Namco: Bringing Tekken to 360 was a matter of reaching Europe and the US

Namco Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada has told Kikizo that doing a 360 version of Tekken 6 was a matter of common sense: there are simply too many green consoles in the world market to ignore. Snip:

Kikizo: You remember close to the beginning of the series, a time when Tekken was very closely associated with PlayStation. Obviously it's not just PlayStation now, so what would you say the sort of die-hard PlayStation fans who maybe feel 'betrayed'?

Harada: Yes, we have developed it PlayStation 1, 2 and now 3, so it is true that we have really grown with the PlayStation brand - we have a lot of fond memories, and we worked very closely with Mr Kutaragi as well, so we had a really good relationship. We love the platform. But rather than some fans feeling disappointed, there are a lot of Xbox users out there at the moment, and a great deal of fans who only have an Xbox and really want to play Tekken, which is the number one in the fighting genre. And we just had so many fans that said "we really want to get our hands on it, but can't." So we wanted to answer those fans. And it's also the timing at this point - at the moment we have two high spec consoles on the market at the same time; the Xbox has a huge installed base in Europe and America. So it was more about trying to answer the fans' requests and having as many as possible be able to get the game - that was the objective there.

There's loads more through there, Tekken fans.

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

Fixed.

[ToastyMcNibbles]

lmao bingo!

[fakeplasticlung]

They're a business, what do you expect? Fanboyism doesn't pay the bills.

[kevoncox]

They're a business what do you expect? Fanboyism doesn't pay the bills.

exactly...
People act like if they were asked to do the same job fo rtwice as much money they would turn it down. It's business.

[WANNA GET HIGH]

Yes MS paid for all those games but is it really a bad thing.Why do most people think that paying for games is bad, MS are not gonna sit back and let sony roll over them like last gen.This time they are giving sony a run for ther money.Just accept it, the 360 is here to stay and it will not end up like the original xbox.Last gen i only had a ps2 and never planned to buy an xbox but this gen i got a ps3 and im buying a 360.Get both consoles and dont worry about what fan boys say.

U are acting like sony did not pay to take final fantasy away from nintendo!!!!

[ToastyMcNibbles]

youre right guys it is a business...ghost was just pointing out the obvious i dont see anything fanboy in that

[kazuma]

cut the crap, you're after the US audience. period.

[VampHuntD]

Exactly what I was gonna say. Bubbles for that.

[Nathan Drake]

Tell that to Aaron Greenberg,seriously,I support the 360 but man,that guy is just...wow

[littletad]

Nah, it was because the 360 has a larger install based. Feeling fanboyish are we?

At any rate it's great the 360 owners get their hands on this too. If only their was a fighter joystick bundle when this comes out. The 360 needs one.

[house]

when they asked koby if this team was as good as others hes beeen on he said some thing like some thing he should of said so he wont seem like an a$$. but this guy should have said we want the money!!!

[Doppy]

B$ because if that was the case they would have brought the PS3 version out and ported it to the 360 down the road.

[Tony P]

I'd just like to play it on a console sometime this decade.

[ultimolu]

Exactly Tony.

Just release the game already. And Square needs to release FFXIII already.

[GodGinrai]

"If only their was a fighter joystick bundle when this comes out. The 360 needs one."

The hori EX2 stick is good .i bought it for vf5 but it works great on soul calibur 4 and sf2 hd awsell. you can find one at consoleandgadgets.co.uk and they ship internationally too.

[Homicide]

It's a smart business move.

[Dread]

please show evidence that MS paid Namco for Tekken.

the fact that Ms has a huge install base is not a good enough reason to expand namco's market?

Take off the fanboy goggles. This is a business. It as simple as that.

you think that developers make games for Sony for free! WOW

[kingOVsticks]

seeing a a franchise so closely tied with Sony go to the 360 and its even more disappointing to know the game is finished but will be delayed for a year since its being ported to the 360 also.I understand that if Tekken 6 was a timed exclusive it would barely sell on the 360 platform but making diehard tekken fans like me wait another year for a game thats been in the arcade for almost two years is so wrong in so many ways. The same goes for FF13...

[GUNS N SWORDS]

this move was a matter of ethics and it was all down to an economical situation. had they not have done it, Tekken6 would have been buried from the success of soul calibur 4. I'm sure they saw it coming after they saw the sales numbers of soul calibur 4.

