they deliver on what they have promised then it just is not practical to cross develop.
The PS2 has a huge market penetration, more than X-Box and Gamecube combined. As an example, the store I worked in last year contributed 52% of it's sales to PS/PS2 consoles, games, and related items. X-Box on the other hand contributed a mere 18%. Those numbers have been fairly consistant since the X-Box's launch, even if Microsoft did get a small boost from Halo 2 last year.
My guess would be that cross development is too expensive. And making it an exclusive to one of the secondary consoles, while perhaps making the game technicaly superior, just would not be practical.
I won't even mention that not developing for the Gamecube because it would be too difficult and costly is BS.
Hope the small-ish arcade at my school gets a cabinet, because that's the only way I'll ever play it.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Alidane said:
I'm not getting a PS2 this late in the game anyway, which is a shame.Hope the small-ish arcade at my school gets a cabinet, because that's the only way I'll ever play it.
It's not being released in the arcades, only on the PS2 (Initially).
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Mooj had this to say about Duck Tales:
It's not being released in the arcades, only on the PS2 (Initially).
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Mooj had this to say about Duck Tales:
It's not being released in the arcades, only on the PS2 (Initially).
I wouldn't actually expect to see fighters released in arcades anymore at all. If they are, great, but I wouldn't expect it. The Arcade market in general, both in the US and Japan, have diminished to a mere shadow of their former selves. This is why DOA3 was only released on X-Box, and not also released in the arcades. It's really not all that profitable to produce arcade machines.
On the other hand, getting a machine in your own home is getting cheaper and cheaper. While at Fry's the other day, they were selling a cabinet that contained like 30 capcom arcade games all in one for only like $900. They were also selling arcade controllers that you could install into a home-made cabinet yourself.
Hell, if I actually had room, and money, I'd probably build an arcade cabinet myself and set it up so I could change games out and invite friends over to enjoy it.
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Densetsu had this to say about pies:
I wouldn't actually expect to see fighters released in arcades anymore at all. If they are, great, but I wouldn't expect it. The Arcade market in general, both in the US and Japan, have diminished to a mere shadow of their former selves. This is why DOA3 was only released on X-Box, and not also released in the arcades. It's really not all that profitable to produce arcade machines.On the other hand, getting a machine in your own home is getting cheaper and cheaper. While at Fry's the other day, they were selling a cabinet that contained like 30 capcom arcade games all in one for only like $900. They were also selling arcade controllers that you could install into a home-made cabinet yourself.
Hell, if I actually had room, and money, I'd probably build an arcade cabinet myself and set it up so I could change games out and invite friends over to enjoy it.
Damn, I'm going to have to look into this when I get my own place. There's a lot of good arcade games out there that I'd like to have...
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Everyone wondered WTF when Falaanla Marr wrote:
XBOX is quickly catching up to the PS2.
Not in Japan.
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SC2 sold the most on the 'cube.
Because of Link 
It's the worldwide numbers that count. In Japan and Europe, the X-Box is not even close to the PS2's numbers, and Soul Calibur sold far more on the PS2 than the GC.
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Cobalt Katze had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Because of Link
I bought it on the cube because of free loader. But that is just because I'm an impatient jerk.
Others would have been...uh...Ganondorf, maybe the Prince, and so forth.
Also drops a hint that Raphael may have won the sword in SC2, which would be nice, as not enough games have female protagonists.
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Mr. Parcelan stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Raphael was a guy.
Oh, let me have my shitty, self-humiliating jokes once in awhile.
Sniffle.
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Leopold said this about your mom:
Oh, let me have my shitty, self-humiliating jokes once in awhile.Sniffle.
The humor was too subtle for my barbaric tastes.
