Leipzig: Both FIFA 07 and Pro Evo 6 to be 360 Exclusives
Well, for at least twelve months...
Yet again, and disappointingly enough, we have been told very little of genuine interest at the Microsoft press conference which has just wrapped up in Leipzig, other than the interesting news that both Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 6 and EA’s FIFA 07 will both be exclusive to Xbox 360 for the first twelve months after their respective releases later this year.
So neither of these two top-selling football videogames will release on PS3 or Wii until at least late 2007, which is quite a PR coup for Microsoft, SPOnG’s sure you will agree. Not to mention a bit of unfortunate egg on Sony’s face at a crucial time for the company as it prepares to start unveiling its PS3 PR and marketing campaign in the coming months, leading up the November 17 release.
SPOnG is sure that Konami will be unveiling a PS3 version of its beautiful Pro Evo series later in 2007, and is most likely just biding its time to ensure that they deliver the best game they can, which would have been almost impossible to do on PS3 this year, due to tight development scheduling following the fairly late delivery of Sony’s dev kits.
However, even though this is the most likely reason for the short-term ‘exclusive’ being given to Microsoft, the fact that fans of Pro Evo or FIFA will only be able to get their next-gen fix on a 360 until late next year can only be golden news to MS.
SPOnG will be sure to bring you news on the new 360 version of Pro Evo as soon as we get our sweaty mitts on it in the coming months. Oh, and just to be balanced, we’ll bring you FIFA news as well, otherwise EA might get all upset with us again.
In other Microsoft news from Leipzig, the company unveiled several new peripherals: the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows and the Habu Mouse. The only announcement of any interest being the fact that the superb wireless 360 controller is set to work with both Windows XP-based PCs and the Xbox 360 system to “...deliver a consistent entertainment experience across Microsoft’s gaming platforms.”
So neither of these two top-selling football videogames will release on PS3 or Wii until at least late 2007, which is quite a PR coup for Microsoft, SPOnG’s sure you will agree. Not to mention a bit of unfortunate egg on Sony’s face at a crucial time for the company as it prepares to start unveiling its PS3 PR and marketing campaign in the coming months, leading up the November 17 release.
SPOnG is sure that Konami will be unveiling a PS3 version of its beautiful Pro Evo series later in 2007, and is most likely just biding its time to ensure that they deliver the best game they can, which would have been almost impossible to do on PS3 this year, due to tight development scheduling following the fairly late delivery of Sony’s dev kits.
However, even though this is the most likely reason for the short-term ‘exclusive’ being given to Microsoft, the fact that fans of Pro Evo or FIFA will only be able to get their next-gen fix on a 360 until late next year can only be golden news to MS.
SPOnG will be sure to bring you news on the new 360 version of Pro Evo as soon as we get our sweaty mitts on it in the coming months. Oh, and just to be balanced, we’ll bring you FIFA news as well, otherwise EA might get all upset with us again.
In other Microsoft news from Leipzig, the company unveiled several new peripherals: the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows and the Habu Mouse. The only announcement of any interest being the fact that the superb wireless 360 controller is set to work with both Windows XP-based PCs and the Xbox 360 system to “...deliver a consistent entertainment experience across Microsoft’s gaming platforms.”
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wiiwillwin 23 Aug 2006 16:33
1/11
Whoooa....the playstation 3 is in trouble.
wiiwillwin 23 Aug 2006 16:35
2/11
In everywhere except the USA anyway.
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tyrion 23 Aug 2006 17:37
3/11
wiiwillwin wrote:
In everywhere except the USA anyway.
Well, really only in Europe. There are enough Sony fans in Japan to keep it going. There's no competition from the 360 there remember.
Gamers in the USA, as you point out, have little interest in "proper" football. :-) Preferring to play that armoured-up Rugby they like so much.
By the way, you have seen the "Edit" button that appears next to new postings for 15 minutes, haven't you? You can add to your posting without replying to it.
shaunydub 23 Aug 2006 18:37
4/11
the dreamcast didn't have Fifa and look what happened to that.
Fifa is a major draw for alot of European gamers and i know alot of people who won;t buy a ps3 because of this
Fifa is a major draw for alot of European gamers and i know alot of people who won;t buy a ps3 because of this
RiseFromYourGrave 24 Aug 2006 00:07
5/11
shaunydub wrote:
Fifa is a major draw for alot of European gamers and i know alot of people who won;t buy a ps3 because of this
for 12 months, then they are sony's
hollywooda 24 Aug 2006 09:06
6/11
but by then they have a 360 Fifa/Pro evo & have a live account & are playing all there friends online, sony who?....
OptimusP 24 Aug 2006 09:15
7/11
Now we at least know why Nintendo has that Mario Football game in the works so early. To kinda fill in the gap...sorta...somehow...
RiseFromYourGrave 24 Aug 2006 15:47
8/11
hey if i can download ISS64 for the wii, im set :D
Joji 24 Aug 2006 18:07
9/11
Its days like these I hate these kind of exclusivity deals.
Next thing EA will be owned by MS. While I understand the cool features of Live this kind of thing can actually sway sales of consoles.
So there'll be no FIFA on GC, PS2 or Wii? Thanks a lot EA and Konami, I'll be getting a 360 soon but whether I'll play online football I'm not sure.
Why does 360 get both? I'll never know the logic in that, apart from selling more 360s.
Next thing EA will be owned by MS. While I understand the cool features of Live this kind of thing can actually sway sales of consoles.
So there'll be no FIFA on GC, PS2 or Wii? Thanks a lot EA and Konami, I'll be getting a 360 soon but whether I'll play online football I'm not sure.
Why does 360 get both? I'll never know the logic in that, apart from selling more 360s.
fluffstardx 24 Aug 2006 23:26
10/11
It's only exclusive for the generation, IE it won't be on Wii or PS3. The "old gen" still gets them.
Moschops 24 Aug 2006 23:28
11/11
fluffstardx wrote:
It's only exclusive for the generation, IE it won't be on Wii or PS3. The "old gen" still gets them.
PS3 is screwed for support from the soccer fans, which is surely a massive chunka market