Wow, what are you guys doing over there, Namco Bandai? Your second quarter financial results for gaming showed a nasty 92.4 percent drop, down from last year's $45.5 million to $3.4 million this year.
According to GamesIndustry, the recent release of Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit on the PS3 and Xbox 360 helped them out a bit, as did some PS2 and DS games. But I guess it wasn't enough.
Thankfully, Namco Bandai is a big company, with other divisions outside games. In the overall scheme of things, they're doing fine.
How about more Tales games and less stuff like We Cheer. Wait, that may not help.
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1:21 PM on 11.18.2008
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Checkmate.
But wow, 92.4%? That's not just bad... that's troubling. I would not be surprised if it means that Namco either lays off some people or refocuses their teams on producing fewer shovelware-esque titles.
[b]"The latest title in the enduring franchise [DBZ: Burst Limit] sold 728,000 units in Japan, Europe and America together. Japan-only Super Robot Wars also pitched in with 510,000 units, and We Ski, released in the U.S. and Europe, sold 456,000 units.
Last-gen DBZ title Budokai Tenkaichi 3 sold 420,000 units in Europe, while DS title Taiko Drum Master 2 sold 342,000 units in Japan. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, a PS2 title, sold 324,000 units, while Soul Calibur IV continues to make the company's top ten in Japan at 189,000 units."[/b]
Where the hell are the Lunar, Chrono, Xenogears, Phantasy Star and
Seiken Denetsu teams these days?
The problem with JRPGs are they're all pretty much the same cliched wank. They barely try and do anything new, the characters are always the same archetypes, with the same motivations and they have the same comic relief every time. I want something new and exciting, something that makes me question morality or social values and beliefs.