Pathetic Symphonia 2 marketing.

[mike_intellivision]

noname2200 said:

Khuutra said:

I wouldn't worry about it much. Dawn of the New World looks like it may eventually outsell Vesperia based on Japanese sales alone, never mind US sales.

Considering how MediaCreate had Symphonia at roughly 230k a month ago, how close this site has the two titles, and the margin of error, I'd say there's a very strong chance that that's already the case. Which is a pity, because Vesperia was actually pretty well-crafted, while New World (supposedly) is not.

As to the topic, why is anyone surprised at the lack of marketing? Namco made it clear from the get-go that this is a low budget spinoff made by a C team ("low budget" and "spinoff" were actually used by their marketing folks at one time or another in describing this game). I'm sure their mindset is to just let this title ride on its own, and milk it for every drop they can.

Do you have a citation/link on that comment by Namco's PR people? I don't doubt they may have felt that way (that seems to be the third party reaction to the Wii -- then they wonder why they don't get sales). But to actually say it publicly would be stupid. Mike from Morgantown