Japanese RPG Developers and 2007 |
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Degenki Online's yearly Start/End-of-the-year-feature is out again, and RPGfan has a nice collection of comments from Japanese developers about what they have in store for gamers on 2007.
Kenji Matsuhara, director of Koei's online business wants to capitalize on the PS3's CELL processor. Given the amount of commentary we've been reading from the more vocal of developers on how hard it is to program for the CELL, this is definitely good news. It's nice to hear that some people are thinking of the CELL as an opportunity and a challenge instead of a roadblock that prevents 100% usage of the PS3's potential.
Hiroshi Matsuyama, president of CyberConnect 2, the guys who are responsible for the .hack RPG games emphasized the different functions and opportunities offered by each of the three systems. He also confirms that they've begun working with the new hardware.
Tako Miyoshi of Phantasy Star fame thinks that the Wii as a whole has a lot to offer. Yuuji Naka thinks that it's the new input devices (the SIXAXIS and the Wiimote) that will dictate the future.
Nippon Ichi's Souhei Shinkawa is a bit more pragmatic. He points that due to a shrinking market and declining sales figures of high profile games, the key to survival in the coming year is to create games that truly take advantage of the capabilities of the console that it is made for.
In contrast to Shinkawa's console-oriented stance, Makoto Yoshidzumi, producer of the Tales of series says that, traditionally, the Tales series wasn't really about the latest technology or really good graphics, but was about using existing methods and technology to deliver to players stories that they can enjoy. However, the producer does say that he feels that the time has come for the entire concept behind the Tales series to be re-built.
Atushi Taniguchi of From Soft promises that they will have a new DS game of an existing franchise soon that will feature multiplayer support. He says that they will make an announcement about it soon.
Level 5 president Akihiko Hino says that they had no problem adapting to the new systems. Currently Level 5 is working on several titles for the DS and Shirokishi Monogatari (White Knight Story), the PlayStation 3.
Mmm. White Knight... Can't wait.
Via RPGFan
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Comments [refresh]
It's nice to hear that there are Developers who aren't running away from the challenges of the next-gen consoles. Can't wait to the see the outcome.
over at the ps3 section, almost all people would say first.
i dunno what it means. why be first if what you're saying is plain garbage and uninformational .
well rpg's do take a while to create and lots of things to plan for it but in the long run its most wort while genre giving you 10x the longetivity to play than some best selling action game.