Good News Read This(xbox\'s)

I got this from CVG,and it is good news.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/story.cfm?sid=2294

Looks like another 3DO.  Bill Gates will finally fail....:evil:

Development openly slams Xbox’s Japanese chances

What has been fact in the industry for months is finally out: Japan, specifically Capcom, simply isn’t that bothered about Xbox

Off-the-record comments amongst the European divisions of Japanese publishers regarding Xbox recently have been becoming increasingly apathetic. Capcom went one step further today and stuck the boot in in the mainstream financial press.
"Microsoft should have talked more with Japanese game development houses," Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s general manager of research and development told Bloomberg News. "Japanese videogame developers cannot afford to invest aggressively in making Xbox games because Microsoft has yet to show its specific intentions, such as what age demographic it is targeting."

Ouch. Rumour that the box will not ship this year in Japan, instead slipping to 2002, is becoming backed on-the-record by some of the biggest hitters in the business, quite simply because the Japanese Xbox games Microsoft needs to launch in the country do not exist. "They are going to have a tough time in Japan," Stan McKee, EA’s chief financial officer told the news service. "I don\'t know what they have at this point to be able to launch that system in Japan."

Bill Gates’ project is coming increasingly under fire from the American press, who are making the, some would say valid, point that Microsoft has committed $500 million marketing budget to an unfinished piece of hardware that currently only has two games running on it publicly.

Currently, senior UK sources are less than impressed with Xbox’s chances in Japan. "Reading between the lines, unless Tokyo Game Show [where Bill Gates will make the keynote speech] is Microsoft’s opportunity to say, ‘Look at these games; you’ll be able to get them on Xbox first and you won’t be able to get them anywhere else,’ then they’ve got literally nothing," one developer source told CVG today. "Will the new Ridge Racer, Sega Rally, Daytona, Soul Calibur be on Xbox? You’ve only got to look at PlayStation 2’s upcoming line-up in Japan, look at the solid commitment of Konami, Namco and Capcom; why would the Japanese want another machine?"

Microsoft is to make the first showing of titles other than Munch’s Oddysee and Malice at its Gamestock event in Seattle next week, all of which are created by western developers. On March 13 you’ll get your first look at the new Bizarre Creations project, Halo, Sigma and plenty more.

Microsoft was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.


Patrick Garratt
Monday, 05 March 2001

No i don\'t want this to fail .

With out the X box we can not enter into the golden age of gaming .

Ah well it only says that Capcom, simply isn’t that bothered about Xbox.

so  thats  kind of ok .


it just means that we will have 2 diverse consoles each with their own games.

X box will have their own kick @ss games
and so will the PS2 and all will be well with the world .

Hurarararararararaaaaaaaaaa !

[GmanJoe]

PS2 will be the traditional console for games that are targeting older gamers from high school and beyond(like me, 33).

Gamecube will be the most profitable since they\'ll have the lock on the younger gamers as they\'ve always had. Nintendo is smart to not try to compete for the  #1 spot since the potential battle between Sony\'s PS2 and MS\'s X-box is sure to be a clash of the Titans.

In the end, there will be no losers. Even Sega will be in better shape. Well.....Sony will not fail, niether will Microsoft and especially not Nintendo. Why? The market is huge and there\'s enough pie for all three comanies to each get a big slice out of.

Nintendo, as I previously mentioned will be bouyed by the younger gamers. Sony\'s PS2 will have the backing of the traditional millions and millions of console gamers. X-box will be bought by enough of those gamers as well as PC gamers who are die hard PC freaks.

You\'d have to be a real moron to want the X-Box to fail. Competition is a good thing people, and being able to buy a more powerful system is also a good thing. Especially for all of the people that are dissapointed with the PS2.

Agreed.  Plus this news has already been debunked by Microsoft.  The Xbox is still on schedule for 2001 in Japan.  How about let\'s wait for TGS before we start jumping to conclusions.

Even if the Xbox is not succeful in japan i think it will still be a big success here


i am not sure about this though - just that americans want big things - they want the fasted ot most powerful - at least thats what the stereotype, anyway the xbox will be the most powerful system when released and it will be backed by a lot of US directed games which will attract US buyers

i have a feeling though that it will get no where in Japan,which is already shown somewhat.

What the real question is...Can a console survive in only the US?

Can a console survive in only the US?

We shall see...

Can a console survive only in North America? To a certian digree yes. There\'s plenty enough market right here at home to give the Xbox a 30 million userbase, which is what the N64 has worldwide right now. However, the Xbox is seemingly more western oriented.. which includes South America, Africa, and Europe.. so the chances of MS\'s survival without Japan increases a bit more. Remember the Genesis preformed rather poorly in Japan.. but was still a huge success in America and Europe. Although I think the Xbox is definately capable of giving the PS2 a run for it\'s money, I doubt it "win" this generation of "Console Wars". There\'s just not enough support for it right now, and too much heavy competition.

"Japan, specifically Capcom, simply isn’t that bothered about Xbox."

We\'ll just see how snobby Capcom is after the Xbox reaches the 20-30 million or beyond userbase worldwide.

o o o o o o o h h h h well capcom senior vp announce he likes xbox first(uhh u can goto http://www. xbox.com and download the video) I mean I think in weeks to come we will see capcom and others show what they have in store for xbox. And this has been said before but i feel lame enough to say it.  Xbox will have it\'s great games and so will ps2:D