[littletad]

I don't really understand your reasoning at all. Are you saying Namco should keep Tekken in the playstaion series? Why? Virtually every franchise is now on both the 360 or the ps3. Isn't this suppose to be a good and healthy scenario for all gamers? Yes the ps systems always had Tekken exclusively, but you what? That's because the ps systems always had the biggest install base. So in reality, it's always been a business decision. Right from the start. Releasing a game on a playstation format was never about loyalty, companionship, or anything else but a business decision. (companionship was for humor mind you). So at any rate, the only thing is the delay. If there really is one, so what? This coming year is perhaps going to be the biggest yet, so a little delay shouldn't deter your enjoyment of games.

[Bubble Buddy]

"So it was more about trying to answer the fans' requests and having as many as possible be able to get the game - that was the objective there."

I don't care that it's coming to 360 but that statement is just bs.

[madmike]

please can we make a game for 25 million people that buy games you sony sheep talk too much sh.t.

[Foliage]

PS3 users have way too many games to buy, so Tekken won't sell very well. It was a smart move on their part to also release on the 360, a system that has very little games to look forward to.

[littletad]

"A system that has very little games to look forward to".

Considering your bubbles and the neglecting that Microsoft hasn't announced new games yet, I'm a little shocked you can post something so arrogant.

[kingOVsticks]

naw of course not man, im still getting the game(just a year later) lol I had no real reasoning just sayin it a little awkward but your reasoning is a little iffy 2 me 2

"Virtually every franchise is now on both the 360 or the ps3. Isn't this suppose to be a good and healthy scenario for all gamers?"

no its not at all, imo the games define the system. The PS3 and the 360 most have games that differentiate themselves from one another.True,if most games were on both the systems, it would reach a wider audience. But if it was like that, then whats the point of getting one system over another or having all the systems if all the games were the same? Its not the color,the name brand,the layout of the controller, no. Its the games that make the PS3 and the 360 for what they are. I just think some games that help define the Playstation and Xbox should continue to define the Playstation and Xbox.But don't mind me too much, im old fashion and I fear change lol
oh and I understand its business and times are tough but honestly, if for what ever reason bungie needed more money and they had to port halo to the wii, wouldn't that be going to far? but There are alot of wiis out there...

[prowiew]

Teken? meh

[she00win99]

"Bringing Tekken to 360 was a matter of reaching Europe and the US" that is just bullsh!t. tekken is already successful franchise, they don't need to reach out...

[Kleptic]

I agree with the 360's installed base in the US, its more than double...but in Europe the two consoles are almost equal, give or take a few hundred thousand (despite what either company tells you)...

whatever though...3rd party exclusives have been dead for a while...MGS4 was probably the last great one of this generation, which still may have only been timed...Ps3 fans shouldn't care, as its not like the 360 is getting any 3rd party exclusives either...its just getting PS3 games..if that makes 360 fans happy...whatever...

I should have mentioned...the 360 is not getting 'good' 3rd party exclusives...SE has pointed their anus at the 360 for about a year now, and given 360 owners nothing but steaming shat...nothing to lose sleep over...

[Dark Collosis]

Just face it the only reason you guys are upset is because yet ANOTHER old exclusive to sony is multiplatform. Which then means yet another game to show how much more powerful the 360 is to the ps3, and yet another multiplatform game looking and playing better on the xbox...

[she00win99]

"another multiplatform game looking and playing better on the xbox" you must be living in a cave since last year...

ps:
i just saw your dad licking somebody's balls while i'm replying your comment..

[caffman]

that you've not played a 360 then?

[jay2]

BullS@@@

[Nathan Drake]

I couldn't hear you with all the BS being spread by the Tekken boss

[WANNA GET HIGH]

Aaron green is not a fan boy.There was an interview he did and he admited he has all 3consoles and he even gave prove buy giving hes PSN id and it worked.

[strotee]

Wasn't that Square's reasoning? How's that working out for Square? (especially with all those quality games they pump out in the past year or so)

[Cajun Chicken]

Still not happy with this descision.
Tekken started as a and IS a Playstation brand. Funny how the 360 tries to carve itself an identity and market audience, but slowly steals others instead.

I guess Namco have to make money, but this was a bit of a hard backstabber seeing Tekken has never been on anything else since its creation and isn't even in the same arguement of Metal Gear or Final Fantasy, because those went from different platforms anyway.

