In what's likely to be a big step for future downloadable games on consoles, Gamasutra is reporting that Sony has officially released Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection on their online Playstation Store in Japan. From the full report:
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First hinted at in a Weekly Famitsu report in early December without a release date or price point, the PS3 version of Dark Resurrection has quietly been added to both the Japan and Hong Kong local PlayStation Stores.
Running at full HD (in up to 720p or 1080p) at a promised 60 frames per second, the new version of the 7th iteration in the long-running Tekken series makes boss character Jinpachi Mishima playable for the first time.
New, fully HD version of a well-loved fighter for only just over $15? The 830 MB download is awfully heavy, sure, but once again Sony has shown that they're serious about offering compelling downloadable content at really nice pricing. Let's hope this makes it over to North America without a big boost in the price, and let's hope we keep seeing more of this.
That's pretty damn slick. Good to see they're looking to put that 60GB HDD to good use. Now they need to get Square-Enix on board and get some HD FFXII lovin'.
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Well, shiver me timbers, Sony doing something right. Bravo, that price point is nice for a relatively new game with some HD goodness. Now if they can keep this up, maybe it will pressure MS and Nintendo to change their price model for classics, which is borderline ridiculous.
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Dena, Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection, if I understand it correctly, was an arcade game first (like most fighters). It got ported to the PSP and now there's a PS3 version with some new content (new playable characters and such) and fully HD graphics.
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T5: DR contains 2 new characters and some new stages. The PS3 version doesn't have any new content, save for a playable Jinpachi(probably instabanned from tourneys...) and HD resolution. Given the download size, it probably doesn't have any of the CG videos from the PSP version. It may very well be a straight up arcade port with no extras(save for playable Jinpachi).
Now for clarification, the game was released by Bandai/Namco and I don't think Sony had much of a hand in the pricing or anything else, save for maybe agreeing to put it up on the store.
Tyrant, whether or not Sony had a hand in pricing, it's still a much better, more reasonable price than a lot of "lesser" content that we're seeing on both Microsoft and Nintendo's download services that seem overpriced by comparison. And Sony's already had other downloadable content for really good pricing (Lemmings).
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Tyrant, whether or not Sony had a hand in pricing, it's still a much better, more reasonable price than a lot of "lesser" content that we're seeing on both Microsoft and Nintendo's download services that seem overpriced by comparison. And Sony's already had other downloadable content for really good pricing (Lemmings).
Is it true you can't play any VC games unless you have the classic controller (or GC controller)?
My cousin was talking about VC to me and I couldn't believe it when he told me that.
I don't think that's completely, BAP. Pretty sure I've heard that the Wiimote is the number one choice for many VC titles, but just won't work with others.
EDIT: That should read "completely true, BAP."
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Is it true you can't play any VC games unless you have the classic controller (or GC controller)?
My cousin was talking about VC to me and I couldn't believe it when he told me that.
No, that's not true. NES and most TG16 titles (and some Sega ones, I think) can use the normal Wii remote turned on its side, so it looks sort of like an old NES controller. SNES, N64, and other more complex titles require using either a classic controller or a Gamecube controller simply because there's not enough buttons on the normal Wii controller for it to work otherwise. Nintendo's online shop tells you very clearly before every purchase which controllers work with the game you're purchasing.
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Great, great deal. I still see the PSP version go for $40 in some spots. Say what you will about Sony, but their pricing on downloadables is very kickass. I mean you'd have to be a big sony hater to bitch about this.
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