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| Riskbreaker
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|  "A bitter Shinji Mikami?"
, posted Sun 25 Aug 13:43
the-magicbox.com, recently unveiled a radio interview with Resident Evil producer, Shinji Mikami. In this radio interview he criticizes Squaresoft and sony for creating "inferior" products. I pasted the whole article below.
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Capcom's Biohazard producer Mikami criticized Sony & Square in a recent radio program interview in Japan.
1. He mentioned that Sony makes their consoles to break to increase their installed base. He said the PS2 is selling so well because many people are buying a second one for replacement.
2. Other than PS2, he mentioned the current PC systems, walkman and Docomo cellphones are also easy to break, he said manufacturers purposely make the systems easier to break, so that customers have to purchase a new one every one or two years.
3. He said he has bought two PlayStation in the past, because the CD lens wore out quickly. When he played Super Robot Taisen on PS, it took one minute to load up each battle, he was so pissed off that he had to get a new PlayStation to play the game.
4. He expressed that Square's Kingdom Hearts is selling so well because of "Aura Purchase", i.e. people buy this game because his/her friends are playing the same game, dispute whether he/she likes the game or not. He said Kingdom Hearts does not deserve the 780,000+ sales, it doesn't worth the 7800 yen price tag.
5. At last he said "Square please forgive me", because he was so angry that Kingdom Hearts has sold a whole lot more than Biohazard on GameCube (both games released at the same time), he thinks Biohazard is a much better quality game, although Kingdom Hearts is not a bad game either.
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It's funny cause I had my ps2 since launch and it still runs fine....Guess i'm lucky...
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| EddyT
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| "Re(3):A bitter Shinji Mikami?" , posted Sun 25 Aug 14:52:
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Not to mention that the installed base of the PS2 is just a little bigger than that of the Gamecube.
I wouldn't say "just a little bigger"... a LOT bigger would be more appropriate.
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I love the RE series, but Mikami only has himself to blame for the low sales. RE is hardly a series people are going to switch system loyalty for and it's not like the PS2 couldn't have handled the new REs.
I don't really know about that. RE was pretty amazing graphically in GC. I really doubt that RE could have been comparable graphically in PS2. It could probably be done, no doubt... but I think the lack of texture RAM would make the characters look much lower quality.
That, and Capcom was pretty adamant about making exclusive games for each of the game systems out there. You can have a case that Devil May Cry 1 and 2 would easily be better on other systems besides PS2, but I'm sure they will stick with the much larger userbase for that system.
It's admirable that Capcom doesn't try to whore out all their licenses just to try and make a quick buck... because that would mean they will focus on that system alone to build the whole game and graphic engine out of. It's disgusting to see how most companies nowadays are producing most/all of their games for all 3 major platforms, but the GC and XBox versions are majorly watered-down versions built off the PS2 version.
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I read the article before and I don't really understand his point. If Sony creates a low quality product and people have to keep buying systems, doesn’t Sony lose since they're selling the PS2s under cost in order to get more in people's homes?
Technically, yes... since they depend on software sales in general (like all other game system companies) to gain profits. But if you buy a new PS2 because your old one broke, you're stating that you're still willing to support Sony by buying more software titles for that system. Thus, you'd still be giving them money.
My personal thoughts on this, if the article is indeed true from MagicBollocks... Mikami may have said a little too much. A lot of his statements are unfounded and doesn't have much concrete statements to support his claims. It seems apparent that his opinions of Square and Sony are more personal-based than anything.
Also, I liked RE for Gamecube a lot. It was a nice gesture to redo it, and it's pretty much the perfect version IMO. However, it's still... RE 1. Kind of like how Capcom made 5 versions of Street Fighter 2, people lose interest on a series if it's redone so much... no matter how many times you dress it up in newer clothing. And from what I remember, I think this is the 4th incarnation of the original RE.
I think the 2 brand-new Resident Evil/Biohazard games will breathe new life to the series. I'm almost certain it will sell much better than RE1 Gamecube.