[Nathan Drake]

http://i.testfreaks.fr/imag...

It's not like Tekken is that big of a deal anyways

[LethalToxins]

Oh, I definitely agree. Tekken isn't that big of a deal. Especially since its sales average is about the same as the beloved MGS series. Who cares about a game that sells like 4+ million copies?

[Nathan Drake]

Tekken hasn't been a big deal since Tekken 3,so I'm sorry to inform you but if you think Tekken 6 is going to be this humongous title that dominates Metacritic and the worldwide charts-You're in for a very rude awakening.

[LethalToxins]

Obviously, you must be right. I mean, Tekken 4 just barely broke 3 million copies sold and Tekken 5 only broke a measly 4 million. But hell, multiplatinum sales don't equate to much, either, huh? I'm aware of 3 breaking 6 mil, but that doesn't discredit the sales of the other games.

Tekken 3 was good, but DR is more rounded and balanced. DR, TTT, and 3 are generally considered the best of the series by its players. Why did you stop caring? Mishima EWGF isn't quite as broken anymore as it was in 3?

It doesn't need to dominate Metacritic, it will sell, period. It's Tekken. I like how you use Metacritic to validate your point. True, 3 got a 96, but DR got an 88, which kind of discredits you at the same time. An 88 is damn good for a fighter these days. Not to mention, 3 didn't have the competition DR does now.

[rucky]

I love that BS reasoning. But rather fans feeling disappointed... uh... well... oh yeah there's a lot of 360 users out there so we're trying to make more money.

[WANNA GET HIGH]

Tekken was out on arcade as well... :/

And its not back stabbing.In bussines u have to make money, ur acting like if u were a game dev and some one came to u with an offer of £50 million to bring the game to there system u will say no.(AND PLS DONT GIVE ME BS BCUZ ME AND U KNOW KNOW ONE IN THERE RIGHT MIND WILL TURN DOWN £50MILLION)Money talks in this world and the more money the better.In bussines u buy some and sell some!!!!! Just get over it and buy both consoles.U dont make a single £1 from the games staying exlusive or going multi plat so y is it such a big deal.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Bubbles, fanboys on here seem to forget this a business like any other, and just like any other business, it's about the money first and foremost.

I expected more titles to go multi platform this generation due to increased development costs and so far that has been the case.

Besides, it's not like the game isn't coming to PS3, so why should you give a dam? I'm fully aware exclusives are nice, but you need to realise that, save for a few exceptions, the days of 3rd party exclusives are pretty much done and dusted.

[VampHuntD]

Which is obviously the more people that play, the more we get paid. Don't give us the crap line of "We really want people to experience the game".

[MiloGarret]

Well actually, in business language, that line means exactly what you're after...

[ultimolu]

I don't care.
Just give me the damn game already.

Accept the facts guys.

Third party exclusivity is dead.

[MetalProxy]

not to sure about that. I remember members of M$ mentioning a white board with a list of PS games that they want to take away from sony and put on there system. It almost seems like its forced upon these certain companys.

[ultimolu]

...I really don't care anymore.

Tekken was never really exclusive ro the Playstation system because it was ported from the arcades.

Seriously, if that's the best Microsoft can do instead of working on new IPs...then so be it.

We still get the game.

[MegaMohsi]

So what's the point of having any 3rd party exclusives, shouldn't all companies be thinking like that? Make the game the most profitable?

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

They want to bring it to 360 so they have another audience to scam with overpriced DLC

[Nathan Drake]

They don't call them Scamco for nothing

[Prototype]

Personally After Tekken Tag Tournament Arcade (all time favorite game) the series went down hill, 5 on the ps3 is ok however you can only fight Heiachi and Kazuya so many times before it gets old.

They can go multi all they want, if the game doesn't deliver I'm still not gonna buy it regardless of what console its on.

[Kill Crow]

are businesses and don't give a crap about your fanny boy loyalties ... they want cash and the BEST way to do that is to release on multiple platforms especially those with higher attach rates ;-)

[Lex Luthor]

But, bu, bu, bu ,bu Microsoft payed them!

It's common sense that this game would be multiplatform, considering the way ps3 games have been selling.

