Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub.sdsu.edu!newscon04.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr25.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!f3fe4282!not-for-mail From: "The Eternal Lost Lurker" Newsgroups: alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,rec.arts.anime.misc,japan.videogames.nintendo References: <1165912373.082493.215880@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <46f0o2lqj90d6vstvnesn7tg2caair5k39@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUEST 9 on DS, not PS3 Lines: 40 Organization: Studio ELL MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.92.119.177 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr25.news.prodigy.net 1166055765 ST000 68.92.119.177 (Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:22:45 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:22:45 EST X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCTS@KR\@[EJJ@NT\BZB_LPUDO@HTHOCULF@^PGDTFOG[]FACY@TZZXQ[KS^ESKCJLOF_J_NGAWNTG^_XGTNTAHULK[X[NRTC@G\P^PLT_OCBRHUO@@TBQZDZMHD[YZ@NLXQXIWMOSXT_KOLK^^CXFF\WHMI^C@EGA_[FXAQ@E^TGNMUXGYNS[QQVL Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:22:45 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.nintendo:606 "Rob Browning" wrote in message news:46f0o2lqj90d6vstvnesn7tg2caair5k39@4ax.com... > >Yeah! Putting the game on a system that's still selling like hotcakes and > >has a huge installed base is just CRAZY. What's wrong with these people? > >Shouldn't they be putting it on the console that has near zero market share > >in Japan (360) or the console that costs $600 and has serious production > >problems (PS3) or the console that just came out and is selling very quickly > >but will take years to catch up to the DS in installed base assuming that it > >isn't just this holiday's fad (Wii)? > > This is Dragon Quest we're talking about. You know, the series that > the Japanese government had to request Enix not to release on work > days because the entire goddamn country would call in sick to buy and > play it? Do you really think that the currently low penetration of > the next-gen systems would be a major obstacle to the sales of this > thing? Yes. More to the point, it would create an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT set of problems. > And if Squenix really thought that that was such a problem, why have > they already announced FF13 to be exclusive for the PS3? Because at the time they committed to FF13, nobody knew what hellish nightmares awaited the PS3... -- I used to have a gay sofa. Now I have a hetero sectional. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Eternal Lost Lurker www.lurkerdrome.com