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Namco Not Happy With PS3 Sales, Announce Plans

ITANI | May 09, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 
I actually think it's Namco's fault. It shouldn't base it's opinion on sales on games like Gundam Wing. If a developer creates a average game it won't sell much. Gamers are always looking for games that have new features that can broaden their experiences and this game doesn't.
Namco-Bandai has released an announcement regarding their software plans for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Namco-Bandai cites slower than expected sales of the PlayStation 3 leading them to a less-than-projected sales mark of 300,000 for Gundam Musou (the Gundam beam 'em up that plays like Dynasty Warriors). Namco-Bandai's original prediction for the game was 500,000 sold.

"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. "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)," Namco-Bandai president Takeo Takasu said.

With that in mind, Namco-Bandai has announced that they have plans to release 23 PlayStation 3 games for fiscal 2008 (March 2007-March 2008). The Xbox 360 will see 24 games during the same period, and the Nintendo Wii will receive 37.
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    Tribulation | May 09, 2007
    Ace Combat 6 to the rescue?
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    Vito Raliffe | May 09, 2007
    I wonder how many of those Wii titles will be crappy ports?
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    Rinkydink | May 09, 2007
    Probably many of them, though the Wii is getting more titles so a chance of good titles as well as crappy ports.
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    volacide | May 09, 2007
    That sounds less like it's due to the PS3's sales and more likely due to the fact that they have been making shitty games.
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    KingX2 | May 10, 2007
    Well, duh. The system is a freaking $600!
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    Reenee | May 10, 2007
    Crap, another Pac-Man World.
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    Final Blade | May 10, 2007
    Please nothing is wrong with the ps3 price. Your actually saving money cause to make it cost more than $700 dollars, ppl complain to much. Though im not saying alot of ppl have 600 dollars, but i bet half of those ppl waste money on usless stuff.
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    Storm | May 10, 2007
    Patience is a virtue...Namco should have expected this. Gundam Wing games aren't something to set a selling goal on, either

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