[Knightofelemia]

I thaught Namco was smarter than that, falling for the deep pockets of Microsoft. Look what Square did and the last 2 games the relased on the 360 were both flops. I mean Tekken grew up on the PS brand it would not be as big as it is today with out Sony, so does this mean that DOA when the new game is made by Tecmo that had a few games on the PS1 and PS2 but the switched sides for XBOX does this mean it will dawn the PS3 how about Ninja Gaiden 2. If Microsoft keeps dishing out all this money for all these games they will go broke if sales are poor.

[ceedubya9]

How people think that Microsoft is buying up everything. Are there cases that they have? Possible. But in the current world we live in today, Playstation is not the dominant brand anymore. Why is it so hard to believe that companies just want to make as much profit as they can by reaching out to a large 360 install base? Soul Calibur 4 sold great on the 360. Why would we not expect them to bring their other popular fighting franchise over as well?

By the way Magnus, using Squares new IPs as an example is weak. Wait until a proven franchise like Final Fantasy (XIII in particular) and Star Ocean are released, and THEN lets make comparisons that might support your argument. Capcom doesn't seem to have problems selling their games on the 360 do they? Devil May Cry and others say "HI."

[CViper]

But now, much like FF13 my hype is totally killed. Im sure the game will be fine, but I'll look other places to actually get an amazing game experience that I got from MGs4/Uncharted etc..

Thats the real tragedy here. Namco just wants to maximize profits, but they forget they are in the business of entertainment. Sure a console that had a year head start will inherently have more units out, but who was there to drag Tekken sales along this entire time?

There is nothing wrong with them Using the 360's audience to make $. The only problem is degrading Tekken to run on the 360 for PS3 owners. No way in hell Tekken6 is going to look like what we have all been seeing. So thats the bad part, but Namco is a multiplatform developer. Thats the way the cookie crumbles.

It just shows you how if you really want those amazing game experiences that are second to none, you really have to support your Evolution Studios/Naughty Dog/Insomniac/GG because without them. We will all be getting Maddenized versions of generic games being pushed out as fast as humanly possible full of glitches and broken online for 60.00. Its too bad, Tekken could have been great.

But yeah, I'm going to skip this one and stick to Dark Resurrection.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

You do realise Tekken 6 has been available in arcades for the best part of a year now and I very much doubt, based on previous namco arcade > console conversions, it will look much better or worse because of the Xbox 360.

[Varsarus]

Betrayers, should be shot down to oblivion...

[sit down droid]

some ones hurting inside ;)

[Z501]

who are dissapointed that 3rd party 360 exclusives aren't on the PS3?

BS statement is BS

[CViper]

they should have convinced sony to launch a year earlier than the 360.

[LethalToxins]

I guess Bioshock doesn't count?

What's left? ME and Gears? Do they really have any other big ones? Star Ocean, but that will probably be a timed exclusive. But then again, who knows.

[MegaMohsi]

You never know, future 360/PC only games could come to PS3, for example BioShock. I'm almost positive from this point on, all 3rd party games are going to be multi-platform unless Sony or MS pay for the game. The only exclusives we'll be getting now are 1st/2nd party aka Nintendo

[lelo]

This says everything that stupid fanboys fail to understand "there are simply too many green consoles in the world market to ignore".

[LethalToxins]

My problem isn't that Tekken is going to the 360, it's the release delay it has caused. Namco and MS are working on creating a new joystick and controller for the game (Or so I heard...). Obviously, the 360's current controller would suck, so they're fixing that. Those things along with the game port itself, have resulted in a November 2009 release date.

I don't mind losing exclusivity, but fuqq the resulting delays it causes.

[KingDizzi]

Well they do have a point, too many 360's out there and the attach rate is fantastic.

[xlx-russ_92]

Tekken is dead for me!!

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah its dead for me too, all im waiting on is street fighter 4 fùck all other fighting games

[CViper]

my $60.00 will go elsewhere.

[gnothe1]

i like my 360 the most but theres no way in hell im gonna play tekken on anything other than a playstation controller. I dont even have to think to play that game on a playstation. i would have to RELEARN all the timing an button combos if i buy the 360 version, an thats not gonna happen. so its PS3 for me ALL THE WAY!!

see you in home later today

psn Gno the 1

[Radiodread]

That must be really embarassing having to do that all the time. It only shows how Microsoft can't do ANY first party games except halo and gears. SO SAD.

