Tecmo has announced details of the Dead or Alive 3 booster disc for its best-selling Xbox title. The first console add-on of its kind, the disc will contain a new movie for the game, new costumes for the fighters and a demo for those that don’t own the original.
“The Booster Disc is my way of personally thanking gamers for supporting Dead or Alive 3,” said Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the Dead or Alive series. “We developed Dead or Alive 3 first and foremost for the U.S. market. When we created this bonus material for the Japanese and European versions of DOA3, we didn’t want American gamers to feel left out. That’s why we’re offering these extras free of charge. It’s a win-win situation for everybody. Of course, the only system on which this is possible is Xbox, thanks to the built-in hard drive.”
“Tecmo has always focused on advancing new technology and maintaining excellent relations with our consumers,” said John Inada, Marketing Director, Tecmo Inc. “This is the perfect match between those two ideas. We’re trying something that’s never been done in the industry before, and the reason we’re doing it is to give back to the consumer, who is our #1 priority.”
“This is a unique and revolutionary idea to offer bonus material for a game post-launch free of charge,” said J. Allard, General Manager, Xbox Platform. “Xbox is the only system on which this is possible out of the box. We are proud of the pioneering spirit of third party developers such as Tecmo who push the envelope of technology while showcasing the full power of Xbox, the most powerful video game system on the market.”
This is all well and good, but it is widely believed that games consumers, and especially console owners, would rather have received a complete game in the first place.
It is still unclear which version of DOA 3 will be released into the European market next Thursday.
“The Booster Disc is my way of personally thanking gamers for supporting Dead or Alive 3,” said Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the Dead or Alive series. “We developed Dead or Alive 3 first and foremost for the U.S. market. When we created this bonus material for the Japanese and European versions of DOA3, we didn’t want American gamers to feel left out. That’s why we’re offering these extras free of charge. It’s a win-win situation for everybody. Of course, the only system on which this is possible is Xbox, thanks to the built-in hard drive.”
“Tecmo has always focused on advancing new technology and maintaining excellent relations with our consumers,” said John Inada, Marketing Director, Tecmo Inc. “This is the perfect match between those two ideas. We’re trying something that’s never been done in the industry before, and the reason we’re doing it is to give back to the consumer, who is our #1 priority.”
“This is a unique and revolutionary idea to offer bonus material for a game post-launch free of charge,” said J. Allard, General Manager, Xbox Platform. “Xbox is the only system on which this is possible out of the box. We are proud of the pioneering spirit of third party developers such as Tecmo who push the envelope of technology while showcasing the full power of Xbox, the most powerful video game system on the market.”
This is all well and good, but it is widely believed that games consumers, and especially console owners, would rather have received a complete game in the first place.
It is still unclear which version of DOA 3 will be released into the European market next Thursday.
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