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  • Namco is apparently a very profitable company, their profits have increased 102% from this time period last year, more than double....

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #34942  by Julius Seeker
 Wed May 21, 2003 2:08 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>As a result they are expanding, while companies like Sega and Capcom are downsizing slightly. Capcom had significant dissapointing sales on the Xbox and PS2 consoles, (believe it or not, their total software sales predicted for Gamecube was actually 0.2M higher than predicted for last year), Sega has had significant problems in their sports games section due to stiff competition from EA, Midway, and Acclaim, and their Xbox software just doesn't sell at all, in fact, their only platnum game in years has been Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. Sega, they have great games but they can't seem to sell 'em.

Well Namco is a different story, their sales on all consoles have been doing very well, they just recently announced their next installment to Xenosaga for the PS2, the game will be revealed June 21st (something most people here will surely be looking forward too). Around that time will be the North American release of perhaps their most anticipated game, Soul Calibur 2 which is arguably the best fighting game yet made, beating out the previous Soul Calibur which held the title. Lets not forget their other RPG Tales of Symphonia, as well as the new Star Fox. They also have Tekken games, and a number of other titles coming out.</div>