[Harry190]

those fans who only had a 360 came knocking at the door of his house.

[cellypower]

Why the hell did they delay the ps3 version? its not like the game isn't done! Em fine with it being on the 360,but why delay it.

[jlytle1234]

thats what pisses me off the most. the game is done. release it. same with final fantasy. its done. thats why there has to be some kind of deal between ms and namco. they have to be paying to get simultaneous release. why would you delay making money now by releasing the ps3 version unless you are being paid to shelf it.
i will wait for something to be made better. you can delay to improve. but i refuse to wait for a finished game to be ported to another system.

[Halo3Mgs4]

i have no problem with tekken going to the 360, the only problem i have is that playstation people have to wait for a game that should've been out this month.
the sad thing about tekken is that when it comes out tis going to be an outdated game with plastic graphics

[ultimolu]

Yes, it's the delay that will piss people off.

It's pissing even me off because I'm a Tekken fan.

[jlytle1234]

it would be nice if the sales were better on the ps3 than 360 to show porting was pointless. but then again they wont learn how pissed ps3 fans are for the delay. i mean the game is f'ing done.

[DiabloRising]

We can't ignore the 25 million Xbox owners when it comes to Tekken!

But we sure as hell can ignore the 17 million PS3 owners when it comes to Ace Combat?

Riiiiiiiiight. Thanks for not making THOSE fans feel disappointed.

Reminds me of Square and their "We're going multiplatform now!" schtick. Yet when asked about Star Ocean 4... no comment! Weird!

[Mitch_Cumstein]

No wonder the PS3 fanboys were confused and crying it was dealing with something completely foreign to them- common sense.

[DeZimatoR]

And if, in the process of doing so we delay the PS3 version, too bad!

Screw you Scamco! You want to make a franchise that 'breathes' Playstation go MP? Fine, whatever. But you shaft Playstation owners, the TRUE Tekken fans just so you can get the game out on the 360 at the same time? 4 F*CKING years to develop a damn fighting game?!

GTFO!

P.S. The fans of Ace Combat who are PS3 owners are still waiting for Ace Combat 6 to get a PS3 version Scamco, why are you ignoring them? I guess money talks...

[LethalToxins]

"True" Tekken fans play offline, in arcades, and in tournaments.

[Harry Pothead]

lethal im a tekken fan, i suck with the arcade joystick and im not paying 2 dollars 2 play this game in the arcade. I want it on my t.v and my DS3 controller i also use analog.

[deno]

Tekken is good, but it is not the number one 3D fighting franchise. That goes to virtu fighter by far!!!

[Bladestar]

which is also on the xbox 360...

[Zerodin]

Da chinky chinese mans no likey their own kind!

[sit down droid]

how on earth did you only get 1 bubble i dont know(sarcasm)
there are limits you know. that wasnt evan funny.

[likedamaster]

""that wasnt evan funny.""

nice

[darthv72]

I don't buy into the "must buy "x" game on system "y" because of the lineage" I buy the game for the system of my choice. If I see more of my friends playing it on psn, I get it for PS3. Same goes for live. I couldn't care less if a game franchise started on one platform and is now available on multiple.

It's my choice and I play what I want. 5crew all this dedication to the console crap. I have a dedication to myself as a gamer to enjoy my hobby regardless of what system(s) I am playing on.

[Viper7]

Doesnt really matter, 3rd parties are bound to relase games on all bossible platforms, same goes to X360 games. Neather the X360 or Ps3 install base is small enough to be ingnored, theres like 20m~ consoles sold already.
It was all differend when Ps3 had just launched but now the 3rd party producers cant simply ignore games like Call of duty4 that has literaly printed money with multiplatform relase.

However, to those X360 users I really recommend getting somekind of nice arcade stick for this game. The D-pad X360 controller really isnt all too good for Tekken (or might be but considering the last Tekken games they are fairly based on moves made by sharp commands trough d-pad)
Thats if you want to play well and not just see the endings :P

[Harry Pothead]

nah screw that, they delayed tekken 6 toooo FVCKING long. i am very pissed at that $h!t. i dont care about some betrayel crap... my fav game as in all time was tekken 5(for the psp) so im new. i shouldnt have looked at those tekken vids on youtube =(

[Bladestar]

what did you expect? Any 3rd party developer who's not getting paid by the console manufacturer to keep exclusive it's simply losing money...

