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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 15/2/2008: KOTOR 3 & Red Alert 3 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:59 am |
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X-wing vs Tie Fighter X-wing Tie Fighter Pre-NGE SWG Dark Forces 1&2 KoToR 1&2
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 15/2/2008: KOTOR 3 & Red Alert 3 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:20 am |
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KOTOR is the one we're already talking about so of course i ignored it and the X-wing series isn't really a starwars game its a flight simulator with starwars objects, basically starwars was the eye candy not the bread, butter, or base of the series. i don't remember much about dark forces so i'll take your word on that.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 24/2/2008: LucasArts prioritizing PS3 dev Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:58 am |
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This week at the 2008 Game Developers Conference, a major studio laid bare the pitfalls of cross-platform development on the current crop of consoles--and talked about how it plans to deal with it in the future. In an expansive and informative lecture, Haden Blackman, project lead for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, discussed which platform the company's "built from scratch" development team began work on in 2005.
"Multiplatform development was one of our biggest challenges," he told the jam-packed hall in the basement of the Moscone Center. After George Lucas famously urged the studio to "go build that game" upon seeing the first test reels from TFU, they began work straight away on Xbox 360 dev kits in late summer 2005--because that was all the studio had.
"It took a very long time for us to reach a multiplatform mentality," said Blackman. The reason? "Until early 2006," LucasArts had no PS3 dev kits whatsoever and, for the sheer sake of moving the project forward, focused on Microsoft's console. "It took months to get enough dev kits to everyone," rued the developer.
The problem was, once LucasArts finally had enough PS3 dev kits to supply the staff members that required them, 360 development of The Force Unleashed was months ahead. Worse still, the 360-optimized early version of the game "didn't translate well" when ported onto the PS3, given the differences between the hardware architecture of the two consoles and the complexity of PS3 development. This led to more complications and pushed the simultaneous launch of The Force Unleashed back further.
Now, however, the impressive-looking game is on track, and Blackman says that, after some hard-learned lessons, LucasArts now has a strategy for future multiplatform titles--develop the PS3 version first. "Our next project will use the PS3 as the baseline, and then apply that to the Xbox 360," he said. He made no mention of the other versions of The Force Unleashed, which are being developed. externally. Full Story here
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 24/2/2008: LucasArts prioritizing PS3 dev Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:12 am |
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:03 pm |
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For a while after the release of the new ceramic white 40GB PlayStation 3 SKU in Japan, PS3 sales were beating those of the Nintendo Wii.
The Wii--which costs ¥25,000 (approx $237) in Japan compared to ¥40,000 ($380) for the cheapest model of the PS3--is typically top dog in the next-gen console charts. In June, the Nintendo console even managed to bring its lead up to a massive five consoles to one.
With the release last month of highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the country (US gamers will have to wait until March 9, whereas Euro gamers still haven't been given a date for the title) it perhaps isn't a surprise that the Wii was back on top in February.According to a report from Reuters quoting figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, 331,627 Wiis were sold in the four weeks to February 24, compared with 89,131 of the PS3. In January the Wii was outselling the PS3 3-to-1, and it now looks set to extend its lead to 4-to-1 in February.
Super Smash Bros., which was released on January 31, sold 800,000 in the first week it went on sale, and has since gone on to sell 1.33 million copies. Wii Fit, which was released on December 1, was also still going strong, and has sold 309,311 copies this month.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 is still lagging some way behind the two homegrown consoles, having sold just 14,079 units in February.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:14 pm |
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ROFL at the 360 sales.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:17 pm |
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gamef wrote: ROFL at the 360 sales. lol i know.
