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02-03-2002, 10:32 PM
MSNBC have featured Xbox, GCN and PS2 in a recent article comparing the 3 systems, not on their power, but on the general buzz surrounding each console. According to Electronics Boutique, Xbox and PS2 are leading the way, with GCN still struggling to find it's feet, and this is confirmed by Capcom who may stop Resident Evil being GCN exclusive...
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Everybody has been pleasantly surprised by both the quantity and the logistical quality with which Xbox has serviced the marketplace, says Peter Moore, CEO of Sega America. Questions we had were can they supply the marketplace week in and week out with consistent supplies. They have exceeded everybody’s expectations. And third-parties are starting to give them more support than they may have prior to the Christmas period. They continue to gain both respect and support from people who may have been on the fence. That does not include us. We never were on the fence.
Xbox’s success has touched off new excitement in Japan. A survey given at last year’s Tokyo Game Show revealed that attendees were more curious about Xbox than GameCube or PlayStation 2. And Xbox has a high-profile evangelist in Japan Tomonobu Itagaki, executive officer of Tecmo’s Team Ninja and lead designer of the Dead or Alive series of fighting games.
While Itagaki has remained somewhat silent about GameCube, he has vociferously attacked PlayStation 2, calling it a last generation game console.
Last year, Capcom announced that Mikami’s popular Resident Evil games would only be released for GameCube. That announcement was made a few days before GameCube’s disappointing Japanese launch last September. "If Nintendo cannot get its numbers up, particularly in Japan, we may need to reconsider keeping Resident Evil exclusive to GameCube" Bill Gardner, the big man at Capcom recently admitted in a recent interview with MSNBC.com.
Check It Out:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/697375.asp?cp1=1
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Here's a quick snippet - for the full article follow the link below
Everybody has been pleasantly surprised by both the quantity and the logistical quality with which Xbox has serviced the marketplace, says Peter Moore, CEO of Sega America. Questions we had were can they supply the marketplace week in and week out with consistent supplies. They have exceeded everybody’s expectations. And third-parties are starting to give them more support than they may have prior to the Christmas period. They continue to gain both respect and support from people who may have been on the fence. That does not include us. We never were on the fence.
Xbox’s success has touched off new excitement in Japan. A survey given at last year’s Tokyo Game Show revealed that attendees were more curious about Xbox than GameCube or PlayStation 2. And Xbox has a high-profile evangelist in Japan Tomonobu Itagaki, executive officer of Tecmo’s Team Ninja and lead designer of the Dead or Alive series of fighting games.
While Itagaki has remained somewhat silent about GameCube, he has vociferously attacked PlayStation 2, calling it a last generation game console.
Last year, Capcom announced that Mikami’s popular Resident Evil games would only be released for GameCube. That announcement was made a few days before GameCube’s disappointing Japanese launch last September. "If Nintendo cannot get its numbers up, particularly in Japan, we may need to reconsider keeping Resident Evil exclusive to GameCube" Bill Gardner, the big man at Capcom recently admitted in a recent interview with MSNBC.com.
Check It Out:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/697375.asp?cp1=1
;)