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August 29th, 2008 @ 14:03
Speaking in this fansite interview on MundoRare, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise lead designer Justin Cook has confirmed that there’s no plans for any Viva 2 DLC at the moment, and that the team itself will be moving off onto something completely non-Viva related after the game ships.
“We don’t have any plans for DLC,” he said.
“As far as the team is concerned we are taking a break from VP for a while to make something new. But things change quickly in the software industry so next week it may be a completely different story.”
Hot shit. No Viva 3? The game’s out next Friday. That’s next Friday. Buy the fucking thing. Make the magic happen.
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if you bought your console, your one out of millions, so who gives a shit about how many...
August 29th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Can’t believe how little marketing there has been for this. I’m into VP and I’d completely forgotten it was coming out.
/sarcastic applause for MS
August 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
It’s a bit stupid. The game’s clearly “good”. I thought Microsoft was all about “broadening the demographic”?
August 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
In my opinion it’s where Microsoft will lose this gen. Sony and Nintendo have slick marketing / hype machines, Microsoft do not.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Shitting hell, next week?
August 29th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I’m actually a bit shocked. I haven’t seen a single advert.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Unless MS is hammering the kiddy channels for it… but I sincerely doubt that.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
There must have been a marketing budget, innit. To be fair, I do spend the only time I’m not with my wife writing games news on the internet, so I could have easily missed it.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Psychotext!?
“Sony and Nintendo have slick marketing / hype machines, Microsoft do not.”
What the feck!?
Microsoft are the ones who ahve the hype machines, Sony sucks at marketing. LittleBigPlanet has been the advertisisng success fr Sony, and I still haven’t seen an advert for it.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
In Denmark, there’s a Guitar Hero Aerosmith ad on telly that only says Playstation 3 at the end. As though the game isn’t even out on 360.
In fact, the 360 is £150 than the PS3 in Denmark but you wouldnøt know it to look at the POS in shops.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
No_PUDding: What are you talking about No_PUD? The game isn’t out until October. Why on earth would you advertise it now? As for no adverts… they’ve already made three custom ones for US retailers.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
morriss: Oddly enough, Denmark is one of the few places the 360 does reasonably well in Europe. Imagine what it must be like in other, more Sony focussed Euro countries.
Though right now, Pixeline owns Demark
Quake in fear Nintendo, quake in fear!
August 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Pixeline is just educational PC games for kids. You can get them for about £3 from pretty much any supermarket.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Aye, they’ve been dominating the charts for a while now. It’s pretty cool to see someone other than Nintendo up there.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I really didn’t think of that Psychotext, but you ahve got admit. Microsoft’s advertisisng is ehad and shoudlers above Sony’s.
Thinking about Halo 3
Thinking about Gears of War
Thinking about Bioshock
Sony has sucked.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Any retard can market to an essentially captive audience… pushing shooty games to the 360 fanbase is hardly a difficult task.
Now try pushing your console and some more quirky games to a casual audience - far more challenging, especially when you don’t understand that audience at a company level.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I guess.
I just can’t ever forget quite how awfully Sony interpretted their audience with those hardware adverts, that are STILL airing in the form of F1 sponsors.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Oh I see what you’re saying, but they’re only one small part of the overall marketing machine.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I know, but in England atleast, bearign in mind I don’t watch much TV, Sony advertisisng has been awful.
I remember seeing the GT5 ad, and the Uncharted ad. That’s all.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
On the subject of ads… this is still my fave one other than perhaps the PS9 ad:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuRQmvykwk
Can’t believe it was banned.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Why was it banned!? It was great!
I suppose it’s a bit violent, but it’s like everyone is having fun. Reminds me of that standing still thing that they did in New York at Grand Central.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Nanny state.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I loved that one! And we even saw it in Germany, home of the censored.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
“Any retard can market to an essentially captive audience… pushing shooty games to the 360 fanbase is hardly a difficult task.
Now try pushing your console and some more quirky games to a casual audience - far more challenging, especially when you don’t understand that audience at a company level.”
@ Psychotext: That’s the most enlightened comment I’ve read in a looong while.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Yeah I love(d) VP1 and totally forgot VP2 was coming so soon.
Quite sad, really.
I’d like to review in time for next week, actually.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
honstly, with how deep a game Viva 1 was, if Viva 2 can at least match it I won’t need a sequel or any DLC for a good long while.
Can’t wait to see what those guys come up with next.
August 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
This just got an A from EGM and joint game of the month… yet I bet it wont sell well, just like the first one. =/
August 29th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
If MS doesn’t crack under the weight of my emails and send me a copy this week, I’ll buy it Friday, Rare.
Promise!
August 30th, 2008 at 1:26 am
its out wednesday ships tuesday NOT FRIDAY. can’t wait bought my guide yesturday
August 30th, 2008 at 2:44 am
As far as game is concerned it’s out next Friday:
http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Action/~r334987/Viva-Pinata-Trouble-in-Paradise/