XBOX 360 Exclusive for 1 Year

niall mc · 23-08-2006 1:31pm #1

It seems that Microsoft have bought the third gen rights to Pro Evo for a year. Big news coz it could be the game that will convert PS3 fans to the XBOX360.

Its still going to come out on PS2 which will probably have better gameplay coz the D-pad on my 360 is terrible and its the same on my mates ones.
Still, cant wait to see the graphics.

The demo is supposed to come out on August 26th.

Smellyirishman · 23-08-2006 1:34pm

The phrase I saw was "Next-gen Exclusive" over at eurogamer's live feed, which could suggest an exclusive period on 360 AND PS3 for 12 months?

niall mc · 23-08-2006 1:45pm

sorry link:

http://www.evo-web.co.uk

rcs · 23-08-2006 1:46pm

Was considering selling my 360 but I'm going to wait until I see what Pro Evo is like on it before I make any rash decisions!

Anyone know if the demo will be going straight onto Xbox Live on the 23rd or when it will be available on Live?

Smellyirishman · 23-08-2006 1:54pm

{EDIT} I am an idiot

Although it's not really 360 exclusive as the PS2 and X-block will get it, but at least the PS3 doesn't!

dar83 · 23-08-2006 5:09pm

It's also not really "Next-Gen", which is the funny part. Mart over at E-W has a post that pretty much sums up what the situation is, so it's more a marketing move that doesn't actually have any meaning to anything.

KdjaCL · 23-08-2006 5:25pm

So is there going to be a PES7 next year? Seems not, so if Pes6 comes out on all formats in october then a year passes its pes7 time, will they bring out pes6 on ps3 just to have it out for a week or so ro will they just release pes7?

kdjac

evad_lhorg · 23-08-2006 5:54pm

no theyre saying the series is exclusive. there will be a 7

Zapp Brannigan · 23-08-2006 7:12pm

Have to say from what I've seen of PES6 it aint looking that much better. I would've thought that Konami would give it an overhaul for the next gen, instead they've just made some textures better. added a 16:9 view and new licenses. Not that impressive tbh. Still, I'll buy it on my soon-to-own 360.

GrumPy · 23-08-2006 7:14pm

Slurms wrote:

Have to say from what I've seen of PES6 it aint looking that much better. I would've thought that Konami would give it an overhaul for the next gen, instead they've just made some textures better. added a 16:9 view and new licenses. Not that impressive tbh. Still, I'll buy it on my soon-to-own 360.

Get your slimey mits off Keysers xbox!! :mad:

Zapp Brannigan · 23-08-2006 7:23pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Get your slimey mits off Keysers xbox!! :mad:

It will be mine soon!! *evil laugh*

dar83 · 24-08-2006 11:45am

Slurms wrote:

Have to say from what I've seen of PES6 it aint looking that much better. I would've thought that Konami would give it an overhaul for the next gen, instead they've just made some textures better. added a 16:9 view and new licenses. Not that impressive tbh. Still, I'll buy it on my soon-to-own 360.

The only people that expected a "next-gen" version of PES6 on the 360 were Xbox fanboys. The fact of the matter is, Konami and Seabass especially are so close to Sony that it was never going to be the case. The first true next-gen version was always going to be WE11 (or whatever they call it) which will be released in Japan probably next August.
The exclusivity deal for PES6 for a year is all a marketing move by MS, as there wont actually be a PS3 version of PES6, it just basically means that they'll sucker people who were undecided on a 360 into buying one, as they think thats all they will be able to play PES on in the future.

KdjaCL · 24-08-2006 12:47pm

if ps3 is backwards compatible with Ps2 is it really a marketting coup?

kdjac

dar83 · 24-08-2006 3:21pm

I wouldn't call it any sort of coup to begin with, but you can be sure MS will do their best to mascarade it like that.
Their main selling point is its "next-gen" tag, coupled with the apparent exclusivity, which as we know from the screens and gameplay video is a bit of a stretch itself.

rcs · 24-08-2006 4:14pm

Is there an actual gameplay video of Pro Evo on the 360 out? If so what's the link?

dar83 · 24-08-2006 4:51pm

http://www.xboxyde.com/stream_2926_fr.html

Taken from:

http://forums.evo-web.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34184&page=3

evad_lhorg · 25-08-2006 12:52am

not looking too good. very sluggish and the players look very robotic.

LookingFor · 26-08-2006 12:23am

I posted this in the thread in the Games forum, but figured y'all might like to see this here too.

Seems MS jumped the gun on this. Konami is pretty annoyed about the 12 month exclusive claims. It's exclusive for 2006, and that's it, and only by default because work on PS3 is quite early. A PS3 version could arrive as early as Spring.

http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153167

Now, however, we're starting to hear a different story. Speaking with Winning Eleven producer/creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka earlier today, we learned that Microsoft made claims that were untrue. "The presentation was misleading," he told us. "We never said exclusive for one year on the next-gen platforms. We said this year. We were agreed that it was this year."

According to Takatsuka, Microsoft's claims have caused some issues for Konami (with Sony, no doubt), and he definitely wants to set the record straight. Winning Eleven is exclusive to the 360 for this year, but it's likely a case of necessesity (the PS3 game, which he confirmed is being worked on, isn't far enough along in development) rather than some major exclusivity deal with Microsoft. The PS3 version could ship as early as next spring, he admitted, though no timeframe has been set yet. The only thing certain is that it will absolutely not release before January 1, 2007.

XBOX 360 Exclusive for 1 Year

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