Beautiful Katamari fact sheet shows only Xbox 360
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Jun 20th 2007 at 11:31AM }
According to an official Namco Bandai fact sheet (found after the break) Beautiful Katamari is coming to Xbox 360 ... and that is all. Siliconera dug up the sheet and adds another log to our crazy katamari of news surrounding this title. Even though the game is just more of the same gameplay we've come to enjoy from the series, the story behind all this maneuvering is becoming the interesting tale.Maybe it is time to just to make an absurd list of what people think will happen next and we'll check back on it when the next Beautiful Katamari incident occurs -- see if anybody is on the mark. Siliconera goes on to say that the game is probably a timed exclusive, considering GameFly still has their info up for all three systems (and they don't just make stuff up), it's the best information we've got until Namco Bandai makes a clear statement on what's really going on.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
whosmav @ Jun 20th 2007 11:36AM
Wouldn't call it a coup.
Dustin @ Jun 20th 2007 12:02PM
Not only 360 exclusive for $30 on XBLA, but a actual disk copy will be released packaged with the newly released tilt controller for the 360 at the low low price of $64.99.
Put that on the list.
OrganicShadow @ Jun 20th 2007 12:04PM
I see 3 *likely* scenarios:
-It is actually exclusive, but turns out to be an XBLA game, and Namco still has plans for an official follow up to the 2nd PS2 game, which will come a bit later on PS3/360/whatever else. So XBLA would get a exclusive "quickie" this fall and everyone else would get a full new game later on.
-The fact sheet either left off the other platform(s) or is only in reference to the 360 and/or XBLA version. And seeing as PSN has no XBLA, it would be version specific.
-This is just an error and a full disc game is still coming out on the systems it was announced for. There are too many retailers and other sites still listing it as 360/PS3 for this to still convince me.
Namco just had an event not long ago, so they had their chance to announce it's exclusivity then. Not only does it not seem like a worthy buy for M$ to make exclusive, but Namco could have easily announced it had they actually been paid to make it exclusive. They have AC6 exclusive but are being dodgy about BK being exclusive? AC6 was revealed as a 360-exclusive, while BK was revealed as a PS3/360 game, so if there was a sudden change like this I see no reason they couldn't come out and let it be known at their recent shindig.
BPM @ Jun 20th 2007 12:12PM
It'd be interesting if it turned out that was just a typo on the factsheet.
Would be really nice if we could get an NBGI rep to clarify the situation for us.
Oh... and no credit? :O
Grindstone @ Jun 20th 2007 12:27PM
So that's what the Sneak King does on his days off.
rockintom @ Jun 20th 2007 12:30PM
Man, I really hope that this is still a live arcade game...
mccomber @ Jun 20th 2007 12:33PM
What's up with Damacy being underlined in red? Looks like this is a screenshot of a document open in word or something, but then again, Katamari, and xbox should be tagged as "misspelled" but aren't. 'collect more objects' is also underlined as an uncapitalized sentence when it should be part of the previous paragraph.
Not trying to play conspiracy theorist, just seems odd to me. Is stuff like this normally sent out as editable text documents?
Triforceowner @ Jun 20th 2007 1:45PM
Yes1 Online and offline multiplayer!
WhatIsThatThing @ Jun 20th 2007 2:59PM
720P? That would infer that Wii support has been completely canned.
ThePete @ Jun 20th 2007 3:27PM
This is just odd. I don't understand why anyone would do a deal that would force them to only make money off of people who own one platform. I am NOT buying an XB360 just to play BK. :(
Everybody Loves Katamari, but not THAT much!
Loki @ Jun 20th 2007 3:57PM
Not much to look forward on the wii lately.....
RatBoy @ Jun 20th 2007 3:48PM
I predict that in Beta testing an electrical surge causes the prince to appear in the real world and 40 minutes later we all end up trapped in a huge ball of stuff.
Mr Khan @ Jun 20th 2007 4:46PM
It would be an interesting change, that's for sure, but a nice addition to XBLA
of course the high definition in no way precludes Wii support
Just becuase i can watch Pirates 2 in 1080p doesn't mean it needs to be displayed that way; and this graphics are in no way out of the Wii's range
Chainblast @ Jun 20th 2007 7:04PM
Hopefully this is a small XBL exclusive and a retail version will be available for more platforms than X360. I'm willing to buy the game but I won't buy a 360. Lost revenue I guess...
Of course this could be a grand scheme of Japanese developers to give exclusive games to both PS3 and 360 in hopes we all buy both.
Me @ Jun 27th 2007 3:20AM
I sincerely hope this info is incorrect as I just purchased a PS3 specifically for this release (and the blu-ray player). I have no intentions of buying xbox anything.