factor 5 no longer developing for gamecube (or any other current-gen system)

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14 Apr 2004, 06:46 PM
epmode

factor 5 no longer developing for gamecube (or any other current-gen system)

http://cube.ign.com/articles/506/506508p1.html

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Factor 5 Update
Making no more games for Nintendo's console.

April 14, 2004 - In a conversation with IGNcube today, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht said the company would not develop any more titles for Nintendo's GameCube console. The studio is currently creating software for other platforms.

Eggebrecht would not say what titles were in development at Factor 5 nor would he talk specifically about what platform they might appear on. However, at the Game Developers Conference 2004 Eggebrecht was spotlighted as one of the studio heads very keen on Sony PSP development.

The Factor 5 president told IGNcube that no software from the San Rafael-based software house would be previewed at the forthcoming Electronics Entertainment Expo 2004, which kicks off this May in Los Angeles.

edit: good riddance, as far as i'm concerned.

edit^2: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/04...s_6093544.html

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However, Eggebrecht was quick to dispel any "doom" that might surround Factor 5's announcement. Echoing Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack, he emphasized his enthusiasm for Nintendo's future console efforts. "We are extremely excited about both DS and GCNext, so any talk of us abandoning Nintendo platforms altogether is just not true," he told GameSpot.

According to Eggebrecht, the only reason Factor 5 has stopped making GameCube games was that they've abandoned current-generation hardware altogether. "It is simply because we have moved into next-generation development," he said.

As for which future console Factor 5 was creating games for, Eggebrecht was unspecific, saying only "there might be a surprise [announcement] coming from us."
14 Apr 2004, 06:50 PM
bahn

ha. It would be funny if they release new Star Wars games on Xbox and they're 100x better than the GameCube versions.
14 Apr 2004, 06:50 PM
ChaoofNee

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edit: good riddance, as far as i'm concerned.

Same here.
Thems Star Wars games always controlled like the ass.
14 Apr 2004, 07:06 PM
Damian79

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Originally Posted by bahn

ha. It would be funny if they release new Star Wars games on Xbox and they're 100x better than the GameCube versions.

How would it be 100x better when all their games fail in the gameplay department?

EDIT: If they are making gaes for the PSP, they sure as hell better release R-Type or the original Turricans on it.
14 Apr 2004, 07:15 PM
ZCL

Yeah, not a big loss from my point of view. Factor 5 does some very nice looking games for SW, but they jam each mission so full of objectives that it's almost impossible to really have fun with them. It's like going on a tour group with an anal-retentive guide: "Don't fall behind, we've got a lot of ground to cover here, and keep your grubby hands off the exhibits." Cloud City would've been awesome in RL if you could actually afford to do some serious dogfighting.
14 Apr 2004, 07:16 PM
Mairu

OH MY GOD NO! NO MORE ROGUE SQUADRON GAMES FOR GAMECUBE?!?

I CANT LIVE WITHOUT THEM!

This could also mean that rumored Pilotwings is for N5
14 Apr 2004, 07:18 PM
Bacon McShig

I saw this as the most recently posted... post... on the front page of the MB, and it said "factor 5 no longer developing for..." I was hoping the end of that would be Lucasarts, but you disappointed me.

F5's games always seemed like they'd be better if they weren't shackled to the deadlines and rushes that making high-profile licensed games for Lucasarts entails.

Oh well.
14 Apr 2004, 07:36 PM
Yoshi

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Originally Posted by Bacon McShig

F5's games always seemed like they'd be better if they weren't shackled to the deadlines and rushes that making high-profile licensed games for Lucasarts entails.

Nothing, nothing will ever be better without Star Wars. :nod:
14 Apr 2004, 08:18 PM
jp

First Silicon Knights and now Factor 5.

Wow...
14 Apr 2004, 08:21 PM
Green

Guess the Rogue Squadron trilogy comp for Xbox could come true.
14 Apr 2004, 08:22 PM
Sl1p

Hooray! Shitty Star Wars games for all!
14 Apr 2004, 08:33 PM
Ragnarok the Red

Looks like Nintendo's trimming more of the fat, not like Rebel Strike was blowing up the sales charts. I dug Rogue Leader enough but Strike was too much of a rehash, really, and there really wasn't any excuse not to have more innovation in it.
14 Apr 2004, 08:46 PM
Kinopio

I highly doubt they'll have more success on other platforms, from either a technical or business perspective. Rebel Strike is an amazing looking game, and Rogue Leader is still the best selling 3rd party cube game.
14 Apr 2004, 09:32 PM
Master of 7s

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Originally Posted by Ragnarok the Red

Looks like Nintendo's trimming more of the fat,

:lol:

I suppose you could look at it that way.
14 Apr 2004, 09:54 PM
NoFace

Rogue Leader is the best selling 3rd party Gamecube game still? Frankly, I think that says everything you need to say about Nintendo's 3rd party support... geez.
14 Apr 2004, 10:08 PM
Joust Williams

It doesn't matter much to me. There are several third party games on it that I like, so it doesn't matter how much they sell (well, I wish they'd sell better if only so more games of that type would make it). When Nintendo stops developing for Nintendo consoles (heh), then I'd be disappointed.
14 Apr 2004, 10:11 PM
Damian79

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

:lol:

I suppose you could look at it that way.

Agreed. SK is different to rare, as they were heading in the right direction instead in terms od design philosphy in regards to games unlike rare. I guarantee you that PD0 will have like a million useless crap that you are forced to do considering the direction where they were taking their gaming.
14 Apr 2004, 10:19 PM
Kinopio

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Originally Posted by NoFace

Rogue Leader is the best selling 3rd party Gamecube game still? Frankly, I think that says everything you need to say about Nintendo's 3rd party support... geez.

