Onyxmeth said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Onyxmeth said:
Are you talking about something like Singstar for japanese music? I don't think there's a real audience for that. It would reach into the Culdcept levels of niche product. |
You don't know it would sell that poorly. Not a hit, but poorly even for a niche product? You'd need some actual signs this wouldn't work. And I didn't mean Sinstar, although a version of that would be cool. I mean like Rock Band, or Guitar Hero, even if those are just DLC. |
DLC is fine. It's minimal risk. To expect someone like Activision or Guitar Hero to sell a full $100+ package featuring j-pop tunes to happen is just rediculous. It's not that it wouldn't be a good game, it's just not something you can expect a publisher to make any money on over here. Steel Battalion for Xbox sold horribly. I believe Drum Mania and Guitar Freaks sold horribly too.
Do you have any Soundscan/Billboard sales data to confirm these japanese albums sell over in other territories besides Japan? |
They are sold here, and they have been for years. If there wasn't some sort of market, they would have stopped selling those albums over here a long time ago. Not saying it's enough to justify a whole game, just pointing out sometimes you don't need numbers.
As for a game, I'd expect more a localization from a Japanese company.
