Is Namco out of ideas? - Blu-ray Forum

Soulblazer · 07-27-2009, 04:17 PM

Before Playstation Namco was all about Pacman and Tales but that changed very quick when Sony made them to important third party developers.

But now I'm started to get tired of the same Ace Combat, Time Crisis, Tekken, Ridge Racer, Point Blank, Soul Calibur (Soulblade was awesome though), Tales and Katamari.

I thought those three games that ended up to be April Fool's joke (unfortunately) was a great step in the right direction for Namco Bandai.

Will Sony's keynote on TGS solve Namco's problem?

sega_smasher · 07-27-2009, 05:02 PM

with established franchises, i dont see them running into any financial problems. However in a market that is demanding new experiences from developers, they need to get on the ball asap.

Shin-Ra · 07-27-2009, 05:45 PM

The only existing Namco Bandai game I really, really want a sequel to or remake of is Breakdown.

I'm still a fan of the modern Ridge Racer (PSP onwards) but it needs another freshening up to appeal to a wide audience again. They really mishandled the sequel on PSP, could have been huge.

It's time for new IP, not western-developed titles. The same could be said for Konami.

JillyBean819 · 07-27-2009, 08:57 PM

Time Crisis 4 using the light gun is a ton of fun!

mugupo · 07-27-2009, 10:54 PM

Namco is in life support if Tekken 6 failed.

Icemage · 07-27-2009, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mugupo

Namco is in life support if Tekken 6 failed.

Yes, because they've never sold any copies of games like Soul Calibur, Ace Combat, Taiko no Tatsujin, Tales of..., Katamari, etc....

/sarcasm

Cordre69 · 07-28-2009, 10:00 PM

Honestly...if it ain't broke don't fix it. I'd be more than happy with Tales and Tekken hitting the double-digits for sequels. Seems all I play are established series aside from a few rentals that I seldom end up buying.

07-27-2009, 04:17 PM	#1
Soulblazer Member Member since:Jun 2009	Is Namco out of ideas? Before Playstation Namco was all about Pacman and Tales but that changed very quick when Sony made them to important third party developers. But now I'm started to get tired of the same Ace Combat, Time Crisis, Tekken, Ridge Racer, Point Blank, Soul Calibur (Soulblade was awesome though), Tales and Katamari. I thought those three games that ended up to be April Fool's joke (unfortunately) was a great step in the right direction for Namco Bandai. Will Sony's keynote on TGS solve Namco's problem?

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07-27-2009, 05:02 PM	#2
sega_smasher Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Santa Monica, CA PSN: SecretAgentHam Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:1	with established franchises, i dont see them running into any financial problems. However in a market that is demanding new experiences from developers, they need to get on the ball asap.

07-27-2009, 05:45 PM	#3
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	The only existing Namco Bandai game I really, really want a sequel to or remake of is Breakdown. I'm still a fan of the modern Ridge Racer (PSP onwards) but it needs another freshening up to appeal to a wide audience again. They really mishandled the sequel on PSP, could have been huge. It's time for new IP, not western-developed titles. The same could be said for Konami.

07-27-2009, 08:57 PM	#4
JillyBean819 Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Oak Park, MI Blu-ray collection:9 Blu-ray reviews:1	Time Crisis 4 using the light gun is a ton of fun!

07-27-2009, 10:54 PM	#5
mugupo Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:76 Blu-ray collection:50 Blu-ray reviews: 226 Trading Score:4	Namco is in life support if Tekken 6 failed.

07-28-2009, 10:00 PM	#7
Cordre69 Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Livermore, CA 4K collection:218 Blu-ray collection:1094 Trading Score:1	Honestly...if it ain't broke don't fix it. I'd be more than happy with Tales and Tekken hitting the double-digits for sequels. Seems all I play are established series aside from a few rentals that I seldom end up buying.

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