Its the same deal with the xbox, pretty much. Since launch they've only had 1 3rd party game which was a big hit, that being Splinter Cell.

I'm willing to bet that RE4 will be the best selling 3rd party gamecube title, when all is said and done. That game looks monumentally awesome.
14 Apr 2004, 10:30 PM
Yoshi

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Originally Posted by Sl1p

Hooray! Shitty Star Wars games for all!

This coming from the person with fucking Pop'n Music in his sig. I keep forgetting that taste is a privilege not a right.
14 Apr 2004, 10:33 PM
Clash!

Hopefully Factor 5 will finally finish Thornado now, on the Xbox or something. Thornado being a new sequal to the Turrican series of games.
14 Apr 2004, 10:35 PM
Damian79

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Originally Posted by Clash_Master

Hopefully Factor 5 will finally finish Thornado now, on the Xbox or something. Thornado being a new sequal to the Turrican series of games.

It wasn't the hardware that was screwing them oer with it, it was the gameplay. Since they cosidered Rogue Leader's gameplay to be good, I am glad it didn't make it out.

All they can make these days are tech demos it seems.
14 Apr 2004, 11:13 PM
epmode

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/04...s_6093544.html

excerpt:

Quote:

However, Eggebrecht was quick to dispel any "doom" that might surround Factor 5's announcement. Echoing Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack, he emphasized his enthusiasm for Nintendo's future console efforts. "We are extremely excited about both DS and GCNext, so any talk of us abandoning Nintendo platforms altogether is just not true," he told GameSpot.

According to Eggebrecht, the only reason Factor 5 has stopped making GameCube games was that they've abandoned current-generation hardware altogether. "It is simply because we have moved into next-generation development," he said.

As for which future console Factor 5 was creating games for, Eggebrecht was unspecific, saying only "there might be a surprise [announcement] coming from us."
14 Apr 2004, 11:26 PM
Low

Their Turrican games were excellent, couldn't care less about the numerous Star Wars titles. *-neo
14 Apr 2004, 11:35 PM
Andy

Actually, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is the best selling third party title for the Cube. But anyway, I'm dissapointed by this, I was really hoping they were doing a Cube Pilotwings title. I mean, Rebel Strike's on-foot stuff was fucking hideous (from the demo, at least), but Factor 5 definitely knows how to push the Cube's graphical buttons, and the flight-based gameplay of the Rogue Squadron series has always been good imo, so it seemed like a perfect match to me :(
15 Apr 2004, 12:33 AM
salmonax

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Originally Posted by Ragnarok the Red

Looks like Nintendo's trimming more of the fat

If you mean they're cutting off their own tits, then... yes.
15 Apr 2004, 12:38 AM
Ragnarok the Red

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Originally Posted by Kinopio

Its the same deal with the xbox, pretty much. Since launch they've only had 1 3rd party game which was a big hit, that being Splinter Cell.

I think you can add SW: KotOR and, shortly, Ninja Gaiden to that list :)

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Originally Posted by salmonax

If you mean they're cutting off their own tits, then... yes.

:lol:
15 Apr 2004, 12:54 AM
AaronChance

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Originally Posted by Kinopio

Its the same deal with the xbox, pretty much. Since launch they've only had 1 3rd party game which was a big hit, that being Splinter Cell.

I guess the 2 million+ copies of DOA3 sold aren't enough to qualify as a big hit.

It's odd that a company would feel the need to announce they're not working on current generation hardware. Most companies do that all the time without making a big press release about it. I guess Factor 5 didn't like how people saw them as a Nintendo company when they weren't.
15 Apr 2004, 01:34 AM
Damian79

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

I guess the 2 million+ copies of DOA3 sold aren't enough to qualify as a big hit.

It's odd that a company would feel the need to announce they're not working on current generation hardware. Most companies do that all the time without making a big press release about it. I guess Factor 5 didn't like how people saw them as a Nintendo company when they weren't.

DOA3 topped 2 million? I never heard anything after the one million it broke in July 2002. You sure you didn't get that mixxed up with MK:DA wich did across all platforms?
15 Apr 2004, 01:36 AM
Roufuss

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Originally Posted by Damian79

DOA3 topped 2 million? I never heard anything after the one million it broke in July 2002.

Cmon, this is just common sense.

Do you think DoA 3 just magically stopped selling after July 2002?
15 Apr 2004, 01:45 AM
Damian79

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Originally Posted by Roufuss

Cmon, this is just common sense.

Do you think DoA 3 just magically stopped selling after July 2002?

But the 2 million mark is a big occasion for any game. Most sites report that achievement especially if it is on a secondary console like the Xbox or GC.

EDIT: Halo broke the 4 million mark last december? Where the hell were the sites?
15 Apr 2004, 01:53 AM
Will

Factor 5 left?!? OMG OMG OMG!!
15 Apr 2004, 02:46 AM
soundwave

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Originally Posted by Will

Factor 5 left?!? OMG OMG OMG!!

It is teh DEATH BELLS!!!
15 Apr 2004, 10:39 AM
Zerodash

After the sheer horridness of Rebel Strike, Factor 5 should not be allowed to make games ever again.
15 Apr 2004, 11:21 AM
Kbu Chan

agrees 110%. I hate that pile.
15 Apr 2004, 01:33 PM
Kinopio

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

I guess the 2 million+ copies of DOA3 sold aren't enough to qualify as a big hit.

I said since launch. DOA3 was at launch.

KoToR isn't the level of hit that DOA3 or Splinter Cell is, and I doubt Ninja Gaiden will be either.