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Valkyria Chronicles 2, new screenshots

Sega released new screenshots of Valkyria Chronicles 2 for the PSP.

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Saaking5253d ago

I would have loved this on the Ps3. Oh well.

Cold 20005253d ago

Too bad it didnt sell enough on PS3 for SEGA to put it on the PS3.

They should have just made it multiplat from the start rather than taking the risk of making it a PS3 exclusive.

Now the sequel is a PSP game..what a waste..

Saaking5253d ago

If it didn't sell that good on the PS3, how in the world would it do better on the 360? (a console where only shooters sell well)

Cold 20005253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

Making it multiplat = automatically more sales.

By the on the PS3 only shooters sell too: Uncharted, GTA, Modern Warfare, Resistance, Killzone, MGS4 etc.

All the other genres sell A LOT slower: Ratchet and Clank, LBP, Heavenly Sword, Infamous, Demons Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Motorstorm etc.

Looks like PS3 gamers only want shooters (sigh).

By the way even Lost Odyssey sold more than Valkyria though the 360 hardly exists in Japan.

Udidntlistenpunk5253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

That is a lie.

"By the on the PS3 only shooters sell too: Uncharted, GTA, Modern Warfare, Resistance, Killzone, MGS4 etc."

>> that is also a lie.

Unless you think FF13 and GT5 arent going to have super high sales.

And Assassins Creed sold 8-9 million on both platforms and is not a shooter. The bottomline is that you just need to have games that appeal.

Thats why I said in the other thread that Demons souls 2 needs to have lower difficulty in order to have higher appeal. But got rated down by braindead fanboys in an instant with over 8-9 disagrees just cause they cant handle the fact of an easier demons souls.

The bottomline is that shooters sell more nowadays because shooters are the most popular genre NOWADAYS. That might easily change next year.

Fighting games and RPGs were the most popular genres in PS1s days but gradually gave way to other genres. Genres come and go. I would not be surprised if RPGs are the most favorite genre again in say 3-4 years from now.

Its a cycle. It goes up and down like everything else.

Cold 20005253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

Well...thats actually what I meant.

Saakings says only shooters sell on the 360: Assassins Creed, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Devil May Cry, Mass Effect, Crackdown, Lost Odyssey, Halo Wars, Forza, Fable, Project Gotham Racing, Batman AA and much more ARE NOT shooters but have all sold pretty well.

It was just to show that what he said was silly.

dan881235253d ago

Oh I got what ur saying. Wow, way to be a fanboy Saaking.

Roper3165252d ago

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you do realize that VC was originally an Xbox exclusive right? That MS said wouldn't sell on their system so Sony picked it up and took it as an exclusive.

http://www.n4g.com/News-131...

360 gamers don't buy this type of game and would have sold even worse if it was a 360 exclusive. And being a MP would have just brought the game down in its quality.

This is still by far the best game I have played this generation of gaming.

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dan881235253d ago

Killzone didn't sell well and MGS4 is a stealth game, GTA is an open world action adventure, and Uncharted is an action adventure.

KnightOfAlbion5253d ago

I agree with what you said but I think that Killzone sold as much as Sony would have expected otherwise they wouldn't make a platinum version of Killzone... that would go against the "only the best sellers go platinum" premise. At least that's what I think =P

dan881235253d ago (Edited 5253d ago )

People always think shooters are the only games that sell well wich just isn't true. If you look at the games that will sell the most next year, it will be Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, and God Of War.

Edit: and LittleBigPlanet sold mo than Killzone 2 and resistence 2

And VC lifetime sales are over half a million wich isn't bad at all.

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The Best Games You Can't Officially Buy Anymore

From Xfire: "It's been estimated that roughly half of the video games ever released on the market can no longer be downloaded or purchased. Whether this is exactly correct is not the point. Rather, we think that either way, the video game industry, as a whole, has done a terrible job at preserving video games and making older titles available to play for future generations."

Terry_B1092d ago

You can play all of these games still lol. The headline is just misleading. Funny is that there is not one game in the list that you really can't play anymore due to it being online only games.

CorndogBurglar1092d ago (Edited 1092d ago )

Its not about games you can't play. Its about games you can't officially buy anywhere.