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| DKW
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| "Everybody's got one..." , posted Sun 25 Aug 16:48
Counterpoints (yawn):
1. I honestly don't understand the problems seemingly everyone else has with their PS2s. I've had once for almost a year now, and it's never given me any trouble whatsoever. (I've had to replace a number of controllers, but the system itself has held up just fine.)
2. Planned obsolence is as old as captialism. My beef (which I still have, BTW) is that video game technology becomes obsolete so friggin' fast that I regularly have to spend hundreds on a new system, game, and peripherals...to say nothing of the endless variations/editioins/verisons, each of which requires its own hardware. (Anyone who cites the bazillion jillion advantages consoles have over arcades has obviously never had to deal with this.) It's an industry-wide phenomenon; I don't see why any one company should be singled out.
3. Case in point. My family had to shell out another hundred or so for the "dual shock" PSX simply because the old PSX wasn't powerful enough to handle some of our games. This was one case where I think it may have been worth it, since the old PSX was clearly inferior.
4. Console RPGs are the most overrated thing on the planet. (Why the hell do you need a processor designed for the likes of Capcom vs. SNK 2 and CART Fury for still-picture battles and single-character walking animations?) I'm still utterly baffled as to how this was supposedly one of the huge drawbacks of the Dreamcast.
About that "aura" thing...well, I can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but I have never, ever, in my LIFE so much as RENTED a game just because other people loved it. In many cases, I've avoided a game because it had so much hype surrounding it (hello, Grand Theft Auto 3!). I've played a number of these games, and my experience has invariably ranged from kinda enjoyable to horrendously torturous.
5. "Look Darrell, most of the other people on this site have no problem whatsoever with depressing, unreadable stories and unbelievably vulgar criticism, so YOU'RE WRONG!"
"Everyone on this site except you, Darrell, has no problem with massive, impossible cascades of notes, so YOU SUCK!"
"Well, Darrell, you're the ONLY person on this site who hasn't jabbed sharp spikes through his feet, so obviously YOU'RE the weirdo!"
Can you tell that I don't buy popularity as an indicator of quality? One bit?
Look, people, games generate strong emotions. Lord knows I've been there. There's a lot of competition, toes get stepped on, and people complain. Big whoop.
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| Fro Boy11 948th Post
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| "Re(1):A bitter Shinji Mikami?" , posted Mon 26 Aug 12:43
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the-magicbox.com, recently unveiled a radio interview with Resident Evil producer, Shinji Mikami. In this radio interview he criticizes Squaresoft and sony for creating "inferior" products. I pasted the whole article below.
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Capcom's Biohazard producer Mikami criticized Sony & Square in a recent radio program interview in Japan.
1. He mentioned that Sony makes their consoles to break to increase their installed base. He said the PS2 is selling so well because many people are buying a second one for replacement.
2. Other than PS2, he mentioned the current PC systems, walkman and Docomo cellphones are also easy to break, he said manufacturers purposely make the systems easier to break, so that customers have to purchase a new one every one or two years.
3. He said he has bought two PlayStation in the past, because the CD lens wore out quickly. When he played Super Robot Taisen on PS, it took one minute to load up each battle, he was so pissed off that he had to get a new PlayStation to play the game.
4. He expressed that Square's Kingdom Hearts is selling so well because of "Aura Purchase", i.e. people buy this game because his/her friends are playing the same game, dispute whether he/she likes the game or not. He said Kingdom Hearts does not deserve the 780,000+ sales, it doesn't worth the 7800 yen price tag.
5. At last he said "Square please forgive me", because he was so angry that Kingdom Hearts has sold a whole lot more than Biohazard on GameCube (both games released at the same time), he thinks Biohazard is a much better quality game, although Kingdom Hearts is not a bad game either.
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It's funny cause I had my ps2 since launch and it still runs fine....Guess i'm lucky...
Y'know, I think he's kinda bitter because he's just now realized that he MAY HAVE made a bad decision by putting the Resident Evil games (except RE Online) on the GC. I DO, however, believe what he said about the PS2's breaking and selling good. I've never thought of it that way. Because the PS2 is a great console with great games. If yours broke and you couldn't get it fixed you just might go without one for a while then go buy another one.
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