Asher : PS3 is kicking Ass

[ZargonX]

I don't know about you, but I was really looking forward to New Action Adventure Game 2. I heard they had really put a lot of thought into that one.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
What a loss "New Action Game" will be

Seriously, that means nothing and you must know that.

Err...Konami is a major studio, Wiggy. You're mocking the titles of the unnamed games, but they were big budget games from one of the largest Japanese development studio. They've cancelled a lot of their PS3 games, and the teams are instead working on projects for "other platforms" (since it were the PS3 and Wii games cancelled, guess which one)

This comes a couple weeks after the news that Konami was pressuring MGS4 to go multiplatform as PS3 sales were insufficient.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Asher
Konami has cancelled the following games for the PS3 and Wii (no 360 cancellations):

New Action Game (PS3)
New Role Playing Game (PS3)
New Action Adventure Game 2 (Wii)
Role Playing Game (Wii)

These console games always seem so generic to me.

[ZargonX]

(since it were the PS3 and Wii games cancelled, guess which one)

I'd guess the DS, the fastest selling platform in Japan

[Asher]

That'd be pretty stupid, considering developers who work on games for home consoles require a completely different skillset than those that work on handhelds.

[Wiglaf]

Those games were untitled for the same reason they were cancelled, Asher. Don't be stupid

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by ZargonX
I don't know about you, but I was really looking forward to New Action Adventure Game 2. I heard they had really put a lot of thought into that one.

[Wiglaf]

This comes a couple weeks after the news that Konami was pressuring MGS4 to go multiplatform as PS3 sales were insufficient.

This is a legitimate point but it's all your speculation. Cite some evidence that Konami has "pressured MGS4 to go multiplatform"

[ZargonX]

I wouldn't be too excited about MSG4; Kojima is on record as saying he was basically forced into working on it. I'm sure it will be gorgeous and all, but I don't think his heart is in it. He is also clearly on record saying he can't wait to go develop for the Wii. Something absolutely insane, no doubt.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
Those games were untitled for the same reason they were cancelled, Asher. Don't be stupid

Because they were never publically announced? Duh?

They are publicly untitled because they were not publicly announced. These games always have a real title to the team.

[Wiglaf]

Why were they not announced? When will they be announced, since they are still coming for the 360, right?

Nope, I bet they aren't.

[Asher]

Games are frequently not announced until a year or two in the development cycle...

[Wiglaf]

So I take it these games were canned, not moved to another system? What makes you think this is due to PS3 being the problem, and not the games themselves? Since they don't even have names, and since they apparently have not been moved anywhere, I'm inclined to think the games are just being canned.

[Asher]

Why would they cancel games en masse for two specific platforms if it was the individual games' faults?

[Asher]

As luck would have it, there is a big MS Xbox press conference tomorrow (eg, late tonight) in Japan...