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Started by Titiln, October 30, 2011, 05:13:58 pm
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Re: gaming news that don't deserve their own thread
#8781  October 08, 2018, 01:12:18 am
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#8782  October 08, 2018, 02:04:00 am
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That's good, as much chaos as it was over in Telltale, i'm glad that TWD will get the last parts of the final season.
Re: gaming news that don't deserve their own thread
#8783  October 13, 2018, 02:16:54 pm
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who's playing kof allstar? i don't but this trailer looks dope.
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#8784  October 13, 2018, 03:37:47 pm
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looks intriguing
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#8785  October 16, 2018, 11:47:07 pm
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http://www.siliconera.com/2018/10/13/capcom-discusses-how-they-plan-on-using-their-ips-in-the-latest-annual-report/
That's a rather interesting approach, and I'm surprised they're so open about it.
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Kenzo Tsujimoto, CEO: “As it takes about three years to develop a game, we used to have issues with a progressive decline in recognition during development.
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Although games receive only about two weeks of media exposure before and after their release...
no shit
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... factors that led to the success of this Hollywood movie include (1) the theatrical release, (2) Blu-Ray and DVD sales, (3) cable television broadcasts and (4) broadcasts at hotels and in airplanes. It has been rebroadcast numerous times over years and decades, which has led to maintaining and even increasing the recognition of this title.

A condition to taking this marketing approach is that the games are of world-class quality
So basically they figured out what was the point of flooding various markets with all kinds of derivative products like plushies and figurines and cartoons and pencils and notebooks with the face of your character back in the '90s. But could that balance out the astronomical cost of today's AAA games ? They tried to just extend a game's life cycle with DLCs spread over several years but I guess why not stack that with the tried-and-true marketing tactics.
I just hope that means good things for that Megaman TV show and that movie. But OTOH, Marvel is supposed to be doing that work for MvC, so people still need to actually like the game what you show about the game.
(I'm being a bit cynical here but I really appreciate that they're making this sort of things public and I'm happy that we can see they actually think about what they're doing, this is what proper communication looks like)
(and I'm suddenly super sad to see Breath of Fire sitting in the same sales range as Final Fight, Commando and 1942 - and then I look at Okami and I'm sad for its fanbase)
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Re: gaming news that don't deserve their own thread
#8786  October 17, 2018, 12:32:35 am
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Since there's no Rival Schools nor Darkstalkers on that list, does that mean they've sold even less than 1942 and Commando?
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Resident Evil
123 titles
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I know they're counting ports and remakes, but holy shit.
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#8787  October 17, 2018, 12:38:49 am
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thats pretty sad if true but i suppose games like 1942 and commando would have more western appeal
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#8788  October 17, 2018, 01:00:03 am
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I'd expect Darkstalkers to outsell some old-ass arcade shooters if only because of the handful of characters who made it to the versus series, plus how passionate its fanbase is.

I mean, have you seen pornographic fan art of 1942 or Commando? How about Morrigan?
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#8789  October 17, 2018, 01:10:42 am
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i guess i would say its because of the ubiquity of those sorts of games in western arcades at the time.

i never saw darkstalkers cabs in the states when arcades were a thing (and i was a kid at the tail end of that period) and i saw rival schools maybe once. but i did see cabs that carried 1942 and commando, usually in those multi game ones. they may have been bootleg tho.
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#8790  October 17, 2018, 05:00:03 am
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I remember those cute chibi anime Street Fighter 2 stickers (possibly fake) I used to buy just outside my school around 1994. Never saw a Darkstalkers sold. And I did bought the SF2 comic book.

Not much Darkstalkers merchandise that time but there was Darkstalkers in almost every arcade in the malls I go to up until the late 90's.
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#8791  October 17, 2018, 05:06:12 am
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yeah i dont think capcom fighters asides from SF and Marvel were popular in the states really, outside of the bigger ones
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#8792  October 18, 2018, 10:25:11 pm
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Well, still better than where I live.
Fighting games just died after 16-bit.
You'd occasionally see someone play Tekken or Soul Calibur.

