Well yeah, but the point is, a local "niche" market is basically keeping the entire company afloat, so good luck telling the bosses that they should do something different in another division. I certainly agree that they should expand their western development though. But they are probably more likely to just try to capitalize on the Japanese mobile market.
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STEAM | June 2016 - Dear Valve, E3 is here, please release Ricochet 2
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Well yeah, but the point is, a local "niche" market is basically keeping the entire company afloat, so good luck telling the bosses that they should do something different in another division. I certainly agree that they should expand their western development though. But they are probably more likely to just try to capitalize on the Japanese mobile market.
Tizoc
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The problem here is making them realize this. The thing about these devs is that they care only about the Yen and are quite conservative now. They found their main money maker and are just gonna stick to it.
It just seems that SEGA of Japan doesn't care about the former glory they once had, even if it wasn't earned by the old guard themselves.
Eh the 4th TF movie took place in china and really the Warcraft movie was never anything to write home about. If it did well in China then it sure as heck wouldn't be because it was designed to appeal to an Asian market.
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Question though:
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PetriP-TNT
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I have been playing Rocket League for 4 hours and I already bought a spare copy for a friend to enjoy
Phawx
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Hey everyone,
I put Archi's Steam Farm in a docker container. I don't know if that's of interest to any of you, but if you didn't want to bother installing packages/dependencies/etc I believe the container should just run, you'd only need to edit the .json file.
I have it running on my NAS now, nice and liteweight.
I put Archi's Steam Farm in a docker container. I don't know if that's of interest to any of you, but if you didn't want to bother installing packages/dependencies/etc I believe the container should just run, you'd only need to edit the .json file.
I have it running on my NAS now, nice and liteweight.
Look at it this way, the success of Warcraft in China means if we do see sequels, we'll never see the Arthas/Lich King storyline (at least without heavy alterations) because they don't allow skeletons on screen.
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I know, and it's not a trend I'm thrilled about. The idea of a country tailoring the bulk of its creative output to suit the sensibilities of a foreign audience because profits doesn't sit well with me. That Sega (and other Japanese devs) are bucking that trend by continuing to develop products for their domestic audience, supporting local creators and local tastes, is something I have to give them credit for. I don't want to see everything outside of indie titles become homogeneous globalized blobs with no regional character. :s
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nintendork666
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Not sure if Tekken 7 coming to PC is a new announcement or not, but I'm excited as all hell.
I'm a big fan of T3, and TTT2 Wii U.
I'm a big fan of T3, and TTT2 Wii U.
I've watched the trailer like 10 times already. So hyped. I've been with the series since it hit arcades back in the day... 93 or 94... I can't remember. Tekken 2 is when I really fell in love, but Tekken 3 was just a mastah piece. And it had Gon.
TheAutomator
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Tekken with mods will be absolutely glorious. Hopefully they bring the rest of the Tekken games to Steam too.
Stumpokapow
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This is resolved.
I heard you guys love NetherRealm games, so I'm gonna let you know that bundlestars has the Mortal Kombat Brutality Bundle (Mortal Kombat X + 13 DLCs) for 15€, though it's 18€ if you want the unlock for all Krypt items DLC too.
Bundle is regionlocked, Japanese people need not apply.
Bundle is regionlocked, Japanese people need not apply.
Tempting, but it being abandonware is holding me back.
*sigh* REALLY hoping for vanquish, good job sega....
pantsattack
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Anyone get an extra of this? I like these devs.
spindoctor
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So the Humble E3 ticket bundle thing just got a demo for Monster Hunter Generations in the $4 tier. I bought the bundle but the demo key region locked so if anyone got it and doesn't have a 3DS or something, I'd really appreciate it if you could send that key my way 
EDIT - A US/NTSC code so someone who bought it from North America I guess.
EDIT - A US/NTSC code so someone who bought it from North America I guess.
In what way? Surely not in terms of amount of games, client and community size. However, I do applaud competition and GOG has made tremendous steps the last year, I hope they get even bigger and more popular. But for a guy who's online 99% of the time their main unique selling point of DRM-free copies isn't a huge benefit for me. I own only one high profile game there (Witcher 3 from the Nvidia vouchers), and other than that freebies over the years.
On the up side, the prices are usually slightly better (e.g. $ =/= €
Hmm, that's weird. I've added Dex to my Steam wishlist since January this year and I haven't gotten a notification yet. Same with ITAD, probably earlier, set at 50% but no recent notifications.
The sad thing for long term Sega fans though is actually thats what Sega used to be good at, straddling both markets, especially in the arcades. I don't think you can say the likes of Outrun, Afterburner, Daytona where some hyper focused Japanese market things. Despite that they still had an obvious Sega character to them.
They used to do so much more then just pander to a local audience, I get the impression the old talent at the company, people like Yu Suzuki, didn't even want to do that anyway.
Edit: and even if they do just focus on that market if would be nice if they at least threw us some more bones of that output.
Chairmanchuck
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I think the strange thing is that mini companies like If or Spike Chunsoft can put out multiple Ports each year on Steam, while we got two (?) console exclusive ports. VC and Sonic.
ramoisdead
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Heard you don't like fanservice on your Steam platform so how bout some manservice instead (NSFW).
Valkyria Chronicles was a nice surprise, but that's been 2 years soon. And the only other thing they've ported in that time was some Sonic game.
ramoisdead
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When you realize it's as close to Ricochet 2 as we're going to get. E3 redeemed.
I feel like those days ended with the Dreamcast. : /
ramoisdead
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There is cdkeys that has DOOM for $37.99 currently. I wouldn't say they are 100% reputable to buy games from but I see them as on the same level as GMG especially with what happened to GMG and their key problems from before.
EDIT: ...or try the post below and save an extra dollar.
spindoctor
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You can get it from Play Asia for $37. They're a legit retailer, but I would still recommend placing an order during Hong Kong working hours for that tiniest chance that something goes wrong.
Baron von Loathsome
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I think I read somewhere that Sony has exclusive publishing rights to Naughty Dog's Crash games. It's a shame, I'd be down for playing it if it got ported elsewhere.
Chairmanchuck
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I think Sony would have need to give Acti a lot of money to make it exclusive to PS4.
Maybe its from the same Sony-Fanboys that said FFX/X-2 Remaster will never come out anywhere else, because it uses some Sony technology. If Sony wants the rights to the character from Activision, Activision can also negotiate that they can only get it if they can release it everywhere.
Wok
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onward, soldier
I am approaching the 10,000 mark.
Using EUR on cdkeys+ their 5%discount is probably cheaper.
Well, the PSN releases of the Crash PS1 games are published by Sony with no mention of Activision so they likely have the publishing rights to them. However, I don't think those rights would apply to a brand new remaster from the ground up.
Baron_Calamity
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Is there any metric on how much the average card goes up at the beginning of a sale? It seems like the sale this time will have some meta game involving crafting of badges so I expect some uptick, just not sure how much.
Chairmanchuck
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Even then if Sony really wants the rights to the character (and they need it to remaster a game), Activision can dictate most of the things in a legal negotiation.
I'm wondering this, too. Even if it's a penny or two, with over 1000 cards to list, it adds up.
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