by code l name » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:18 am
I am kind of torn on the debate whether the game shoud come out on the Xbox or next-generation of consoles. From a practical standpoint, it really depends on how much work they have done on Shenmue III and whether they will be able to cram everything they want in the remaining chapters, for the game to launch on the Xbox this year or by mid 2005 by the latest.
The positives I see, if they haven't done much development is launching the game on a new platform is more development time (And knowing how many chapters remain, they need all the time they can get), also improved power, which would aid the visuals and could really expand the FREE based genre. More excitingly if it was developed ahead of time and ready for launch it would gain a lot of attention as a title that could potentially sell machines.
All speculation on my part, and nothing concrete is known.