PS3Evolved Article: Sega Can't Catch a Break

sunnygrg - 291 days 9 hours ago

I, for one, would definitely like to see Yakuza 3 sooner. However, a simultaneous release for a Yakuza series is asking too much. First we will have to wait for the Yakuza 3 spinoff.
I sincerely hope Sony would push for the game to be released in the US at around the same time. GTA just isnt enough for me.

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Asurastrike - 291 days 8 hours ago

You didn't like Yakuza 2? It was in my top 5 games of 2008. I can't wait for Yakuza 3, if it ever makes its way across the pacific.

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sonarus - 291 days 6 hours ago

I really really do hope they at least try to get this game to the west. I didn't get valkyria chronicles cus i knew i wouldn't have time to play but i'll probably pick it up this summer. I hope they don't let poor VC sales discourage them from sending it. This is easily one of the best looking games coming out of japan

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SaiyanFury - 290 days 18 hours ago

Yakuza flopped in North America? Hardly. It may not have sold several million copies like a HALO or Gears of War but it DID receive a decent following over here. I, for one, loved the original Yakuza and Yakuza 2 even more. I seriously doubt that SEGA wouldn't release it over here since it wouldn't really cost that much money. Most of the money spent would be in basic localization. Translating the kanji and kana into English, leave out an English voice track, and sub the Japanese-spoken cut scenes. Then release it over here, there wouldn't be too much involved. I'm sure SEGA will bring it, we need only wait.

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FrustratedFury - 290 days 17 hours ago

I honestly hope your right. I loved the Yakuza games, but I believe that Sega's becoming weary of their position in the North American sales, and if they don't think Yakuza 3 will do well, they may decide to not release it here.

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Sharpshell - 290 days 21 hours ago

VC is a totally awesome game! I wish that third-party developers would learn that the situation isn't like it was last generation where there were enough ps2 in the world that they could just make a game and enough people would buy it. They shoulda had a more agressive add-campaign so people like my brother who loves srpgs but pays no attention to videogame news has never heard of this game and my telling him isn't sufficient, he needs mainstream confirmation.

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patterson - 290 days 14 hours ago

Valkyria Chronicles is an awesome game.

IMO, gamers today have sh*t taste.

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Kira83 - 291 days 5 hours ago

another part of the reason(in canada at least) was that you just couldnt find VC. took me 3 weeks after release, i saw a solitary copy siting in a box behind the counter at EBgames and i jumped at it. and i still dont see too many copies floating around.

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Kira83 - 291 days 5 hours ago

cough virtua fighter 5 cough
hard to believe a 10yo could be wrong eh?

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Elven6 - 290 days 21 hours ago

Sega PS3 and Xbox 360 support is a joke in comparison to the Wii, why all those classic franchises were released on such a console I still do not know.

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labwarrior - 291 days 7 hours ago

360 has a far better game attach rate, and those games would fit great in its lineup

Especially Yakuza 3

But if they want to make sure they go backrupt, they can keep this stupid PS3 support

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kazan - 291 days 5 hours ago

"360 has a far better game attach rate" + including failure systems = almost close to the ps3 attach rate (if its not worse) ,, software sells are proving it :)

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jib - 291 days 2 hours ago

that doesn't even make sense

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mastiffchild - 291 days 4 hours ago

I can't buy online right now(bad case of ID theft-I blame 360 fanboys(joking!))and can I find a copy of VC?NO can I hell. I played some at a mates and though I usually don't take to strat rpgs I found it different and deep in unusual ways.
And no-no ads either.
I'll be finding a way to get Yakuza3 though as it looks incredible and a step above it's earlier games(which i liked for their mad Jap take on the genre) but with the money spent on it I actually feel Sega and sony will push it in US/EU ths time like they(Sega) will with their big Wii games Madworld and The Conduit(which they won a bidding war to publish-something they surely wouldn't do just to leave it to rot promo less).
Sega are involved with some good stuff and why when people like Epic support 360 (US made) shouldn't Sega favour the Jap manufacturers who they've competed with and dealt with for years? MS fanboys need to get that loyslty can exist with no big cheques changing hands sometimes. Besides Yakuza 3 would sell practically nothing on 360 worlwide compared to what it would sell on PS3(in Japan and Europe alone).

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FrustratedFury - 291 days 5 hours ago

You'll have to use FireFox in order to see it properly. Don't ask me why, but Wordpress just does that...

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mastiffchild - 291 days 4 hours ago

the demo isn't a very good barometer of the whole game as it's basic movements/tactics and the games strengths(apart from being stunning)lay in the actual individual qualities assigned to squad members-it gets deep how you deploy with their attributes-rent it if yo don't get it yet and I bet you will. Stunning and I can't wait til I can buy a copy!

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FrustratedFury - 291 days 2 hours ago

You said the first two Yakuzas sold well... in Japan. I'm talking about North America. My whole point is that because Yakuza and Yakuza 2 sales in North America were lackluster Sega may never release Yakuza 3 over here. Also, Yakuza 2 was never localized with English voice actors. It was all in Japanese with English subtitles.

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PirateThom - 291 days 4 hours ago

Metal Gear Solid 4 got the scores and awards by being an alround fantastic game that actually lived up to the hype, exceeded it and brought one of the best experiences of this gen. Complaining about cutscene length in the 7th game in the series is redundant.

Everything about MGS4 was quality.

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