Namco Bandai wants us all to know that it's serious about being involved with digital distribution. In fact, VP of online development Robert Stevenson says it's "essential" to the company's strategy. Kicking off this new affair, we've been handed a list of recent and upcoming digital releases.
Ridge Racer 6 (1600 Microsoft Points) should be ready for download right now as a part of Xbox 360 Games on Demand, with Beautiful Katamari looking at a Q1 2010 arrival.
On the PSP front, the PlayStation Network will be getting Me & My Katamari ($19.99) sometime today. Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny ($39.99), Tekken 6 ($39.99), and Ridge Racer ($14.99) are all available already.
It was also made clear that future releases as well as some of the Namco Bandai PSOne back-catalog will be getting the digital distribution treatment. We're making it to a future without boxes, one company at a time.
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4:40 PM on 12.22.2009
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Must...resist...rant.
I can buy it at Futureshop BRAND new for $29.99 CDN......
his is why I hate digital distrobution. It costs them practically nothing to toss it up online when compared to the shipping, printing and packing fees that a normal game in store costs. Yet they feel that selling at the same price or in this instance a higher price, is justified.
Booo
I hit the wrong comment box :(
But everything else doesn't concern me. What else have the published in recent history that wasn't an RPG (that was popular)? They market not good much. I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting though.