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axumblade said:

Excuse my sleep deprived ramblings. What I was trying to say is that I don't think we can really judge them that harshly on the way they have developed for the PS3 thus far. According to VGChartz, they have published 3 PS3 games Disgaea 3, The Last Rebellion (which was only localized for the U.S., not developed by NIS and even NIS apologized for localizing the game) and Trinity Universe, which I have yet to see much of at this point, but I find it nearly impossible to think it's graphically inferior to Disgaea 3 and The Last Rebellion...I'm mainly against the accusation that all they show look like PS2 games since they don't have a major spectrum of releases.  That's about the extent of it. I didn't disagree with most of what you said but I don't want to bomb them for graphics that are from old games (disgaea) or games they can't be held that responsible for (The last Rebellion).

Ah, I see.  For what it's worth, I didn't intend for the "look like PS2 games" comment to be a slam against them: I actually consider it to be something of a benefit, since I believe they're currently too much of a niche developer to put out a product that significantly takes advantage of the PS3's graphical capabilities. 

Judging from their balance sheet, they need to keep costs down to survive, and more power to them if they can do it on their current budget.  My concern is for how long they can keep it up: I see them, and all the other niche developers/publishers, as increasingly being caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the console market.



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NIS should try to localize some popular games to the U.S. I'm sure that would help boost their sales. I love NIS and it sucks to see these sales hopefully they'll be able to stay afloat longer.



Zlejedi said:
MrT-Tar said:

OUCH!

Just one question:  If they are in this situtation, why are NIS starting to develop more for HD consoles rather than Wii/DS/PSP?  To me it makes little sense


Do you see the games on the list? They ARE on the psp/wii. Actually the only stuff they managed to sell well is Disgaea 3 (and there's also zylions of dlc for it too).

Disgaea 3 undershot their expectations btw.  At least in Japan.



Saintdante said:

NIS should try to localize some popular games to the U.S. I'm sure that would help boost their sales. I love NIS and it sucks to see these sales hopefully they'll be able to stay afloat longer.

If it's popular, some bigger publisher will have already gotten their hands on it (they can pay better royalties, have better distribution/marketing, etc.).  Even when it's niche, they have to fight several other publishers (primarily X-SEED, Ignition, and what used to be Working Designs, name escapes me right now) for the privilege, and NIS is considered even smaller than those three!

P.S. Welcome to the site!