Sadly, no Miniskirt Police or Earth Defense Force 2 in the U.S. _just_ yet:
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050909/sheffield_01.shtml
'Gamasutra: Will D3 be bringing any of the Japanese company's budget titles to the U.S.? There does seem to be something of a market for them, within the import gaming community.
Yoji Takenaka: We don't have any plans for that now, because we realize that the U.S. is much more quality conscious. And I don't think our titles in Japan can compete with other titles at the $14.99 and $19.99 level in the U.S. We have a markdown system in the American marketplace, so AAA titles from three years ago are now $19.99. So we don't think we can compete in that market, but will be licensing properties for kids games, and also working on original titles for the mainstream market.'
Our focus is the mass market, not the niche market. We could maybe move five or six thousand units of those budget titles if we released them, but that's not our focus. We really want to bring out games that are proper for the U.S. market at large.
Alison Quirion: You're not the first person to say that either. So there may be something where after a certain point, we try to put together a compilation of those titles for the U.S. niche market, but we're also concerned [over whether] someone like SCEA would actually approve them.'
More info via link - D3's only announced U.S. title thus far is Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi for GBA, though.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050909/sheffield_01.shtml
'Gamasutra: Will D3 be bringing any of the Japanese company's budget titles to the U.S.? There does seem to be something of a market for them, within the import gaming community.
Yoji Takenaka: We don't have any plans for that now, because we realize that the U.S. is much more quality conscious. And I don't think our titles in Japan can compete with other titles at the $14.99 and $19.99 level in the U.S. We have a markdown system in the American marketplace, so AAA titles from three years ago are now $19.99. So we don't think we can compete in that market, but will be licensing properties for kids games, and also working on original titles for the mainstream market.'
Our focus is the mass market, not the niche market. We could maybe move five or six thousand units of those budget titles if we released them, but that's not our focus. We really want to bring out games that are proper for the U.S. market at large.
Alison Quirion: You're not the first person to say that either. So there may be something where after a certain point, we try to put together a compilation of those titles for the U.S. niche market, but we're also concerned [over whether] someone like SCEA would actually approve them.'
More info via link - D3's only announced U.S. title thus far is Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi for GBA, though.
