Rumor: Dead Or Alive 5 Incoming, Set For PlayStation 3?
Dead or Alive 4PlayStation fans likely aren't too familiar with the Dead or Alive fighting franchise, as most entries have been exclusive to an Xbox platform. However, in these days of dying third-party exclusivity, PS3 owners may see the girls of DoA grace their console before long.
The latest rumor says that Dead or Alive 5 is a "multiplatform title" in development for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. There's no official evidence for the time being, but it was mentioned that with known Microsoft fan Tomonobu Itagaki leaving Tecmo, franchises like DoA may no longer be exclusive. Furthermore, while the Ninja Gaiden series always manages to debut on the 360, the PS3 does get an updated version later on down the road (another practice that may give way to simple simultaneous releases in the future). It also seems that European retail channels are reporting that DoA5 will indeed be a multiplat game; Koei of Europe - Koei and Tecmo are now joined - has evidently been fueling such rumors. So the hints are there but we certainly can't say it's inevitable until we see something concrete. With the return of the fighting genre's popularity this generation, perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to pursue a fifth Dead or Alive. It makes good business sense, at any rate.
And no, we're not talking about the Xtreme Beach Volleyball titles. If you want those, you really do need a 360...and there's nothing wrong with having a guilty pleasure. ;)
11/6/2009 10:28:55 AM Ben Dutka
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 10:58:03 AM
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Highlander
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:04:50 AM
Button mashing games with pretty graphics, isn't that what got many of us into the video game arcades of old anyway?
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 1:40:50 PM
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ace_boon_coon
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 10:55:28 AM
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Snaaaake
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 10:57:43 AM
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I do remember playing DOA on my PS1 and I was like WTF!?!? THE GIRLS ARE BOUNCING EVEN WHEN I MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD.
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bearbobby
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 3:31:50 PM
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Scarecrow
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:06:07 AM
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Love the character designs
Hate the gameplay (no depth, simple countering/reversals)
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Highlander
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:20:55 AM
Sometimes it's OK to just keep hitting square over and over again like a maniac while the pretty lady in chiffon hits her opponent over and over until their energy bar hits zero.
Not that I'd ever adopt such a strategy myself, I mean I'd far rather concentrate on using a combination of guards, guard impacts, and counters than just watching the pretty lady beat some sense into her opponent. Honest...
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TEG3SH
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 3:45:19 PM
and i'm really good in that game really really good(the reason why i bought a 360)
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Andysw
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:09:32 AM
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Xbox I don't care.
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coverton341
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:40:57 AM
Not entirely sure what you are saying here. In this day and age it has been said many times over, third party exclusives are nearly gone. Financial reality is making it necessary to hit as big an audience as possible to turn a profit for dev teams that don't have the backing of one of the major console developers.
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Highlander
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:13:27 AM
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Seriously for a moment, KOEI and TECMO are both well aware that their home market is dominated by the PS3, they've seen the success of games like MGS4 there, and they've seen games like Soul Calibur 4 and Tekken 6 doing as well or better on the PS3 in global terms so they know that limiting DOA to the 360 isn't a terribly sound business plan. I doubt that a future DOA game would be meaningfully exclusive. It'll be a straight up multi-platform game, r a timed exclusive with an enhanced PS3 edition coming after a 360 original.
NGS2 kinda, sorta shows that Itagaki's presence was not a necessary element to the production of a game with high production values, and that his absence has allows KOEI/TECMO a wider business and customer base.
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Aftab
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 2:22:04 PM
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Highlander
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 2:27:28 PM
;)
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BTNwarrior
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:22:32 AM
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if only there was a cap on how much fighting games cost, so they would start at $40 then I would be able to enjoy them all
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coverton341
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 11:37:06 AM
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I do remember loving the crap out of DOA3 I think it was on the PS2 or maybe it was DOA2 I dunno, but as Ben confessed above, I too suck at fighting games, but I mean I really really am not good at them, but I do enjoy the occasional one and DOA was always easy for me to pick up and play so if this comes to PS3 I will definitely pick it up.
EDIT and OFF TOPIC: Harley Quinn should have been on this poll, she's hot, just saying.
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Fane1024
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 12:30:13 PM
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bOnEs
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Perry Katy
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 12:17:34 PM
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bOnEs
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 12:47:53 PM
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one can only hope...
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DarthNemesis
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 12:49:26 PM
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A2K78
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Highlander
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Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 2:33:01 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 3:03:57 PM
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DOA5 goes onto PS3 is certainly exciting, but it better not to have frame rate problem, as the Bayonetta or Dragon Age Origin does. Also. as DOA is a veteran franchise for xbox, i wont have any problem of picking up the 5th one on 360.
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Jonesy555
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 4:35:08 PM
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A2K78
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 4:40:48 PM
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Maybe because there is big money to made by doing a arcade release? Why do you think VF5R isn't being released onto either the 360 or PS3? To further add these Arcadia Magazine ranking charts(on the right) pretty much say it:
http://www.arcadiamagazine.com
Anyhow Tecmo is still in the arcade business and it would make perfect sense from a business POV for them to do a arcade release(possibiliy RingEdge base)to advantage of the current upswing going on in japanese arcades.
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cadpig
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 7:28:07 PM
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Scarecrow
Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 7:32:39 PM
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How I would prefer a Dynasty Warriors fighting game (like the original)....
Seriously, Dynasty Warriors was better than Soul Calibur. Those who got to play it know what I'm talking 'bout
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Kangasfwa
Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 1:20:39 AM
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So if Koei and Tecmo have merged does that mean that Dynasty Warriors will be an action game instead of an endless mannequin slashing game?
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Saturday, November 07, 2009 @ 12:24:40 PM
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