Konami's hardly to blame here. SCEA does not approve ports (enhanced or not) from PSOne or PS2 games for the PSP. Namco's Tales of Eternia didn't make it to the US for the same reasons.
Konami's hardly to blame here. SCEA does not approve ports (enhanced or not) from PSOne or PS2 games for the PSP. Namco's Tales of Eternia didn't make it to the US for the same reasons.
So release it in Europe then. Thanks to the PSP being region-free, North American gamers could import it anyway. Just fix the translation errors in the English text, leave the rest like it was for the uneducated countries.
Konami's hardly to blame here. SCEA does not approve ports (enhanced or not) from PSOne or PS2 games for the PSP. Namco's Tales of Eternia didn't make it to the US for the same reasons.
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
about policenauts and snatcher: i doubt kojima has anything against his own games, other than the natural relationship an artist has with old work. he probably just feels like he's done with those, and doesn't want to drag it back out again. then again, this is the guy who's built a career on one series...
Konami's hardly to blame here. SCEA does not approve ports (enhanced or not) from PSOne or PS2 games for the PSP. Namco's Tales of Eternia didn't make it to the US for the same reasons.
I emailed Konami about it. What's sad is, out of the 4 best games for PSP (Tales of Eternia, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Tengai Makyou 4, and now this) none of them will probably come out here.
So release it in Europe then. Thanks to the PSP being region-free, North American gamers could import it anyway. Just fix the translation errors in the English text, leave the rest like it was for the uneducated countries.
I'm absolutely, positively sure that Konami really won't translate the game and isn't merely using this announcement to stoke Suikoden fans' interest in an "unobtainable" game. Yep. No chance of that happening.
Uhm, do you work in a game company? You can keep defending SCEA all you want, but it's them that's stopping publishers from bringing these title over.
There might be hope if it goes through SCEE. Be courteous in writing the letter, just let Konami know that there are people like you who want the game.
The real test will likely be if Rockman Dash 1-2 and BOF3 get greenlighted. If they don't, I think the idea that SCEA's blocking PSone ports (not made by their parent) has some merit.