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Cutriss
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20.  Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Saotome2U wrote: | | Cutriss, I'm curious to know why you somewhat rebut Reenee's claim that a new arcade DDR can't be made unless a 3rd party publishes it. This is true for the US and not JP, I know. Maybe that's what was meant. |
Why does Konami need someone else to publish their games? They self-publish everything.
Did you mean to say "distribute"? Because that's an *ENTIRELY* different ball of wax.
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| 22. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| This could be the beginning of the end, ddr being released only on x-box. Not necessacirily a bad thing. |
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| 23. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Cutriss wrote: | | Saotome2U wrote: | | Cutriss, I'm curious to know why you somewhat rebut Reenee's claim that a new arcade DDR can't be made unless a 3rd party publishes it. This is true for the US and not JP, I know. Maybe that's what was meant. |
Why does Konami need someone else to publish their games? They self-publish everything.
Did you mean to say "distribute"? Because that's an *ENTIRELY* different ball of wax. |
Yeah, that's what I think was meant. I've wondered this for a while, ever since Konami's arcade division shut its doors, I'm sure they'd be able to find another company to distribute the game (a la Nintendo/Rare doing Killer Instinct but Midway distributing it). With that kind of investment, that would also possibly mean bigger licenses and such; unless I'm thinking about it wrong, but considering the popularity here now, I'd think some other company would be intrigued.
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| 24. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I would think that'd be their only option, considering what they've done for the Andamiro lawsuit.
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This could be the beginning of the end, ddr being released only on x-box. Not necessacirily a bad thing.
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Cutriss
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| 25. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Saotome2U wrote: | | Yeah, that's what I think was meant. I've wondered this for a while, ever since Konami's arcade division shut its doors, I'm sure they'd be able to find another company to distribute the game (a la Nintendo/Rare doing Killer Instinct but Midway distributing it). With that kind of investment, that would also possibly mean bigger licenses and such; unless I'm thinking about it wrong, but considering the popularity here now, I'd think some other company would be intrigued. |
Getting a 3rd party to distribute it (as they've done with Warzaid) probably won't cause them to make the licensing budget any bigger - they'd be more concerned about reducing operating costs by not manning a set of offices that they don't use frequently enough.
In other words, having a 3rd party to distribute/service the machines for them would be reflected in lower upfront expenses, meaning that the opportunities for more releases would be more plentiful.
Not that this has changed anything.  | [HENTAI] Reenee wrote: | | I would think that'd be their only option, considering what they've done for the Andamiro lawsuit. |
Nobody really knows that they ever made any concessions to Andamiro. Remember - the settlement was in their favor, and most companies are *loathe* to ever permanently seal themselves off from any market.
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| 26. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Dark Fish wrote: | | A new arcade mix with just about every DDR song ever made |
Four words: Not going to happen.
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| 27. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| (Needs new nickname.) wrote: | | Dark Fish wrote: | | A new arcade mix with just about every DDR song ever made |
Four words: Not going to happen. |
ANOTHER FOUR: Also bad business practice. |
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| 28. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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but what i dont understand is if they can put out another home mix and distibute that... why cant they make another arcade mix and distribute that?
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| 29. Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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You have to consider:
-Software production (new songs, interface, features.)
-Cabinet production
-Distribution
-Fiscal boundries (pertaining to licenses.)
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| 30. Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| [HENTAI] Reenee wrote: | | (Needs new nickname.) wrote: | | Dark Fish wrote: | | A new arcade mix with just about every DDR song ever made |
Four words: Not going to happen. |
ANOTHER FOUR: Also bad business practice. |
Why, unlike home games, I don't really see anyone who downgrades whole arcade machines to older versions. With home games they still make money off old games.
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| 31. Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Larrikin is right, arcade machine software kits (each OFFICIAL kit costs about $3000) arn't usually downgradeable anyway. It would be a good buisiness practice, so that arcades will buy these kits without worrying about the upset patrons (who miss the old mix).
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