Terry_B1092d ago

The author changed it actually

Army_of_Darkness1091d ago

Who needs to buy these games anyway? Most of them are average at best and won't really be missed.

littletad1092d ago (Edited 1092d ago )

It says buy, not play though. You can't purchase Deadpool or the Simpsons game anymore. Unless you have a 360 for the simpsons or a physical copy of deadpool, or purchased it before it was delisted.

shuvam091092d ago

Look at his comment. It's from 9 hours ago. Article goes back 4 hours. Title might have been changed after realising the mistake

isarai1092d ago

One you actually legit cannot play AT ALL is Noby Noby Boy. I miss turning my brain off and messing around in that game, was so psyched to re-download it when i rebought a ps3 slim, but you cant, even if it's in your downl library, along with a few other obscure PS3 games i had.

NecrumOddBoy1092d ago

The original memes to the moon game. Loved NNB on PS3.

FreeckyCake1092d ago

I would replace Transformers Devastation with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron tho.

Knightofelemia1092d ago (Edited 1092d ago )

Transformers Devastation was good but not as good as Fall and War of Cybertron they should be on the list. SH 2 I can play any time I want since it came free in a $10 Xbox I bought used. The Simpsons Arcade I have on my PS3 surprised the Xmen Arcade game is not on this list or the Turtles arcade game either.

CorndogBurglar1092d ago

I had the X-Men arcade game on my 360. I don't know if Xbox Live is still a thing or not, and of it is, I don't know of they still sell X-Men. But it was deinitely on Xbox Live at some point.

Knightofelemia1092d ago (Edited 1092d ago )

If you had X-Men before you can redownload it from your transaction history on the 360 Microsoft did not castrate the 360 from online. That is how I was able to redownload the old TMNT arcade game to my 360 you can't play it on XB1 or Series X but you can still access it for sure on the 360.

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7 JRPGs With a School Setting If You're Feeling Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Twinfinite Writes: With Fire Emblem Three Houses the series takes its first leap into a school life game, but there are other great JRPGs out there with a school setting.

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bluefox7551749d ago

Currently playing through Trails in the Sky SC, after spending 60 hours finishing the first. I want to jump into Trails of Cold Steel, but was told by several people that it's better to play the previous games first.

Positivelypositive 1749d ago

Trails of cold steel is great to jump right into. You won't feel like you missed anything. I am sure there is more to get out of the 3rd and 4th TOTS games but I don't see any reason to wait to play Steel.

DarkZane1749d ago

There are some mentions of events in Trails in the Sky in the first 2 trails of cold steel, but not much. You should definitely play Trails in the Sky completely before Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4 (which are yet to be released), because there are characters from that series in those games.

You might also want to play Trails of Zero and Azure, which are the 2 unlocalized games. There are translation patches for them out there that are 100% done.

bluefox7551749d ago (Edited 1749d ago )

Interesting, thanks for the tip. I heard TITS 2 was the best one in that series, so I think I'll still finish it. Depending on the ending though, I may jump into TOCS after, mainly because the gameplay looks way better, and obviously the visuals as well. The TITS combat is a little shallow IMO.

Outlawzz1749d ago

Cold steel 1 was my first trails game. There were certain parts where I could tell they were referencing previous games but other than that it was a complete and separate story. It was great and I never felt like I missed out on anything just small mentions of other events.

Teflon021749d ago

doesn't matter which you play first as the games directly involving the story of Sky aren't even all released here to even worry about order. You'll miss alot of references no matter which way you look at it. Just play which ever ones you want in any order as long as 1s before 2. They're self contained stories by name for the most part.

AnnaDea1749d ago

Finished Cold Steel II today.

I have some time now to finish the Crossbell games before Cold Steel III arrives in late October. I can't sing enough praise for the Legend of Heroes series. I have only beaten Sky FC a little earlier and gonna play SC soon too. I feel sorry for the fans of jrpgs that misses this hidden gem of a series.

I have been a great fan of Nihon Falcom since the elary 90's. One of the strongest japanese developers out there. But and support their games Kreygasm.

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How Does Fire Emblem: Three Houses Stack Up Against Other Games With School Settings?

So how does Fire Emblem: Three Houses compare? Well, it doesn't offer the agency of Bully, but it does feel more expansive than Persona, even if the choices you have to make aren't quite as interesting. Its strength is in how well-realized and expansion it all feels, its calendar peppered with a multitude of fun events like feasts and dance festivals. Where Valkyria Chronicles 2's academy feels like a series of rote menus, Three Houses' setting feels fully integrated into the gameplay and story.