JSR released the same day, so to me it's delayed. I bought that day-one, I'll buy this on a sale. I still have it and a Saturn that works just fine.
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NiGHTS into Dreams HD |OT| Dreaming of snow, sparkles, and nightmares [Control patch]
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JSR released the same day, so to me it's delayed. I bought that day-one, I'll buy this on a sale. I still have it and a Saturn that works just fine.
and this is why PC gamers are served last.
This is why console gamers are dicks.
Seriously, why's it wrong for me to be disappointed when they didn't bother clarifying it wouldn't be released simultaneously with consoles? I'm hyped now. I want to buy and play it now. I can't. Not my fault.
PC gamers are treated like 2nd class citizens, especially when PC is the king of DD. There's no excuse for a delay.
SEGA, I'm disappoint.
Ah fuck off Sega, just when I praised your ass.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Whine whine whine. You're getting PSO2 and PS3 owners aren't.
Just to clarify on this, you do not need to get As on everything to unlock Christmas NiGHTS.
pc sales of this game will be miniscule, you should be happy it's coming at all. sorry your port of an old console game is being released on consoles first.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Christmas Nights is the only Nights I've played. I wore the hell out of that game tape, though. Looking forward to playing the original.
Look, I'm glad it's coming to PC at least. Thank you Sega for making that decision. But communicate the releases better, please.
JSR was day-and-date, I expected them all to be. I don't think that's unreasonable.
Except on PC it has the potential to sell for years to come and not one
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CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
It isn't. Fuck delays.
Got some numbers to back that up? I'm curious to see how JSR fared overall. I am pretty sure I saw it on the top 5 steam sellers on launch, and that is no small feat.
hoverboarder
Member
Now we need Crazy Taxi 1&2 HD (never played 2 but always wanted to.) And follow that up with a new Crazy Taxi 3.
Syphon Filter
Member
they already put crazy taxi.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
It does on consoles as well ie on PSN more then in retail
Great games always sell any time , any place any where
NiGHTS was absolutely the main reason I wanted a Saturn, but I chose an N64 and my lawn mowing cash only took me so far.
SkylineRKR
Member
I played that more than the original game. The X-mas atmosphere was just so well done. And the unlocks warranted lots of replays.
Seriously.
It was in the top 10, 6th was the highest it reached. It was released on a friday, after a day it went down to below 10, then to below 20, below 50, to the 90s, and in the next monday or tuesday (don't remember exactly) it was already below 100.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
So XBLA version isn't until Friday?
Guess I'm going PSN once I get back from running errands.
Guess I'm going PSN once I get back from running errands.
lol.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Am I supposed to care about PSO2?
Actually yeah, it looks awesome, like a huge leap over the previous instalments. I'm jelly.
sooo excited to play this game for the first time tomorrow, wanted to play it for a while but haven't been able to justify getting a saturn for it. i'm a big fan of when sega take advantage of their talent for both console and arcade games and fuse the design sensibilities into one game design (jsr, 2d sonic etc) and this seems along those lines.
It does on consoles as well ie on PSN more then in retail
Great games always sell any time , any place any where
Well, I meant more that a) console sales are really front-loaded and b) the next generation will likely start next year. Every PC built in the foreseeable future will likely be able to run the Steam version.
PC sales aren't? why do they have steam sales then?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Any impressions about the PSN release?
from my experience it's great.
i got a friend who complained about slowdown, but i haven't bumped into any.
oh and that iizuka interview is really good, at the end of it he says I look forward to the fans having a chance of meeting the real NiGHTS when they go to sleep
patrickthehedgehog
Member
Does that one boss's cape still look all cool with the fancy Saturn effects or whatever?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Any pictures of the PS3 theme?
Not nearly as much. Mostly due to the point you conveniently ignored, which also answers your second question.
JediMasterMatt
Member
PC version = sad panda
[sadpanda]Insert Miyamoto quote about delayed games here[/sadpanda]
[sadpanda]Insert Miyamoto quote about delayed games here[/sadpanda]
doctordoak
Member
Bought. Have no idea what the heck is going on.
Shadow Hog
Member
I hadn't heard that, but if it's true, that'd be some impressive attention to detail. The PS2 version was apparently off in a few ways, so if they made it not off...
If you Game Over a couple of times, the game slowly explains its ruleset to you, but the gist is that you're on a closed loop track, and have to grab 20 CHiPS (blue spheres) and then fly into the track's Mare (the big sphere claw thing). Then you take the Ideya the Mare was holding (a brightly colored sphere - don't really worry too much about this one) into the Ideya Palace (the big blue building you start in), and you move to the next track. That is how the game is played.
That is not how the game is played well, however. To get a good score, you have to kill the Mare as fast as possible, and then go through the track as many times as the 120-second timer allows you to, trying to build up as many points as you can (ideally by doing chains of stuff, called "Links", which increase your score accordingly).
Edward@Sega, one of SEGA's community managers, made a comment about the PC version of SA2 and NiGHTS in the SEGA blogs:
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/10/02/av...nture-2-and-nights-into-dreams/#comment-72206Hey everyone — just wanted to reply to some of what I saw in the comments here! I understand the sensitivity over release dates and that if you are waiting for a PC version, then you don’t want to feel short-changed. It has been previously announced that it is coming to PC — that’s not new. If you feel like that was a backhanded way to mention it, please accept my apologies. I meant it as a reminder.
First, ‘months’ is the language from the press release. The choice to add that we’re in luck was mine. I totally see why it was taken as a ‘you’re in luck you have to wait’ comment but it was meant more along the lines of ‘those of us who care about PC games can be happy knowing that it is on the way.’
It’s not meant as an exact figure — it doesn’t mean that it will take X or more months. It means the date is ‘to be announced’. That is literally all it means. I think in general, companies have to be cautious about release dates, especially if they estimate too early. I can’t say more because we don’t have more information to impart.
Second, my enthusiasm there is real.
Obviously it would be best if everything released together, but that simply can’t always happen. Here’s why:
The extra time is not because we didn’t develop the PC version along with everything else. XBLA and PSN have a much more streamlined release structure — it’s part of what makes those platforms so appealing. ‘PC’ is not a single store, though — there are a lot of different moving parts and places that may sell a given game, be it Amazon or Steam or Origin or GOG or whatever. To make sure those line up takes a little longer, especially at a time of year when companies release a ton of games.
I hope that helps explain the comment — I know no one likes to wait. I can’t tell anyone they have to like waiting a little longer, but for now that’s what we have to do. These games and the fan communities for them mean a ton to me, so if there’s any questions or lingering doubts, please let me know, I’ll try to answer as best I can.
BobTheFork
Member
It would be nice to play this again and discovery just how the hell you play it. I remember screwing with the game on a demo kiosk but I could never accomplish anything. It's been a long time though.
Shadow Hog
Member
SEGA coming to GOG.com confirmed
He used GOG just as an example of a PC store, I kinda doubt these games will be released on GOG, since they require Steamworks and use Steam features like Steam leaderboards, they require the Steam client to run, which goes against the whole no DRM thing from GOG.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Downloading now *shrug*