Microsoft should just realise that the 360 is NEVER going to break into Japan. Still funny how after 2 years Sony fanboys are still calling the wii a fad, even at 4-to-1 its still a fad...lol
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satman83 wrote: Deacon wrote: Why do u write everything in that annoying color ? its not annoying, only noobs see it as being annoying It actually is kind of annoying. You're probably not an artist, but it doesn't take a genius to know that lime green doesn't go well with a gray background. Oh, and thanks for calling me a noob.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:27 pm |
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Because THIS is BIGGER news then a single game coming out.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:46 pm |
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lol it's just one months sales. It happens every month. MSG 4 only has one release date, and to say it's bigger news then MSG4 is just sad.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:15 pm |
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bump! I want some news.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 29/2/2008: Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan..again Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:26 pm |
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PIKACHU FTW!btw pikachu is da best one lol
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 02/4/2008: Telegraph slams video games Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:10 pm |
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Telegraph slams video gamesThe Byron Review were published last week, and author Tanya Byron immediately found herself praised by the government, British Board of Film Classification, and much of the UK games industry. But there's always someone who's not happy--and in this case it's Jenny McCartney from The Daily Telegraph. According to McCartney's piece, titled "There is a majority against vile video games, and it is moral," Byron "seems like a sensible woman," who has "done her best," but she was a bit too "modern" in her approach. She writes, "Yet the truth, surely, is that the majority of us would indeed recoil from the idea that our teenage son or daughter was upstairs playing Manhunt 2, a recently licensed game in which the protagonist, an escaper from an experimental asylum, tortures, and murders other players in the most graphic ways." Unlikely, considered that the title in question is a one-player game, but she's not finished… McCartney admits that she hasn't managed to find any evidence that links games to actual real-world violence. "It might well be true," she muses, "as we are so often told, that most children who immerse themselves daily in violent video games will not go on to commit real murder. For that, I suppose, we must all be grateful. But the instinctive objective remains, and it is indeed rooted in morality: the sense that it is wrong for anyone, child or adult, to spend long hours electronically rehearsing the prolonged agony and detailed humiliation of other human beings for their own amusement." Further down in the article, she compares the BBFC to a "progressive young uncle," and bemoans the fact that its decision to ban Manhunt 2 was overturned on appeal. She outrages, "The fact is, that in America, the makers cut a castration-with-pliers scene for its Wii version gives you some idea of its content." McCartney also thinks that someone should think of the children. She states, "It has an 18 certificate, but it would only require an 18-year-old player with younger siblings to leave it lying around at home, for it to be freely available to underage players."
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 10/4/2008: BBC begins Wii streaming trial Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:55 am |
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BBC begins Wii streaming trialGamers can do a variety of things with their Wiis--play virtual tennis, create a Mii to represent themselves, or vote on whether they prefer cats to dogs. Now they'll also be able to watch BBC TV programmes on demand--if they live in the UK, that is. A trial version of the service can be accessed from today, the BBCreports, with "more polished services" coming in late 2008. When gamers access the Internet Channel on their Wii consoles, a message will alert them that the iPlayer is now available. iPlayer is an Internet video download and streaming service which allows viewers to catch up on BBC shows from the past week, or view certain shows from the corporation's archives. Its popularity has been causing the BBC problems, however. According to the article, "The BBC is still at loggerheads with internet service providers over who should pay for extra network costs. ISPs say the iPlayer is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope." At the beginning of March, a beta version of the service was launched for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The BBC's group controller for future media and technology, Erik Huggers, added that the iPlayer service would also soon be coming to televisions directly, but did not specify how.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 10/4/2008: BBC begins Wii streaming trial Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:43 am |
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i misread that, i thought read it as BC as in the game that never happened, quite disappointing...
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:14 pm |
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360 price cut sees sales double in Europe
In the first stage of the next-gen console war, the pint-sized Wii was the clear budget choice in Europe, at £179.99, it was £80 cheaper than the next best option, the Xbox 360 Core.
All that changed in March, when Microsoft announced that it would be cutting the price of all of its Xbox 360 SKUs, meaning the Xbox 360 Arcade--which replaced the Core SKU in October 2007--swapped places with the Wii and became the cheapest console at £159.99. The other two models, the Premium and the Elite also shed £40, making them £199.99 and £259.99 respectively.
n just over a month since the move, Microsoft is reporting that sales of the console have more than doubled since it decided to make a "price readjustment." However, a representative for the company declined to give sales figures for the region before and after the cost-cut, or about how individual SKU sales were going.
According to figures that Microsoft is happy to release, the Xbox 360 is leading the pack in PAL territories, owning 42 percent of the market in terms of "life-to-date revenue," and has the highest attach rate of the three next-gen consoles, at 7.0 games per console. In comparison, the PlayStation 3 has 3.8, and the Wii 3.5. full story here
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:20 pm |
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MS is going to lose money with these price cuts....do they really think they can make it back in game sales....im doubtful....this whole consoles war is turning into a mess and the only one who seems to be financially secure is Nintendo...