The PS3 and the xbox 360 are way too similar in terms of horse power and what developer can do for them to pick sides... unless of course their game is target for Japan or the US then developer have to pick according to which has the largest installbase in that region... but if a game is target to a global audience... (I'm looking at you 3rd party developer) You are sucker! and are business STUPID if you keep your game exclusive to a single platform since you could make 2 times the money if made on the xbox 360 and the PS3...

lots of Sony fans get made when square and companies like Namco do what they must do to not go out of business specially during this recession... but it's the right thing to do...

Sony did not pay for exclusivity so, Namco should do what will result on them making the most money...

you may ask, "Why don't they release the game on the PS3 first?"... well DUHHH! because:

A) Sony did not pay for timed exclusive.
B) because based on previous games released on one platform first. If a game comes out first on 1 platform first it will hurt sales when it comes out on the other platform because it will be considered old!

on B) ... Do you think Oblivion and Bioshock wouldn't sell better on the PS3 if it would come out at the same time as the xbox 360? Do you think Virtual Fighter, Unreal Tournament wouldn't sell a lot more if it would come out on the xbox 360 as the same time as the PS3...

[DiabloRising]

I have to agree. I'm fine with multiplatform, but its the delays that irk me more than anything. We should be on to FFXIV in development already if we looked to the PS2 dev cycle at Square.

[jrsenkbe]

When are people going to understand, we are in a global economy and market now. I live in Detroit and its part of the issue the big 3 are having. It doenst matter how your system sells in just one region, but worldwide.

This is why the PS3 is considered a success, just as much as the 360 or more.

The current numbers are 16.84 mill PS3's WW and 22 Mill 360's WW

Check the links

http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[farhsa2008]

this is exactly why gears od war 3 is coming to ps3, you lose an exclusive gain another great game

[xg-ei8ht]

onslaught you mean the 25million shipped.

To date it's sold 23.5million.

[DNAgent]

Tekken hasn't been good since Tekken Tag. I bought Tekken 5 and I wish I didn't cause even that is garbage. Now Tekken 6 will be even worse because it looks just like Tekken 5 (though it's funny how Tekken 5 still looks better than Tekken 6. I expected it from incompetent devs like these though since they have to make a mediocre version for the 360 now). Oh well, I guess the days of good Tekken games are over with now. The only good fighter to look forward to this gen is BlazBlue.

[testerg35]

I love how Tekken is no longer a good franchise because it is also going to appear on the 360. This was one of the exclusives PS3 fans used to brag about their upcoming games.

[DNAgent]

You know why we don't brag about those franchises anymore? It's because they are garbage and we have new (and better) franchises to look forward to. It's not just because it's getting a inferior version on the 360 but it's also because the series of both games like Tekken & Final Fantasy have grown stale and people who have played the recent previous games know that they suck. This is why they are making inferior versions for the 360 because that fanbase is used to buying mediocre garbage and because they know PS3 owners don't want it anymore.

[Fulensenca]

Well, i won't care anymore about this brand.

Soul calibur was a masterpiece, Dreamcast exclusive or PORTED to Psone.
Soul Calibur II was sad, and it was multy from the beginning.
Soul Calibur III was a masterpiece ( the best chapter of this brand IHMO ), and it was an exclusive.
Soul Calibur IV sucks hard ( and i knew ), the worst chapter of the brand. And it was Multy from the beginning.

Namco, do you know what? I know Tekken 6 is going to be a big disappointment for the old fans ( at least as much as SC IV did ).
So i don 't care anymore.
Dark Resurrection is the best Tekken ever. I will play this.
F**k Namco.

[8BitSoul]

I understand how some gamers can feel "betrayed" by Namco, Square-Enix etc. But look at it this way; lots of new gamers will be able to experience these great games, regardless of which console they own.

Fanboys are just crying pussies who can't handle the fact that the gaming industry is growing, and need constant re-assurance that the console they chose is the winner. It's supposed to be about the games and having a good time, no matter which system you're playing on.

[Fulensenca]

I don' t care about fanboys, platforms, brands, numbers, industry business.
I just care about quality of the games, I' am just a gamer.
Since Namco goes multy their games sucks.
I would like a new Tekken, a great one.
But I think I already know how this Tekken 6 is going to be.

