<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Atlus becomes an Xbox 360 publisher, picks up Operation Darkness</title> <atom:link href="http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/</link> <description>The secret level in the world of video game news.</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:27:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-244042</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:49:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-244042</guid> <description>The US PSP user base isn&#039;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#039;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#039;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#039;Arc), so it&#039;s hardly a bastion for fans.And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#039;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.I&#039;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#039;t sell tons, but I&#039;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#039;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US PSP user base isn&#8217;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#8217;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#8217;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#8217;Arc), so it&#8217;s hardly a bastion for fans.</p><p>And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#8217;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.</p><p>I&#8217;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#8217;t sell tons, but I&#8217;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#8217;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681690</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681690</guid> <description>The US PSP user base isn&#039;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#039;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#039;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#039;Arc), so it&#039;s hardly a bastion for fans.And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#039;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.I&#039;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#039;t sell tons, but I&#039;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#039;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US PSP user base isn&#8217;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#8217;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#8217;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#8217;Arc), so it&#8217;s hardly a bastion for fans.</p><p>And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#8217;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.</p><p>I&#8217;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#8217;t sell tons, but I&#8217;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#8217;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681691</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681691</guid> <description>The US PSP user base isn&#039;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#039;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#039;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#039;Arc), so it&#039;s hardly a bastion for fans.And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#039;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.I&#039;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#039;t sell tons, but I&#039;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#039;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US PSP user base isn&#8217;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#8217;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#8217;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#8217;Arc), so it&#8217;s hardly a bastion for fans.</p><p>And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#8217;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.</p><p>I&#8217;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#8217;t sell tons, but I&#8217;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#8217;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681692</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681692</guid> <description>The US PSP user base isn&#039;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#039;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#039;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#039;Arc), so it&#039;s hardly a bastion for fans.And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#039;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.I&#039;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#039;t sell tons, but I&#039;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#039;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US PSP user base isn&#8217;t friendly towards anything. They buy almost no software at all (which is why most companies don&#8217;t make games for it anymore).   And as a platform, it&#8217;s only got 2 original SRPGs (LOTR Tactics and Jeanne d&#8217;Arc), so it&#8217;s hardly a bastion for fans.</p><p>And Blue Dragon was never really a FF killer. Sure, it had some of the people who worked on the older games, but that was its problems. It couldn&#8217;t even compare with the PS2 Final Fantasies, much less FF13. It was a very old school (Like FFIV-ish) RPG with original Xbox quality graphics.</p><p>I&#8217;m sure it Spectral Force III won&#8217;t sell tons, but I&#8217;m sure it will do far far better than any IF PSP game, and make more money, for basically the same amount of work.  PS2 software sales are down dramatically. Atlus has to go somewhere.  There aren&#8217;t many SRPGs on the DS. That pretty much leaves the 360.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Chris</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-243667</link> <dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:28:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-243667</guid> <description>Get back to me when the next major Megaten series game is announced.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get back to me when the next major Megaten series game is announced.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Chris</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681673</link> <dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681673</guid> <description>Get back to me when the next major Megaten series game is announced.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get back to me when the next major Megaten series game is announced.