Triverse writes, "Yesterday, we took a look at the second game in the Harry Potter series, Chamber of Secrets, and discussed the various ports and their strengths/differences. Today, the original game, Sorcerer’s Stone/Philosopher’s Stone hit consoles, PC and portables. Though this time, we have a much more limited release schedule. PS2, Xbox and Gamecube versions are a good two years after this debut- it gets wild laying this out on a time line."
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I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.
Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.
"The company was unable to focus enough on its main hope"
Nope. Going back to the 32X as the reason Sega lost that generation doesn't go back far enough before the Saturn.
Sega executives need to blame themselves as to why Sega lost that generation. Not Saturn. Not 32X. Not Sega CD. Nope. Executives were the reason why. It wasn't the hardware. Those devices were either dropped early or released to soon resulting in a developer backlash the hurt the game catalog. They really shouldn't have been made at all because they should have planned their next move more carefully. It has nothing to do with the devices. Poor leadership decisions and lack of unity within the company are what happened.
Love how blame is always shifted away from what is the truth. Writing a book placing the blame on the 32X isn't the truth.
I am pretty sure there are documentaries (Youtube) around it which highlights these points. I had Sega Mega drive and NES growing up but that's about it. I didn't even know there was a war going on between these companies but I do remember thinking why I can't play Sonic cartridge on Nintendo or Mario on Sega :D
I had the Genesis and the Saturn, also had the SNES and 64, I never got a Dreamcast for some reason, but I never saw one in the stores either.
philosophers*
It wasnt also called philosophers, it was originally called philosophers but for the American public they changed the title, some ppl say its because it may be a hard word to pronounce some ppl say other things i have no clue what reason it was, have the original books right here next to me in my book shelf not one has sorcerers on it.
I remember this game as a kid on PC. I think I still have it somewhere. I remember it being creepy as fuck or at least this guy (Peeves) gave me the creeps.
I really loved all these games when I was a kid. It really pisses me off that they completely fucked up 4,7,8. If they ever made a harry potter MMO, I would be there. I really need to install some of these games again and hook up my xbox to play these versions. I wonder if they are as I remember them. I really wish they would re-release the 1,2,3 console versions on PC, as they were the best. Maybe when it comes to the 10th anniversary I'll see something cool like that.