[Mr_Luke]

Oh well... it's a company that needs profit. In this gen ppl pay a lot to program their games and they need to sell as much as they can, so it's normal they go multiplatform.

[Kinetix]

Sony already said 3rd party exclusives are a thing of the past and this is just another example of that. Do I feel betrayed? yea kinda but hey it's not like I'm not gonna play it and anyways it's been exclusive for 2 gens already so it had to move on.

[HDgamer]

They said this on the ps2; look how well it sold and the games. The awesome games!!!!

[NoxiousD]

I mean damn, the dude has dedicated his time to Sony.. and Kutaragi is gone. He was the best playstation has ever had on their side, he was thought of highly and brought magic to the PS3. Yeah, his demands were insane but they paid off. Ken Kutaragi leaving Sony and Phil Harrison being gone kind of had a lot to do with this.. the ps3 is not being marketed right, no good third party games, but their first party are heavy and take time making. 360 has overall easier hardware to work with,t he ps3 is indeed sophisticated.. Namco needs money to stay afloat as does any buisness, this was the right thing to do. I own a 360 and PS3 and im a fan of games. I am getting this on PS3 of course, thats the fighters paradise!!

[NoxiousD]

I agree with you. But Sony has stopped buying third party exclusives, the last they bought was MGS4 and that project was huge. Fanboyism needs to die a quick and painful death.. What ever happened to just enjoying games...

[tako2000]

Heard this reason before, and na~it's cool.

It's Tekken6...no biggy, beside it release at Fall, 09. I got plenty of time to play Arcade and save my money on console version.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Man i couldnt care less about Tekken it died for me a long time ago

[WIIIS1]

Really? You weren't one of those who said Tekken was no. 1 fighter, how Tekken Dark Resurrection was the best can't wait for Tekken 6, after PS3 got the gimped version of Virtua Fighter?

[steck67]

I just want MS to stop stealing exclusives and start making their own IP's.

[bomboclaat_gamer]

who is stealing exclusives? you are so into ur own azz, now ur speaking without logic. grow up fanboy. Namco needs to make money. will u buy 4 million copies of tekken by yourself when it comes out? no. they need to make sales or they will go in the hole.

i guess ur too young to understand whats going on in the world today

[evrfighter]

I'm impressed by a lot of the ps3 owners "I'm taking my toys ($$$) and going home" attitude. It's like Namco came out and said. PS3 sucks we are taking tekken to M$ and ONLY M$. Seriously there is no reason for this "QQ i feel betrayed" crap" "I'm taking my $$ elsewhere." Although it is seriously entertaining.

Namco basically came out and said "A LOT of fans on 360 want tekken" now using common sense, more fans = more buyers. more buyers = more money. more money = not going out of business. Not going out of business in these times = #1 priority. Cry all you want the fact remains Namco and Sony aren't childhood friends that grew up together through thick and thin. They are BUSINESSES. remember that old saying "It's not personal, it's just business" yes that applies here.

What REAL backstabbing is. EPIC and ID coming out and saying "pc users are all pirates, so screw pc we're going console." Yes they came out and blamed their crappy UT3, Quake 4, and Quake Wars sales on piracy. When in fact their games no longer appealed to the pc crowd. As evidenced by their own fanboys in their own communities calling their new games crap. Google "Sins of A Solar Empire" if you want an examply of a pc game doing extremely well that was released without ANY trace of DRM.

[na2ru1]

could essentially mean the game would be Square Enix quality....¬_¬

OR

it could mean lots of sales, which = success, not flop guaranteed!!!
(facepalm)

[na2ru1]

it adds less motivation to the company of needing to work harder and make a super quality game, therfore, lots of sales like GTA4 covers up any trash

[bomboclaat_gamer]

the business equation doesnt include you fanboys.

[donnie-2105]

THESE PEOPLE WHO THINK MICROSOFT PAYS DEVS TO JUMP SHIP IS PURE NONSENSE THE 360 IS BIG ENOUGH NOW TO WANT TO TARGET WITHOUT MONETRY INSENTIVES FROM THE BIG M.

[Enigma_2099]

... so I'm getting a kick out of these replies... especially the ones that basically say that he really means it's a matter of money.. because they're right.

[massive summon]

it has improved much tekken with move s go see them on you tube and find out ... but its disapontied that is going to be in 360 , its better if it stay s exlucsive