TOKYO (AP)--The martial arts contest "Tekken 6" will go on sale later this year as the first arcade game using Sony's PlayStation 3 technology, game developer Namco Bandai Games Inc., a unit of Namco Bandai Holdings Inc. (7832.TO), said Monday.
"Tekken 6" will be available for amusement parks and other game arcade facilities worldwide, but the company has not decided on the exact launch date for that game or others that will follow, using Sony's (SNE) latest game technology, Namco Bandai spokeswoman Miki Baba said.
Tokyo-based Namco Bandai, Japan's second largest toy and game business group and maker of the "Ridge Racer" and "Pac Man" games, previously used the PlayStation 2 technology to develop arcade versions of games, Baba said.
Namco Bandai has sold its PS2 arcade technology to other makers, but it is still undecided about whether to sell its PS3 cell-based technology, Baba said.
The PlayStation 3 went on sale in the U.S. and Japan late last year and in March in Europe.
Technology for PlayStation 3 includes a new computer chip called "Cell," which Sony developed with IBM Corp. and Toshiba Corp. and will be used in new gadgets for the home as well as video game products.

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Cool. It's going to be a cinch to port the arcade version to the PS3.

Let's see what namco does with it :D

is this new news? i thought i read a while ago that tekken 6 was using ps3 tech, much as earlier tekkens (and soul caliburs) used ps1 and ps2 tech...

:confused:

Doesn't every PS3 game use "PS3 tech"?:D

I think he's pointing out it's the first arcade game to use PS3 tech.

Doesn't every PS3 game use "PS3 tech"?


Yeah. DMC4 comes to mind.

um... they are talking about the arcade board here! You guys are miss reading it...

Yeah, but I was answering Dave's question. :D

Cool. It's going to be a cinch to port the arcade version to the PS3.
If I read it correctly, it wouldn't be a port.