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Level Up's Top Six Gaming Tidbits for Dec 14th, 2007

N'Gai Croal

WHA...t's Beef? Beef is when your guitar ain't safe up in the street
LUC...ifer. Beelzebub. Pajitnov? Chaplain explains why games are evil
SHI...gga what, Shigga who? Miyamoto disses Ratchet & Clank
Wii...would like to take your money now; product to follow later
MTV...series on women in gaming wraps up with last two Q&As
RND...MySpace: Where saving planet earth happens

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Posted By: imaballa (December 17, 2007 at 12:10 AM)

@N'Gai, its great to see people who's jobs literally entail studying the industry give us their take on how things are.

I agree on your statement Microsoft is built on quicksand. With little in-house studios and everyone's prediction including Pachter's that third-party exclusives becoming more rare in the coming years, in house development is going to be the distinguishing factor.

It seems Microsoft opted for the short term gains and didn't have the long term foresight; ironically just like their hardware with their haste to bring the Xbox 360 out to the market when clearly it was not ready with cited 33% or 1 in 3 failure rate.

Sony on the other hand, really has the long-term plan down pat with great internal studio infrastructure.

comprising of internal studios with excellent track records:

*(excerpt from Wiki)

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

* Clap Hanz – Hot Shots Golf series

* Polyphony Digital – Gran Turismo series, Motor Toon Grand Prix series, Omega Boost

* SCE Japan Studio (Project SIREN Team, etc.) – Ape Escape series, LocoRoco

* Team ICO – ICO, Shadow of the Colossus

SCEI Subsidiary Divisions

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

* Incognito Entertainment – Twisted Metal series, Warhawk

* Naughty Dog – Jak series, Uncharted

* SCE Bend Studio (formerly Eidetic) – Syphon Filter series

* SCE Santa Monica Studio – God of War, Kinetica

* Zipper Interactive – SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.

* Bigbig Studios – Pursuit Force

* Evolution Studios – MotorStorm

* Guerrilla Games – Killzone series

* SCE London Studio (includes Team SOHO & Camden) – The Getaway series, SingStar series

* SCE Studio Liverpool (formerly Psygnosis) – Wipeout series, F1 series

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Posted By: N'Gai Croal (December 16, 2007 at 10:49 PM)

@imaballa: Glad you're enjoying Bonus Round--it's a terrific show.

As for my remarks about the Gears of War franchise, it was an estimation of things to come. My understanding is that Epic Games owns the IP, while Microsoft's deal for the first Gears of War included the rights to one sequel, which would be Gears of War II. I may have overstated the case--Microsoft could still negotiate a new deal with Epic to secure exclusivity for Gears of War III--but it's reasonable to assume that Epic will get publishing offers from several big third party publishers like Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard and Take-Two.

With the PS3 sure to have a larger installed base in three to four years when Gears of War III is set to ship, I have a hard time believing that Epic would forego the revenue that a multiplatform release would offer them. That's my thinking.

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Posted By: imaballa (December 16, 2007 at 9:31 PM)

@perrinbar,

I think Miyamoto does not really come up with the ideas he has groups come up with several ideas and he decides which one to go with. I wouldn't be surprised if the team that came up with the Mario Galaxy idea wasn't a fan of Ratchet & Clank considering its huge success on the PS2.

@N'Gai,

I just watched the new PT2 bonus round with you on there, great Bonus Round by far one of my favorite. I found something you said curious near the end "We pretty much know Gears of War 3 is coming out on PS3." Was that a estimation of things to come, or a slip up meaning to say God of War 3?

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