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Davidgilmour
Dec 18, 2002, 9:33:12 AM12/18/02
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In an announcement early this morning, Nintendo and Sony executives
announced that they had come to a legal agreement over the rights to the
name 'Playstation'. The name, which was originaly given to a
joint-venture CD rom based add-on for the Super Nintendo, was
technically, a joint-owned copyright. Sony has agreed to pay Nintendo
10% of all past and future proceeds made off of the name. This ammounts
to a whopping 2.3 billion USD in back-payments. Nintendo will allow Sony
to pay the money back in installments instead of a lump sum over the
next 20 years. However, Nintendo has plans for their new found source of
income. They will immidietly finance a new game studio called 'The
Artists Group' which will feature members of Sega, Nintendo, Namco,
Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, Square-Enix and more to collaborate on projects
for Nintendo systems, and exchange copyrighted properties. The first
projects announced out of this new studio are a new RPG using various
gaming icons as the central charachters, a new Smash Brothers game,
featuring mascots from accross the companies, including Pacman, Megaman,
Sonic, Mario and more, as well as a new Sega-AM2 developed racing game
that will also feature multiple icons from the various companies. The
final collaboration is the recently announced Viewtifull Joe from Capcom
stuidios. Nintendo has also promised that completely original more
collaborations between studios will take place in the future, but for
now, they will be focusing on quality content showcasing the newfound
bond between the various development houses. Contrary to internet rumors
however, Nintendo has not as of yet purchased any software developers,
and as such, all members of the Artists Group will be allowed to explore
development on other systems of their own accord. More as it develops.
announced that they had come to a legal agreement over the rights to the
name 'Playstation'. The name, which was originaly given to a
joint-venture CD rom based add-on for the Super Nintendo, was
technically, a joint-owned copyright. Sony has agreed to pay Nintendo
10% of all past and future proceeds made off of the name. This ammounts
to a whopping 2.3 billion USD in back-payments. Nintendo will allow Sony
to pay the money back in installments instead of a lump sum over the
next 20 years. However, Nintendo has plans for their new found source of
income. They will immidietly finance a new game studio called 'The
Artists Group' which will feature members of Sega, Nintendo, Namco,
Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, Square-Enix and more to collaborate on projects
for Nintendo systems, and exchange copyrighted properties. The first
projects announced out of this new studio are a new RPG using various
gaming icons as the central charachters, a new Smash Brothers game,
featuring mascots from accross the companies, including Pacman, Megaman,
Sonic, Mario and more, as well as a new Sega-AM2 developed racing game
that will also feature multiple icons from the various companies. The
final collaboration is the recently announced Viewtifull Joe from Capcom
stuidios. Nintendo has also promised that completely original more
collaborations between studios will take place in the future, but for
now, they will be focusing on quality content showcasing the newfound
bond between the various development houses. Contrary to internet rumors
however, Nintendo has not as of yet purchased any software developers,
and as such, all members of the Artists Group will be allowed to explore
development on other systems of their own accord. More as it develops.
Netherfiend
Dec 18, 2002, 9:41:56 AM12/18/02
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>Subject: !update on Marathon
>From: Davidgilmour Davidgil...@hotmail.com
>Date: 12/18/2002 8:33 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <3E008756...@hotmail.com>
>From: Davidgilmour Davidgil...@hotmail.com
>Date: 12/18/2002 8:33 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <3E008756...@hotmail.com>
you're quick!
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