I think SoA needed a leash earlier on, I understand they needed to do their own thing, but they were responsible for a number of major projects that failed and it costed them.
I know the Western branch wasn't receptive to Phantasy Star, Virtua Fighter, Binary Domain and Hatsune Miku, they only complied because Japan wanted those games to be released here.
Sorry I don't have any vidoes at hand (Go figure with it being Japan only) but you could research into it, the whole game is set in the red light district.
Sure but there's a lot of revisionist history with stuff like Yakuza (Let's not forget, a reason for the delay was also getting it past Sony who didn't allow Japanese dub only games on their platform) and Virtua Fighter I feel.
This is disheartening to hear, especially with the history/value of both PS and VF to SEGA Worldwide, I don't understand how they would react that way, especially since both have active communities always hoping for more. Binary Domain, is tricky one, especially since again it's a big title, why not work together to make it succeed (or is because they wanted to be more autonomous?). Miku is the biggest surprise consider it's basically printing money for them for relative low work?
But boy, I sometimes looks at the VF group on Facebook and they are particularly nasty at SEGA a number of times, some of it kind of unreasonable. Then what would the point be of giving an interview to Famitsu, especially when he could have just said "Look we're really awesome, see that Chain Chronicle, over $100 million, $100 MILLION!" it's one thing if he was hyping up his own products, it's another to say they haven't been doing as well and they need to improve on what they're capable of.
This isn't a random interview given at E3 about Sonic going back to his roots but something about the sort of direction the company is going in. Definitely we will see further expansion into China and maybe thanks to Atlus' involvement, further localisations.
I do admit I like that he of all people came out and said it. Sort of refreshing when any company comes out and admit to an actual problem. Again, I hope it's not just lip service.
Just keep your expectations in check, don't expect Crazy Taxi 4, Shenmue 3, Skies of Arcadia 2, Streets of Rage 4 etc but maybe a few more localisations like 7th Dragon and a few C tier franchises/IPs and you might be happy.
Yep I'd love to read it, I'm sure there was a lot more than just a few snippets like we're getting.
I'm always open for more localizations and yea, it's obvious that this will take some time...I just want more great games, whether it be a new IP or a fan favorite one coming once in a while (which would definitely be appreciated) and of course they give it a good marketing push.
That and I want them to finally bring out PSO2. I'm this close to just find a VPN and try the English patch again.
