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[NanaMiku]

Well, if it ain't broke.

That said, it'd be cool to see some single player dlc that appeals to that new demographic. Could be fun.

They used to have younger characters in spinoff game

 

[EDMIX]

Yea, I don't think it matter tbh, they'd just make some side game or spin off like we saw from Judgment if they even had one of the female characters have a title anyway

Like Reina's character (fun fact, she is voiced by Hiromi Tsuru the woman who voices Bulma in the DBZ series and Naomi in the MGS series., she passed away in 2017 R.I.P)

They could also do one on Haruka

or they can do one on a new character completely

They can go current times gangster Yakuza

or they can go Lady Snowblood Edo Period Yakuza or something lol

Because they've already done other games in this IP, they could just make it some side thing like we saw from Judgement or Kenzan, Ishin etc

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I mean why would you? Those fans came because they liked what it was/is. Why would you then change it?

I agree but look how many woke ass, stupid ass devs have done just that in recemt years

 

[semiconscious]

well, damn. was hoping for some pinky violence:

https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Pinky_Violence:_A_Beginner's_Guide

 

[taizuke]

Next Up: IGN article titled "Yakuza Devs Are Sexist and Misogynistic".

 

[kunonabi]

Good.

That said, I wish Atlus made another SMT spin off for and with middle aged leads. Still waiting for the salary man that becomes the chosen one with a kick ass Persona or whatever.

Persona 2 EP's slightly older cast is still the best the series has ever had.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I think the true hallmark of middle age is already being past your existential crises and quietly accepting the growing black void.

Touché.

 

[EDMIX]

Persona 2 EP's slightly older cast is still the best the series has ever had.

I mean, I personally like so many other Persona titles cast more, but Persona 2's cast was still good. I've love to see a remake of 1 and 2 like we saw with Yakuza 1 and 2.

 

[Toots]

its always... ALWAYS .... dumb to change a proven formula to anything new for new fans. . those new fans are fans of the current formula. You have to be really daft not to understand that basic concept.

Nintendo sells very similar games for decades and it works...
Fine tuning concepts for years through different iterations of the same series is what makes Nintendo a genius developper, not following whatever trend is at the moment.
This "you become better at something by perfecting your craft" philosophy is total bullshit as every western dev knows, since you're only as good as the virtue signaling you do.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

It is starting to spread, though. Whether it succeeds or not, is on the whims of time.

Japan invented the very idea of Fanservice.

The idea is not just about titillation, but about knowing what your customers are after and delivering that to them regularly.

If you don't give your customers what they want, you lose them as customers. You can be a starving artist making artistic things that no one wants, if you wish. But if you want people to buy your product you better know what they are asking from you.

p.s. you can only vote with your wallet if you can buy or not buy a product. So if Xbox dreams come to pass and everything is just on game streaming, then the likes of Concord would just blend into the streaming service and no one would be able to tell that it failed.

 

[Holammer]

Well duh, it's popular for a reason and the setting is the quintessential Japanese manly men's world.

 

[ssringo]

As a middle aged man I'm glad at least one franchise ain't afraid of featuring middle aged men and the (sometimes) dumb shit we talk/worry about.