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:23 pm |
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Too bad for M$, I already bought a Wii.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:24 pm |
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Reise wrote: Too bad for M$, I already bought a Wii. my case has rested.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:53 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: MS is going to lose money with these price cuts....do they really think they can make it back in game sales....im doubtful....this whole consoles war is turning into a mess and the only one who seems to be financially secure is Nintendo... I would say Sony, because of how good PSP, and PS2 are doing. They really aren't loosing a lot. PSP out sold every Console/HandHeld in Japan last week with 90k sold. That is pretty damn good. If they can kep it up, they will make up a lot for the PS3 money loss.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:59 pm |
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the.unseen. wrote: XemnasXD wrote: MS is going to lose money with these price cuts....do they really think they can make it back in game sales....im doubtful....this whole consoles war is turning into a mess and the only one who seems to be financially secure is Nintendo... I would say Sony, because of how good PSP, and PS2 are doing. They really aren't loosing a lot. PSP out sold every Console/HandHeld in Japan last week with 90k sold. That is pretty damn good. If they can kep it up, they will make up a lot for the PS3 money loss. You have to keep in mind both the PSP and the PS3 and being undersold. If the PsP finally beat out the DS in the held market last week thats all well and good but in overall sales the hand held market going straight to nintendo who has better Handheld sales and better game sales. I can guarantee the PsP beating out the DS is not a trend thats likely to continue. Taking out account how the PS3 is still behind in the console wars sonys taking a beating. I think the fact that Blue-Ray beat out HD-DVD is the best news sonys had in awhile
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:08 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: Taking out account how the PS3 is still behind in the console wars sonys taking a beating. I think the fact that Blue-Ray beat out HD-DVD is the best news sonys had in awhile True...apart from that the PS3 hasnt lived up to the hype at all
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:35 pm |
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Ever since Crisis Core came out I think PSP has been out selling DS. The week before last it sold over 100k. I think PSP started out shitty in Japan and other places and now is catching up to where Sony wants it.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:42 pm |
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you can't base a systems life on a sales burst from a particular game. Sales spiked when Halo 3 came out for 360. Sales will probably spike with MGS4 comes out for PS3 but these are not reflections of how the system will do in the long term or how its doing overall. Its a temporary boost.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 17/4/2008: 360 price cut sees sales double in Euro Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:26 pm |
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I am not saying that it's selling just because Crisis Core. Crisis Core Came out in September, and since then the PSP has kept on going strong in Japan. I just think there is more to offer now on the PSP.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 25/4/2008: Nintendo announces record sales Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:43 pm |
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With Mario Kart Wii reaching the top of the UK sales charts in its first week of release, the Wii and DS continuing to rule the hardware sales charts, and a multimillion-selling US debut for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo has had plenty of good financial news lately. Further evidence of that arrived today, as the company reported "record results in both net sales and income" for its most recent financial year. In a separate statement, the company also confirmed the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Europe on June 27, 2008.
Nintendo says it wants to be the games company that "puts smiles on the faces of people of all ages and genders," and following its financial statement today, there are likely grins all around at the Mario Factory headquarters. The company has reported that net sales for the year ending March 31, 2008, were ¥1.672 trillion ($16.2 billion), up 73 percent on the previous year. This resulted in a net income (or profit) of ¥257 billion ($2.5 billion) for its 2008 fiscal year ended March 31, up 47 percent on the previous year.
Both hardware and software have served up results that are bound to please Nintendo's accountants. The Wii console sold 18.61 million units worldwide during the last fiscal year, which amounts to 24.5 million units since its release. In its forecasts for April 2008 to March 2009, Nintendo says it will sell 25 million further Wii consoles worldwide.
Wii software sales were bolstered by the success of Wii Fit in Japan, where the fitness training programme shifted 1.85 million copies. Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold 4.85 million units in the US and Japan, with Super Mario Galaxy and Mario Party 8 also highlighted as major successes. Nintendo's statement says that the number of lifetime million-selling titles for the Wii went up from five to 26 during the fiscal year. The company will also roll out WiiWare in the US on May 12, with a European launch following on May 20.
The Nintendo DS handheld was also crucial to the company's financial success. More than 30 million units were sold worldwide in the past year, taking the lifetime number over 70 million. Fifty-seven titles are now million-sellers, up from 30 the previous year. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, the seemingly omnipresent Brain Training/Brain Age titles and Mario Party DS were flagged up as key successes for the format.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 25/4/2008: Nintendo announces record sales Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:25 pm |
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Nintendo loses controller case
Back in August 2006, Texas-based gaming company Anascape filed suits for patent infringement against both Microsoft and Nintendo.
Almost two years later, an East Texas jury has found in favour of Anascape and ordered Nintendo of America to cough up $21 million, reports the Associated Press. The jury agreed that Nintendo infringed upon one of Anascape's patents in the designs of its Wii Classic, Wavebird, and GameCube controllers.
Nintendo spokesperson Charlie Scibetta said that the company would appeal and that it was expecting the award to be "significantly reduced." He added that the company was pleased that no infringement had been found for the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers.
According to the AP, which sources local newspaper The Lufkin Daily News, Anascape's suit against Microsoft was settled out of court before the Nintendo trial, although terms of the settlement were not made public.
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Post subject: Re: GAME NEWS 15/05/2008: Nintendo loses controller case Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:29 pm |
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lol I'd like to see those patents.
It's hard to believe you could copy something like the Wii Classic and GC controllers. The Classic controller is just a SNES controller with sticks, and the GC controller is so damn random you'd have to try pretty hard just to get the layout down. Fuckin obscure business whining that Nintendo does it better lol.
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