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hello Hello</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-243495</link> <dc:creator>Hello Hello</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:44:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-243495</guid> <description>@JeremyRWell, what you neglect to mention is that the PSP user-base is very friendly toward Japanese Strategy-RPGs, while the vast majority of the Xbox 360 base is not. The fact that Spectral Souls bombed so badly only paints a grimmer picture for Spectral Force 3. If games high-profiled games like Eternal Sonata, and the hyped &quot;Final Fantasy Killer&quot; Blue Dragon can&#039;t bring in amazing sales, then what hope does this 2-D turn based series have on the 360?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@JeremyR</p><p>Well, what you neglect to mention is that the PSP user-base is very friendly toward Japanese Strategy-RPGs, while the vast majority of the Xbox 360 base is not. The fact that Spectral Souls bombed so badly only paints a grimmer picture for Spectral Force 3. If games high-profiled games like Eternal Sonata, and the hyped &#8220;Final Fantasy Killer&#8221; Blue Dragon can&#8217;t bring in amazing sales, then what hope does this 2-D turn based series have on the 360?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hello Hello</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681677</link> <dc:creator>Hello Hello</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681677</guid> <description>@JeremyRWell, what you neglect to mention is that the PSP user-base is very friendly toward Japanese Strategy-RPGs, while the vast majority of the Xbox 360 base is not. The fact that Spectral Souls bombed so badly only paints a grimmer picture for Spectral Force 3. If games high-profiled games like Eternal Sonata, and the hyped &quot;Final Fantasy Killer&quot; Blue Dragon can&#039;t bring in amazing sales, then what hope does this 2-D turn based series have on the 360?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@JeremyR</p><p>Well, what you neglect to mention is that the PSP user-base is very friendly toward Japanese Strategy-RPGs, while the vast majority of the Xbox 360 base is not. The fact that Spectral Souls bombed so badly only paints a grimmer picture for Spectral Force 3. If games high-profiled games like Eternal Sonata, and the hyped &#8220;Final Fantasy Killer&#8221; Blue Dragon can&#8217;t bring in amazing sales, then what hope does this 2-D turn based series have on the 360?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-243274</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:08:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-243274</guid> <description>Well, I can&#039;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#039;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#039;t completely tank.I&#039;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I can&#8217;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#8217;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#8217;t completely tank.</p><p>I&#8217;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681687</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681687</guid> <description>Well, I can&#039;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#039;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#039;t completely tank.I&#039;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I can&#8217;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#8217;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#8217;t completely tank.</p><p>I&#8217;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681688</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681688</guid> <description>Well, I can&#039;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#039;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#039;t completely tank.I&#039;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I can&#8217;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#8217;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#8217;t completely tank.</p><p>I&#8217;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JeremyR</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681689</link> <dc:creator>JeremyR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681689</guid> <description>Well, I can&#039;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#039;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#039;t completely tank.I&#039;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I can&#8217;t see it doing any worse than Spectral Souls did.  I mean, the 360 user base is about the size as the PSP user base, but they buy like 10x the software.  And while I don&#8217;t think SS did well, NISA is still in business (even putting out another IF game 6 months afterwards), so it didn&#8217;t completely tank.</p><p>I&#8217;m curious how Atlus will price it. I doubt I would go for it at $60 (if I get a 360 by the time it comes out), but $40 would probably move a lot of copies.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hello Hello</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-243244</link> <dc:creator>Hello Hello</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:53:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-243244</guid> <description>I like the Spectral series, but I can&#039;t see this (Spectral Force 3) doing well over here in North America. I just don&#039;t think the Xbox 360 user-base will give the game a chance.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the Spectral series, but I can&#8217;t see this (Spectral Force 3) doing well over here in North America. I just don&#8217;t think the Xbox 360 user-base will give the game a chance.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hello Hello</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-681676</link> <dc:creator>Hello Hello</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:53:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-681676</guid> <description>I like the Spectral series, but I can&#039;t see this (Spectral Force 3) doing well over here in North America. I just don&#039;t think the Xbox 360 user-base will give the game a chance.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the Spectral series, but I can&#8217;t see this (Spectral Force 3) doing well over here in North America. I just don&#8217;t think the Xbox 360 user-base will give the game a chance.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Spike420</title><link>http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/comment-page-1/#comment-241865</link> <dc:creator>Spike420</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:05:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/16/atlus-picks-up-operation-darkness-the-first-of-two-xbox-360-games/#comment-241865</guid> <description>I was wondering when operation darkness was going to be brought over  they have been selling gamerpics and stuff  on xbl lol</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wondering when operation darkness was going to be brought over  they have been selling gamerpics and stuff  on xbl lol</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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