Newsweek: Beautiful Katamari rolling exclusively with Xbox 360

"You underestimate the variety of 360 owners. That may have been true in Xbox days... but there are plenty like myself who will happily pick it up. I don't own more than 3 FPS games for the 360... but have about 30 games (and no, none of those are sports titles) so... stick that in your pipe and smoke it."

I'm sure there are a good number of people who own a 360 and will be able to enjoy Katamari.
But judging by it's still relatively slow/steady sales pace, it still seems like it's very much being bought mostly by 'hardcore' gamers, rather than more casual/quirky players.
If it even outsells the original, I'll eat my words...but I would be really surprised if that happens

There goes Namco's profits

Man I was skeptical at first about this rumor, but then you listed all of those Namco games that were exclusive to the xbox. I mean, man, Pac-man Champioship Edition and Ridge Racer 6?! You totally convinced me! I mean it's got to be true when a company commits a thirty year old "classic" game and another game called "the best Ridge Racer game on the xbox!" I should have seen it coming though. They've totally been shafting Sony all of these years with those crappy titles like all of the Soul Edge games including Soul Caliber 3 , Tekken, every Ridge Racer game except 6, every Ace of Combat, the entire Time Crisis series, 2 exclusive Katamari titles plus the PSP version, pretty much every single RPG they've ever made. I think your totally on to something here Ludwig! Namco is definitely ready to jump ship from the crapstation since it treated them so bad by making them so many millions and head over to the new generation winner! Because let's face it, they've never gone wrong with Microsoft!

And I know what all of you PS fanboys are going to say "Eternal Sonata looks like piece of crap that was made 3 years ago!" You guys don't understand! It's not about the graphics, it's about the gameplay depth and story Namco RPGs are known for! Just like Halo man, it all about the gameplay! I don't even look at the graphics when I'm playing!

katamari is coming for ps3 also and +i dont give a shit about no puzzle crappy game.i want TEKKEN 6 ON fucking ps3 and exclusively also.and + sony abd namco has a game division anyway. KATAMARI IS UNGUNG

Sorry to burst this "bubble" that for some odd reasons even exists...

http://n4g.com/ps3/News-45731.aspx

They just added Time Crisis 4 to their PS3 list, and didn't remove Katamari. Although yes, there are plenty of sales to be had putting this game on 360, it's nowhere near as much as they could make by putting it on Wii and PS3 as well. They aren't going to take that much risk on a game that does it's best on eastern ground.

me thinks someone can't read. it says right there on the site that it's multiplatform. Katamari's a niche title anyway. it wouldn't even sell millions on the wii.

**Drew Barrymore style in Donnie Darko screaming "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK!!!**

@50, Its called being lazy

BTW this is 50's post

50. MGS4 is comign to the 360.....why else would Konami SPECIFICALLY Remove the all the prominent PLAYSTATION 3 Logos and mentions in the redone trailer???

With FFXIII being their only feather left (didn't the project lead just up and quit a while ago) vs. MASS EFFECT, BLUE DRAGON, LOST ODYSSEY, and ETERNAL SONATA......Sony could have problems as GOD OF WAR 3 is quite a ways off.

Pathetic - despite pushing out a shoddily made console just to grab that one-year lead,, MS is actually having to throw money to grab crappy exclusives like Ace combat 6 (how many people have played that game) and katamari (real system seller, right?) While hot titles like Haze and Kane & Lynch are crossing over to PS3?
The desperation is obvious: 18 months after launch, 360 has just 3-4 decent exclusives.
And look at the line up for H2 2007, supposedly when 360 brings out its big titles: Halo3, Forza2, 2 Human, Mass Effect and the next Mistwalker RPG, while PS3 has Ratchet, Heavenly, Lair, MGS4, White knight Story, Ninja Gaiden, Drake, Folksoul, Haze (timed).

Why the hell would they put Katamari on a system with no motion detection and uneven joysticks? I was happy for Namco when they were talking multiplatform, but the 360's controls aren't as perfect for the franchise as the near-symmetric Playstation controller.

I really hope Namco puts some thought into the controller's relation to the control scheme, or Beautiful Katamari may be like playing Virtual On for Dreamcast.