Glad it revived with SFV and Dragonball FighterZ
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#8793  October 29, 2018, 11:28:57 pm
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/29/18037502/playstation-classic-game-list-final-metal-gear-grand-theft-auto-final-fantasy
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The PlayStation Classic’s game list for North America includes a variety of genres, including 2D action games, Japanese role-playing games and puzzle games. Here’s the full list:

    Battle Arena Toshinden
    Cool Boarders 2
    Destruction Derby
    Final Fantasy 7
    Grand Theft Auto
    Intelligent Qube
    Jumping Flash
    Metal Gear Solid
    Mr Driller
    Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
    Rayman
    Resident Evil Director’s Cut
    Revelations: Persona
    Ridge Racer Type 4
    Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
    Syphon Filter
    Tekken 3
    Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
    Twisted Metal
    Wild Arms

Sony plans to launch the PlayStation Classic worldwide on Dec. 3 — the 24th anniversary of the PlayStation’s release. The retro console will retail for $99.99 in the U.S., £89.99 in the U.K., €99.99 in Europe and 9,980 yen in Japan.

The Japanese version of the PlayStation Classic will have a different lineup, with a bigger focus on role-playing games and side-scrolling shoot ‘em ups.

    Arc the Lad
    Arc the Lad 2
    Armored Core
    Battle Arena Toshinden
    Devil Dice (aka XI [sai])
    Final Fantasy 7
    G Darius
    Gradius Gaiden
    Intelligent Qube
    Jumping Flash
    Metal Gear Solid
    Mr. Driller
    Parasite Eve
    Persona
    Resident Evil
    Ridge Racer Type 4
    SaGa Frontier
    Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
    Tekken 3
    Wild Arms
dumb Sony
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Re: gaming news that don't deserve their own thread
#8794  October 31, 2018, 10:57:22 pm
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There's a trailer out for the MediEvil remaster for PS4:



I never actually played the original, but this looks pretty cool. 
Re: gaming news that don't deserve their own thread
#8795  October 31, 2018, 11:10:34 pm
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The Bobcat is not fooling around here plus three more characters from a ''familiar pilot show''
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#8796  October 31, 2018, 11:26:48 pm
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There's a trailer out for the MediEvil remaster for PS4:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBbWnkksW4M[/youtube]

I never actually played the original, but this looks pretty cool.
Hopefully it's better than Resurrection.
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#8797  November 01, 2018, 07:58:23 am
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The Bobcat is not fooling around here plus three more characters from a ''familiar pilot show''
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...Well, I do understand, Bubsy's last game wasn't really horrible...
But oooh, man, now it just feels like trolling: giving a character, who was sentenced to never return, not only a comeback but even a SEQUEL after that.
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#8798  November 01, 2018, 08:21:27 am
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...Well, I do understand, Bubsy's last game wasn't really horrible...

It controlled fine enough, it was just incredibly lackluster, especially for its $30 price tag. It's a shame because I understand that Black Forest Games (the company that developed the game) are capable of solid work. They did that Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams game which is supposed to be a good time.
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#8799  November 01, 2018, 08:27:37 am
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...Well, I do understand, Bubsy's last game wasn't really horrible...

It controlled fine enough, it was just incredibly lackluster, especially for its $30 price tag.

Yeah, I pretty much meant that. While it WASN'T that infamous "Bubsy 3-D", I really don't think anyone Wanted or even Predicted the second game since that game was still very lacking. That has a much MORE different scale because that was a comeback of a series, that was lacking from the very beginning, meaning that there wasn't much improvement at all.
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#8800  November 03, 2018, 11:33:37 am
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So next Diablo will be a Mobile game, the Trailer has already has 180k downvotes.^^



Gameplay Trailer

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