Start digging that grave for Atari V3, they officially lose DragonBall |
07-03-2009, 03:35 AM
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#1 | | Decepticon Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 181 | Start digging that grave for Atari V3, they officially lose DragonBall
Kotaku - Namco Bandai Locks Down Dragon Ball License For America - Dragon Ball Dragon Ball license leaves Atari, returns to Namco Bandai
What both of those articles lack to mention is that DragonBall accounts for just under 50% of all the money Atari makes. Them losing the franchise will likely put them in their death bed. Their license was set to expire in January of 2010.
Can't say DragonBall is in the best of hands, especially considering how Bandai Namco treats their other franchises, be it IPs they own, or other licenses.
Atari's involvement with the franchise will be missed, because we certainly wouldn't have gotten as many games are we did if it wasn't for them. Be it from games they produced themselves, like the Legacy Of Goku series, to even the ill fated Sagas, or games they clearly pitched money into for development, like the Budokai, and Budokai Tenkaichi series. Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff | 
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07-03-2009, 04:04 AM
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#2 | | Never Forget Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 29,274 Location: Sheffield, UK News Credits: 1 | Nacmo Bandai own a considerable stake in Atari, this isn't as bad as it might seem. | |
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07-03-2009, 08:41 AM
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#3 | | Action Master Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,420 Location: Cincinnati Collection Count: Beats me! News Credits: 1 | Until they decide to add some brand new content, instead of just rehashing the same damn story over and over, I will not be remotely interested in a DB game. The Great Action Master Thundercracker Thread (Last update 11/23/09)
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07-03-2009, 09:12 AM
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#4 | | Maximal Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 336 Collection Count: Enough... yet somehow not enough | Quote:
Originally Posted by gryph  until they decide to add some brand new content, instead of just rehashing the same damn story over and over, i will not be remotely interested in a db game. | ^thiiiiiiiiiiis | |
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07-03-2009, 09:46 AM
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#5 | | Autobot Sentinel Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,508 Location: Depths of Cybertron Collection Count: I don't really know...been collecting since I was a child, so easily over 300. | I don't know, i'm hyped to play Dragonball: Revenge of King Picollo for Wii. It seems like it's a spiritual sequel to Dragonball Origins. Signature images must be less than 500 pixels wide, 300 pixels high, and less than 40 KB file size
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07-03-2009, 01:43 PM
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#6 | | Decepticon Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 181 | Yeah, people seem stagnant to remember all the rehashes, but seem to neglect all the other games the franchise gets. Thus they bomb, games like DragonBall: Advanced Adventure, Super DragonBall Z (made by the people who made Street Fighter II), DragonBall: Origins sell less then well in the US. Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff | |
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07-03-2009, 11:16 PM
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#7 | | Sakura Fanboy #1 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,653 Location: Alabama Collection Count: A lot | Quote:
Originally Posted by Takao Yeah, people seem stagnant to remember all the rehashes, but seem to neglect all the other games the franchise gets. Thus they bomb, games like DragonBall: Advanced Adventure, Super DragonBall Z (made by the people who made Street Fighter II), DragonBall: Origins sell less then well in the US. | Blame it on poor marketing. All of those DB games you mention, I've never heard of them before til now.
Whereas the Budokai series got advertising out the ying yang. Quote:
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07-05-2009, 11:09 PM
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#8 | | Decepticon Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 181 | The Budokai games got marketing because when they were released the franchise was still on TV in North America.
Revenge Of King Piccolo seems to be the next game that no one will buy, because it isn't a straight up fighting game. Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff | |
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07-05-2009, 11:25 PM
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#9 | | Retired Boss of 2005 Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,893 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Opinions removed at request of Hasbro Collection Count: Mainly G1, MP and the Prime and Bumblebee Shelves News Credits: 4 | I was just thinking the other day about the Time/Warner deal to get Midway. Midway because of their past ownership of Atari owns a vast majority of Atari's Back Catalog and IP. Time/Warner owned Atari before selling it to Midway.  | |
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07-05-2009, 11:30 PM
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#10 | | Decepticon Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 181 | This current Atari is owned by Infrogrames (who incidentally changed their name to Atari), who got Atari from Hasbro back in the early days of this millenium. Sig pictures are to be no larger than 40KB in file size and should be no larger than 300 pixels in height and 500 pixels wide - 2005 Staff | |
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