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NeoPlayStation
05-09-2007, 03:43 PM
"PS3 did not make a good start, which will make the transition from the old game console to the next generation system more prolonged than we had earlier thought," Takasu said.

"This will keep a lid on sales of our video games in the first half, although we believe that sales of PS3 will increase in the second half (to March 2008)," he said.

Namco Bandai said it has sold only 300,000 copies of the "Gundam Muso" game, which were released exclusively for PS3, far lower than its initial plan to sell at least 500,000 copies.

Because of sluggish sales, Namco Bandai plans to release only 23 titles for PS3 in the current fiscal year, compared to 24 games to be sold to Microsoft Corp's Xbox360 and 37 titles to be released for Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console.

Link (http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=405737)

Less games than wii is ok. But less games than X360 is a bad sign.

Z
05-09-2007, 03:45 PM
Link (http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=405737)

Less games than wii is ok. But less game than X360 too?

less by one title is not a big deal.

NeoPlayStation
05-09-2007, 03:52 PM
less by one title is not a big deal.

The right interpretation is: X360 will has an exclusive title.

VG Aficionado
05-09-2007, 03:59 PM
The most accurate interpretation is: Despite of having launched more than a year earlier, 360 only has 1 more Namco Bandai game than PS3 ;)

cliffbo
05-09-2007, 04:02 PM
the correct interpretation is its 23 titles from one team

Red_Eyes
05-09-2007, 04:41 PM
The godly interpretation is 84 titles from Namco.

Applefiend
05-09-2007, 04:44 PM
It makes sense there's much more Wii titles because...

- Lower development costs
- Seems be to doing rather well

One less than 360 is no big deal, really.

Z
05-09-2007, 05:47 PM
the real interpretation of this is: 3 games from Namco-repeated 84 time for multiplatform purposes.

Segitz
05-10-2007, 01:00 AM
The really real interpretation is...

Who gives a crap?

I mean come on^^

OmniCloud
05-10-2007, 01:04 AM
The really real interpretation is...

Who gives a crap?

I mean come on^^Yeah seriously...

Diresu
05-10-2007, 03:27 AM
Expected. Everyone is jumpingon the Wii bandwagon as fast as they can for now. Will it change? I think so but who knows.

EvilTaru
05-10-2007, 05:55 AM
WTF did Namco Bandai released other than Gundam Musou in Japan and that god-awful gundam game at launch which was total shit? How can they in good conscience expect people to buy that piece of total shit? Even the folks at Namco Bandai probably wouldn't buy that god damn piece of total shit.

Z
05-10-2007, 09:20 AM
personally, Namco only makes Tekken and Ace Combat. I don't get from them anything else. as for Bandai, I never buy a game other than Bleach and Naruto games- which I am not sure if they are the ones that make those.