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No more Factor 5 on GC - OB1 - 14th April 2004
Oh geez. This is just wondeful news. First SK leaves us, and now F5 states that they're no longer making GC games.
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Quote:April 14, 2004 - In a conversation with IGNcube today, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht said the company would not develop any more titles for Nintendo's GameCube console. The studio is currently creating software for other platforms.
Eggebrecht would not say what titles were in development at Factor 5 nor would he talk specifically about what platform they might appear on. However, at the Game Developers Conference 2004 Eggebrecht was spotlighted as one of the studio heads very keen on Sony PSP development.
The Factor 5 president told IGNcube that no software from the San Rafael-based software house would be previewed at the forthcoming Electronics Entertainment Expo 2004, which kicks off this May in Los Angeles.
Does this also mean that they're no longer working on Pilotwings for the N5? Damnit.
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 14th April 2004
I'm not exactly surprised. Nintendo seems to be doing its best to alienate every developer based in North America, you know. And if that's the goal it's succeeding very well at it. Rare, Left Field, Silicon Knights, Factor 5, Lucasarts, Midway, Acclaim, 'limited support' from EA, etc...
So does this mean that Rogue Squadron Collection for X-Box could be a reality?
No more Factor 5 on GC - OB1 - 14th April 2004
I think so. I'm looking forward to it if it means two-player online co-op.
F5 won't be showing any games at this year's E3, however.
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 14th April 2004
Too bad... I'd like to see what they're doing...
Oh, we should have definitely seen this coming (and it was a rumor for a long time, to be sure), for plenty of reasons... not just the sales of RS3 and potential profits but how Lucasarts has abandoned Nintendo and Factor 5 is very closely tied to Lucasarts...
No more Factor 5 on GC - The Former DMiller - 14th April 2004
I don't know whether I should cry or be pissed off. I think I'll be pissed off.
No more Factor 5 on GC - Great Rumbler - 14th April 2004
Well, shoot.
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 14th April 2004
The rumors have been coming for so long now though, that it's almost a relief to have some kind of resolution...
No more Factor 5 on GC - lazyfatbum - 14th April 2004
Wow, they just dont want to create ANY software for the GC? Is it just me or do they owe their entire company to the success of the Rogue Squadron series?
No more Factor 5 on GC - Great Rumbler - 14th April 2004
Quote:Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht said the company would not develop any more titles for Nintendo's GameCube console.
They don't say anything about the N5, though.
Quote:The studio is currently creating software for other platforms.
Eggebrecht would not say what titles were in development at Factor 5
Super-Secret N5 games, no doubt.
No more Factor 5 on GC - Darunia - 14th April 2004
If the loss of Rare was the first sign of the appocalype, this is surely another one. The best software developers of the N64 era are fleeing us. No more GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, or original Rogue Squadron-making peoples.
No more Factor 5 on GC - Sacred Jellybean - 14th April 2004
Quote:However, Eggebrecht was quick to dispel any "doom" that might surround Factor 5's announcement. Echoing Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack, he emphasized his enthusiasm for Nintendo's future console efforts. "We are extremely excited about both DS and GCNext, so any talk of us abandoning Nintendo platforms altogether is just not true," he told GameSpot.
Well, that's at least some relief.
No more Factor 5 on GC - OB1 - 15th April 2004
Yay! Hopefully they're still working on Pilotwings.
No more Factor 5 on GC - lazyfatbum - 15th April 2004
Ah, well that changes everything. They see Nintendo getting ready to phase in to the next console and they want to be ready for it when it hits. News like this can so easily leave a bad taste in people's mouths but it's actually good news. N5 will have the support it needs to make its launch succesful.
No more Factor 5 on GC - OB1 - 15th April 2004
Yeah, Nintendo better not screw up again like they did with the GC's launch.
No more Factor 5 on GC - Great Rumbler - 15th April 2004
They should have a Zelda game and a Mario game out at a launch...and a Metroid game, and a 3D Pokemon RPG, and a Kid Icarus game, and a Super Smash Brothers game, and...*continues rambling on from there*
No more Factor 5 on GC - OB1 - 15th April 2004
And free tacos!
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 15th April 2004
... so maybe that Pilotwings rumor will still happen...
No more Factor 5 on GC - Great Rumbler - 15th April 2004
Quote:... so maybe that Pilotwings rumor will still happen...
Maybe so.
Quote:And free tacos!
It can only help sales!
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 15th April 2004
Hey SJ, you quoted that but forgot this part...
Quote:According to Eggebrecht, the only reason Factor 5 has stopped making GameCube games was that they've abandoned current-generation hardware altogether. "It is simply because we have moved into next-generation development," he said.
As for which future console Factor 5 was creating games for, Eggebrecht was unspecific, saying only, "There might be a surprise [announcement] coming from us."
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/04/14/news_6093544.html
No more Factor 5 on GC - Sacred Jellybean - 15th April 2004
Whoops. I found the quote from another message board, but I (obviously) didn't look at the full article. :)
No more Factor 5 on GC - A Black Falcon - 17th April 2004
That part makes it better... maybe. It's ambiguous, so I wouldn't exactly be surprised if they made their next title on non-Nintendo platforms, but it's general enough that we don't know what they'll do, really...