Sega Q1 2009 Results: Valkyria bombs in Japan, Iron Man soars everywhere else

NO_PUDding - 505 days 10 hours ago

Agreed.

I'll buy it especially if it doesn't sell well. Then when everyone realises it's great, it will be collectible.

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socomnick - 505 days 9 hours ago

La chance I think its because Valkyria isn't really a jrpg its a Srpg. Basically a Japanese rts kinda. Not my cup of tea and apparently the Japanese don't like it either. Then again you would think with the ps3 being so rpg starved they would buy anything they could get their hands on.

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RealityCheck - 505 days 8 hours ago

Just to put things in perspective, Valkyria so far sold about 0.14M in Japan out of about 2M PS3 in that region, that's about 1 in 15. Lost Odyssey worldwide sold about 0.77M out of about 20M X360, that's about 1 in 26. So for those saying Valkyria is a flop, than you have to say Lost Odyssey is a flop too.

I rather say that it sold well for a new IP.

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PS360WII - 505 days 8 hours ago

It might have something to do with the characters as well. I'm still looking forward to it but with it being tanks, platoons, rifle men, and what not vs the knight, mage, archer, and such it's just not the same in terms of characters.

Art style alone is what's making me want this game

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shine1396 - 505 days 7 hours ago

@la chance....somehow I find that hard to believe...

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Enigma_2099 - 505 days 5 hours ago

I believe you got all the disagrees because you're a blatant 360 funboy, and took the opportunity to kick PS3 owneres when they're down.

Iron Man outselling Chronicles... I don't trust this tory...

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deeznuts - 505 days 3 hours ago

I'm getting Valkyrie.

For those criticizing it for its sales, step back for a moment. For every criticism of Valkyrie for sales, you are also praising Ironman the game, since it sold well. Not sure as a gamer you want to do that

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Dream Machine - 505 days 11 hours ago

Wow, thats a surprise. I agree that it'll do better in Europe as we have a reputation for liking us some SRPG games, not too sure about America.

Ugh I hate when something innovative doesn't sell well, because thats when we get the same game over and over again and then ask why.

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LiQuiFiedArt - 505 days 7 hours ago

Just like all eastern nations. Korea, Japan, etc.. Its called "Group Mentality". Very very VERY Group minded. Where as Euros and america's are more independent thinkers. This is my opinion from what i've witness at my job for the past several years.

Well it looks fun and unique. I'm gonna try it out. If it had trophies it woulda been that much better, seeing as how I'm already overwhelmed with games its becoming wasteful now. Its acutally bothering me. And the list continues to grow. MS2, R2, LBP, WKS, KZ2, SOCOM, etc.. i could keep going on. ugh i wish i was a kid.

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Sarick - 505 days 9 hours ago

People tend to forget the entertainment value of a game is more then it's eye candy and the type of game it is.

Most of the time a good game is popular more because it's entertaining to play and watch.

You can put out an action, adventure, RPG, FPS or a platformer.

As long as it's fun and had a good story behind it a lot of people who are into that will by it for that entertainment value.

Some games don't need stories like tetris or puzzle games. Big immersive stories draw me in the most though.

To bad these are a dying breed and headed more towards action adventure RPGS or FPS's.

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kewlkat007 - 505 days 9 hours ago

...some just care about graphics. I don't care how good the game looks, if them 2 ingredients are not on par then I'll get bored and drag myself to finish it.

I have yet to finish FF12, that story got boring. Not the best FF.

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meepmoopmeep - 505 days 8 hours ago

hahhaha...

anyway, damn. i think socomnick is right, they're more into the traditional JRPG. wow.

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forum_crawler - 505 days 4 hours ago

It is called choice. Maybe people in Japan don't find the game as appealing...

It is much the same as to why the Camry is one of the best selling vehicles in North America, even when nobody would be crazy enough to call that couch on wheels exiting or even interesting.

Choice, that is that it is...

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nintendojunkie24 - 505 days 2 hours ago

Hmmm bashing the birthplace of modern gaming...and it's gamers....Oh well..ignorance is bliss I guess...

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deeznuts - 505 days 3 hours ago

100,000.

Disclaimer: The above statistic came from vgchartz. so it has no value.

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Alexander Roy - 505 days 8 hours ago

Final Fantasy XIII Agito is a PSP game. I don't see how that would help PS3 sales in Japan.

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Ashta - 505 days 8 hours ago

@Alexander Roy - Any money that the PSP brings in to Sony's gaming division is a help to the PS3. More revenue for SCEI means that they can invest in lower the production costs of the PS3 even further, use a portion of that revenue to purchase exclusivity contrats (or in some cases persuade 3rd parties to go multi-plat) or just post an overall profit for the gaming division.

Despite the PS3's lagging sales early on in its life cycle the other portions of the gaming division have helped keep it afloat and now that the PS3 is doing much better than it had been the other assets only serve to embolden the gaming division and expand and improve.

It's really the biggest thing that Sony has over Microsoft in the gaming industry: Sony can regain it's lost profits much faster than Microsoft can because they rely on multiple assets whereas Microsoft cut off support of the original Xbox and solely rely on a single product to try and compete. It's also why MS has dumped so much money in to the 3rd parties when it comes to gaming. Sure, Microsoft Game Studios reported a profit for for the first time since it began 7 years ago, but the rest of the Redmond company has been bleeding money due to the lackluster reception of Vista and the fact that pretty much everyone hates it and thinks Direct X10 is a big stinking pile.

But I'm going off on a tangent here.....

To respond to the first statement: Yes, the PSP helps the PS3 by bringing in revenue which can be used for the betterment of the PS3 overall.

EDIT: If someone is going to disagree with me at least have the stones to write it up instead of just hitting the "disagree" button.

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deeznuts - 505 days 3 hours ago

speaking of disgae 3. hey that's coming out in the US very shortly!

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Ashta - 505 days 7 hours ago

November 2008 (Nov. 11th I think?) is when Valkyria Chronicles hits the US. Not real sure on the Europe dates.

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SolidSnake93 - 505 days ago

I'm kind of getting used to these days. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games outsold Halo 3, MGS4, Mario Galaxy, and I think Call of Duty 4 as well.

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zenosaga04 - 505 days 8 hours ago

Well have fun waiting because releasing this on the 360 in Japan would do nothing but exacerbate Sega's losses. Valkyria Chronicles sold more than Lost Odyssey, and yet it's already a failure? Wait for the American and European sales before you make statements like that

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SolidSnake93 - 505 days ago

What happened to the third person view.

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joe382 - 505 days 5 hours ago

You havent been here long but I know that you are hilarious. Your comment is so funny.

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vega75 - 505 days 2 hours ago

" If I was a 360 fan I would try to push him toward sony just because I would be embarrassed to have a retard like that on my side"

yet people like juukin,eagle,nasim(whatever he goes by now) ken,shane kim, ect. are ok when they do the same thing. your right. you haven't been here long. else you would have know about them and saved your comment. and stop trying to single out zhuk. when there are alot worse on this site.

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jonondaspot - 505 days 2 hours ago

Uh no. I have read their comments but zhuk is like al gore. He jus makes things up on the spot. It dpesn't matter when it is a confirmed fact even sdmitted by microsoft. He just says whatever makes him feel good. That is just being an idiot. I mean liek a slobbering idiot that used to be in the medievel villages. That kinda stupid. Reality is this far away thing for him. he isn't using sarcasm like some other posters here on both sides either. Hes pretty much mental poo stuck in the reason pipes.

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