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Norman Cheuk from Microsoft of Japan, said they plan to bring a lot of new games to the Japanese market, Capcom plans on one exclusive title for Xbox 2, and according to Michiro Sasaki, the general manager of Square Enix, the company is considering working on a new title for Xbox 2 as well.

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Xbox 2: Mehr Spiele für japanische Kunden / Square Enix plant Unterstützung

29.06.04 - Die PlayStation2 verkauft sich in Japan derzeit im Verhältnis 48:1 zur Xbox. Wie die Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg meldet, liegt das vorwiegend am dünnen Spieleangebot: Nur ca. 160 Xbox-Spiele gibt es in Japan, für die PS2 dagegen über 6.000.

Laut Norman Cheuk von Microsofts Game Develeopment Division in Tokio, soll sich das mit der nächsten Xbox ändern: Man plant neue Spiele auf den Markt zu bringen, die speziell auf den Geschmack japanischer Kunden zugeschnitten sind.

'Es ist zu spät dafür, in dieser Konsolengeneration noch die Nummer 1 zu werden. Wir sind deshalb am meisten damit beschäftigt, uns selbst zu positionieren', erklärt Cheuk.

Nach Einschätzung von P.J. McNealy, Analyst bei American Technology Research in San Francisco, braucht Microsoft außerdem starke Unterstützung von Drittanbietern.

Capcom plant derzeit nur ein exklusives Spiel für die Xbox herzustellen. Kazuhiko Abe, Chef von Capcoms Corporate Strategy Division, sagt, man habe kein Interesse daran, mehr Spiele zu entwickeln.
Capcom hatte laut Abe in den letzten Monaten Angebote von Microsoft ausgeschlagen, wonach sich Microsoft an Capcoms Vertriebs- und Entwicklungskosten beteiligen wollte - im Gegenzug sollte Capcom mehr exklusive Spiele herstellen. 'Wir haben keine weiteren Pläne, denn es ist nicht profitabel genug', sagt Abe.

Square Enix hat keine Spiele für Xbox in Arbeit. Für die nächste Xbox zieht man die Spieleentwicklung allerdings in Betracht. Das bestätigt Michiro Sasaki, General Manager for Corporate Planning bei Square Enix.

Weltweit will Microsoft bis zum Ende des Geschäftsjahres am 30.06.04 zwischen 13,5 Mio. und 16 Mio. Xbox verkauft haben. Das entspricht der firmeneigenen Prognose. Nintendo konnte insgesamt 14,5 Mio. Gamecube bis zum 31.03.04 weltweit absetzen. Sony hat bis zum 31.03.04 hingegen 70 Mio. PS2 weltweit verkaufen können.
CLICK (Bloomberg: 'Microsoft Aims to Reverse Xbox's Japan Failure With Local Games')

MARIO TENNIS

MARIO TENNIS TO BE OFFLINE AFTER ALL

Nintendo dismisses claims by saying 'no' to online play for GameCube tennis sim

16:13 So, after our recent speculation and excited murmuring, Nintendo has dashed any chance of Mario Tennis on GameCube featuring online or LAN multiplayer options.

According to reports, the publishing giant has officially stated that Mario Tennis will definitely not be online, putting an end to the bluster of recent stories speculating that it would be.

Of course, the rumours were mostly sparked when a broadband adapter was listed as one of the game's accessories on Nintendo's official website. Although such compatibility remains listed on the 'press site', the consumer game page mentions just a plain, old memory card.

Oh well. As The Stones famously sung 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'. You'll just have to make do with four-player split-screen instead.

Stephen Daultrey

 

[fennec fox]

Norman Cheuk from Microsoft of Japan, said they plan to bring a lot of new games to the Japanese market, Capcom plans on one exclusive title for Xbox 2, and according to Michiro Sasaki, the general manager of Square Enix, the company is considering working on a new title for Xbox 2 as well.

This is an extremely liberal interpretation of the "Xbox in Japan report" article over on another thread.

 

[Kobun Heat]

You'll just have to make do with four-player split-screen instead.

And this is an extremely retarded statement, for obvious reasons.

 

[Wario64]

And this is an extremely retarded statement, for obvious reasons.

lol

Maybe Mario Tennis is strictly first person mode

 

[neptunes]

 

[foobarry81]

You found that Mario Tennis news at CVG, didn't ya.

"According to reports, the publishing giant has officially stated that Mario Tennis will definitely not be online, putting an end to the bluster of recent stories speculating that it would be."

Well, I did some research and "according to reports" seems to point at Spong.com, which has a proven record of unreliability. But that doesn't mean that this news is fake though.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

I doubt we'll ever see any SE titles on the XBOX.

 

[human5892]

I hate that this "Square Enix on Xbox 2???!!!!!11" thing keeps popping up because they said they were considering it. Of course any software house would consider publishing a game on a new platform! I'm sure at one time or another, virtually every developer on the planet considered developing for Xbox and GC, but at the end of the day most of their projects ended up on the PS2.

This is a classic case of a meaningless PR statement taken way too far.

 

[NWO]

Norman Cheuk from Microsoft of Japan, said they plan to bring a lot of new games to the Japanese market, Capcom plans on one exclusive title for Xbox 2

Capcom has announced that the Xbox 2 title is Mega Man Anniversary Collection.