Comments on: 2008 Another Landmark Year for 360, Claims Shane Kim

By: Sk8man

Sk8man — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:53:50 +0000

Fan service? If you guys say so…. But with new systems I expect a graphical upgrade, bears aren’t square. That’s all I’m saying, no need to get all fanboy there Evismang.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:50 +0000

Yeah, the square models are obviously intentional. I absolutely love the way this game looks.

By: Evismang

Evismang — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:06:04 +0000

Sk8man, have you even played the other Banjo games? They were square models. It’s meant to be square models. Rare is giving a bit of a fan service, keeping the models square-ish. The game still looks amazing.

Besides those 3, 360 still has Ninja Gaiden 2, Supreme Commander, Alan Wake, and Halo Wars, among others. I know someone is going to quote this and say “thats it?”, but there ARE many others. This is just as I’m typing, I’m thinking of it. If I wanted to have a long list, I’d be able to look it up and have it done in roughly 10 minutes. Also keep in mind that if you want to point out that article by Jonathan saying that Alan Wake and Halo Wars are being delayed, he also says that those are rumors. There’s no guarantee yet that they’ve been delayed.

By: Sk8man

Sk8man — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:38:44 +0000

“Mainly because we are really focused on the strategy of tremendous exclusive content. Titles like Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Banjo, et cetera. as well as the continuing leadership we have in the online space with Xbox Live.”

What’s the et cetera? As far as I know the three he mentioned are all they have left, Gears 2 will kick ass no doubt about that, Fable 2 will do well for fans of the original, but Banjo 3 just looks terrible, (seriously? square character models?)

The only thing I can think he is referring to when he says “et cetera” is Too Human, and after all of the admitted cuts to the game and lengthy delays, I lost interest in that one.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:25:33 +0000

“Kim admits that Europe has always been a dominant market for Sony, and claims that with that in mind, any progress Microsoft has made is great progress”

What progress? Correct me if I’m wrong here but they wont have actually made any progress in the EU until they overtake the Xbox’s EU total which they haven’t done yet.