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Media Create Sales: Week 7, 2012 (Feb 13 - Feb 19)
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AranhaHunter
Banned
So no Mass Effect, Dragon Age from Bioware, no games from IGs, no Batman or superhero games from Rocksteady, no Gears, SC, IB, or Unreal from Epic.
BTW, I share your feelings, I'm taking a wait and see approach with Vita, need to see more games, more 3rd party games, more gameplay, more 3rd party game announcements...the hardware and OS are great, but I'm not buying something that can be unsupported like the PSP was for awhile. It's interesting to note that it seems developers are taking the same approach, i.e. waiting to see the sales and how the games sell on the machine...
Good thing about this approach for me is, if it tanks, I didn't waste any money, and if it doesn't tank and good games that I want come out for it, then there'll probably be a revision with some cool stuff like internal memory.
AceBandage
Banned
That, plus the pedigree, plus Nintendo has been hyping it to hell since the 3DS was revealed.
its ok you can borrow one of these.
What am I looking at?
Device that helps remove the mosaic in JAVs.
shinra-bansho
Member
Wonder what they consider bad.
Tretton's statements indicate they'd be happy with 500K in three weeks - wonder what that would translate to launch week.
test_account
XP-39C²
Personally i dont think that video indicates much one way or the other. I mean, on one hand they mention the usual stuff about competition from cellphones and tablets, but then on the other hand they mention that good content is what is needed and that publishers are looking to put their games on several of platforms. This could mean that they think that the Vita might get strong competition from other devices, but that they will try to make good content for it. Only time will tell what happens though.
I'm curious, how does this actually work? and lolwut, 599 for this? Who would buy it?
I'm sure this works as effectively as those 900 dollar cables.
Common sense would tell you that it generally wouldn't work.
Reminds me of one of the live action segments from Otaku no Video.
StreetsAhead
Member
It was one of the first (or the first?) games revealed for the system at e3 2010.
Those things you mention, though, mean it might sell well out of the gate, but the potential fun had with the game will be the factor in whether it becomes an 'evergreen' title.
AceBandage
Banned
As long as the netcode isn't broken like in SSBB, then the game should be fine.
Cool Escalator
Banned
I can't believe you have people in this thread rooting for a dating sim to sell well.
I understand console allegiance (well i don't understand it, it is idiotic anyway you look at it), but rooting for a dating sim is just sad.
I understand console allegiance (well i don't understand it, it is idiotic anyway you look at it), but rooting for a dating sim is just sad.
AceBandage
Banned
Love Plus is a pretty well known franchise and a system seller...
Plus, it gives us amazing pictures and videos!
timetokill
Banned
People like to say the netcode was broken, but I honestly wonder at that. I haven't done extensive network programming, but...
There aren't many online games where so many things have to be on-screen and active at once, while retaining pixel-perfect positioning and exact frame timing at all times. You're not just handling two characters and their deterministic inputs.
As well, with games like Mario Kart or Halo you can fake a lot of stuff, and you don't need to have precision updates all the time. Nobody cares really if Player A shot the item off 10 seconds ago but Player B didn't see it until 8 seconds ago, or if a shell on Player A's screen looks like it goes straight through Player B for a few seconds before Player B registers the hit. No big deal with that type of game. But can you imagine the chaos that would be in Smash Bros.?
Anyway, this is a total aside, but I think that the common "oh the netcode was broken!" oversimplifies the issue. I honestly wonder whether a full-items smash bros. can actually be done online with acceptable internet latency or not, especially with people on connections of drastically different speeds.
djplaeskool
Member
Love Plus is a pretty well known franchise and a system seller...
Plus, it gives us amazing pictures and videos!
Oh god, let the birthday/holiday altar pictures begin.
AceBandage
Banned
The problem really wasn't so much any lag or delay with SSBB.
It was the fact that the game would constantly not recognize people as online.
Or it would just not connect at all.
Or it would not let people join your games randomly.
It was just awful.
I could deal with a bit of delay, but not with not even be able to play.
And how many have you played to make a statement like that?
Maybe a Gundam game? But that probably shouldn't count because Gundam is a popular brand.
Wow! That $250+ that was spent must be REALLY serious. Hell, it's $250+, I would be too.
Sorry, I feel sad for you :/
timetokill
Banned
I see. I didn't really run into those issues myself... just ran into games that were extremely "laggy." But yeah, those are other issues for sure.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I'm not sure StarFox is the best comparison to Kid Icarus. It's only one third of one half of the game.
I still think the ground and boss levels remind me a lot of Kingdom Hearts. The game's structure is different, but its melee combat are very similar. There are screenshots of the two games where they could almost be interchangeable, particularly with camera angles and character designs. (I haven't the time to find, re-host, and post screenshots right now.)
I Stalk Alone
Member
what about 'rooting' in a dating sim? Would you care for that instead?
distantmantra
Member
Nope. That's a common SRP for a lot of games.
Ryu ga Gotoku OF THE END 7,980
Final Fantasy XIII 9,420
Final Fantasy XIII-2 7,980
One Piece Musou 8,199
Gundam Extreme Versus 8,380
Final Fantasy Type-Zero 7,700
You can always get them for less, but that's the suggested retail price.
You only pay 6,800 for it at your average game store in a big city.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
If even in the handheld land Vita is having problems, I am very, very pessimistic about its performance in other regions.
Yeah, God forbid different kinds of games being successful in this industry. Only shooters and RPGs should be allowed to sell well, right?
A Twisty Fluken
Member
On a farm upstate?
Zenaku
Member
There's nothing wrong with dating sims. I've already played 40 hours or so so far and it's great. The bugs are a little disappointing, but I didn't transfer, so they don't affect me much.
Konami have announced an update for LovePlus TOOLS (the origin of most of the bugs). Seems we have a few sell through percentages too.
LovePlus 60%
Binary Domain 60%
Theatrhythm 90%
http://news.dengeki.com/soft/ranking/ranking.html
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to bugging Rinko to lengthen her hair.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Ridge Racer 3DS did surprisingly well though.
It does have single player modes, just not as many as people normally expect in this day and age of filler content rife fighting games.
Pureauthor
Member
SCV is also lacking in single-player content. Maybe it's Namco's new direction.
And maybe it'll work out for them in the West since it seems to be backfiring in Japan.
slaughterking
Member
Virtually sold out. For SE that must be a nice problem to have once in a while. :I
Well, it's quite impressive that 3ds saw a +27K (if I'm right: from 67 to 94?) in HW sales thanks to a game that sold almost 100K. Yes, I know that this week thare was also another new entry for 3ds that performed well (FFT) but I think that probably the boost is more LovePlus based than FFT based.
It could mean that a lot of LovePlus buyers were not 3ds owners before the release of this game.
So, yes: a great system seller, in my opinion.
electroplankton
Banned
40-50k for HM in its first day?
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
What's the next "big" game for the Vita in Japan?
frankie_baby
Member
Persona 4, in June if you can consider that big
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
What's coming out in the interim besides that?