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Galaki on 11 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:
Galaki said:
CGI-Quality said:

- The fanbase is mainly with the PS3.


It's amusing seeing people saying that.

It's as if you guys don't want NIS to gain more userbase.

How do you know it won't work when you haven't tried, right?

Whether it wil work or not is speculation, not that I said it wouldn't work though. However...

I'll point you to an old saying: if you want a game that's on a certain piece of hardware, you need that certain piece of hardware. It's that simple. I didn't buy an SNES expecting to be able to play Sonic the Hedgehog (or twiddle my thumbs hoping for such an outcome).

Disgaea 4 is on the PS3. You'll need to invest in one if you're to own it.


NIS isn't not first nor second party. What kind of argument is that? lol



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Torillian on 11 March 2011
Galaki said:
Torillian said:

I know it didn't reach the unrealistic expectations of some stock holders but I don't think it's fair to call D4 a failure unless it met something like that.  It's looking to do better than D3 and the company was quite profitable when D3 released so I think they'll do just fine.


Nobody called it a failure yet. Like you said, it just didn't meet the expection :)

ugh, a whole big post about how NIS is actually doing better already, why porting would probably not be worthwhile, and that's all you take out of it.

Alright fine, D4 did not meet the expectations of some random financial company that advised their stock holders based on the idea that D4 would sell twice what D3 sold.  That in no way means NIS is in trouble because it has nothing to do with their expectations for the game.



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NoirSon on 11 March 2011

NIS is mainly focused on the systems that sell in Japan, their core audience.

The real question is why they didn't release it on the stronger RPG base that is the DS or PSP?



makingmusic476 on 11 March 2011

It's exclusive because you're one of maybe five people that'll bother buying a 360 version.



Galaki on 11 March 2011
makingmusic476 said:

It's exclusive because you're one of maybe five people that'll bother buying a 360 version.


LOL. Maybe.



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 11 March 2011

no not another one



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FinalEvangelion on 11 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:
Galaki said:


NIS isn't not first nor second party. What kind of argument is that? lol

Neither is MGS4, but people still moaned for that too. The point isn't about what party(s) are involved, the point is to not complain if you don't plan to buy the device the game is on. You know it's on PS3, buy a PS3.


Agreed.

If it's for money issues, I can sympathize a bit.

If it's because of fanboy / loyalty issues, then no one will get sympathy from me.  I usually buy non-preferred platforms if I want to play a certain game.  I did with the 360 for Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia.



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makingmusic476 on 11 March 2011

But in all seriousness, this game is exclusive for two reasons:

1. Sony and NIS have built a rather close relationship over the years.  NIS has been using Sony's PhyreEngine for all of their PS3 releases, and they were one of the first developers to get NGP development kits.  They actually got NGP kits before they got 3DS kits, unlike most other devs, and this preferential treatment is the reason why they support PS2/PS3/PSP so heavily.  Unless this changes, their products will usually be made first and foremost for Sony's platforms.

2. Much like most other niche Japanese developers, a majority of NIS's sales come from Japan, so it's not surprising they'll primarily support the console with the best software sales in the region.  They could branch out and release on 360, yes, but they'd be adding a very small percentage of sales to their total, for the cost of retooling an engine designed entirely around the ps3 to another platform.  It simply wouldn't be worth the added costs.  At least that's what they seem to think.  Plus, by going multiplatform, they'd be sacrificing some of that support mentioned above.



Kyren on 11 March 2011

Most of their audience is local or Japanese players so naturally they would go with the leading console in that area which is the PS3. They still require profit and if the cost of developing for a 2nd system does not merit enough ROI then they would not pursue such an endeavor.



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hikaruchan on 11 March 2011
Xen said:
mibuokami said:
Xen said:
Galaki said:
Xen said:

It's not their only game. Besides, manifest your interest into a purchase of Disgaea DS. You have one, as I see.


I don't want to play an old game :(

It's the best one in the series still - well, with the omission of 4, haven't played it yet.

Damn straight! I lend my voice in recommending this game to you Galaki, trust Xen on this, he might be a shmup heathen but I least I cannot fault his taste on SRPG.

I only regret that I miss this game on the PS2... thank god for the PSP! I don't think I've ever laugh so hard in a video game as I did playing this game and the story's combination of fantastic humour and sympathetic characters made a cliche story shine with such vibrancy that it could just about rival any epic yarn spun my Square in their prime (and definitely better than the crap they shoved in my face with XIII). Combine that a gameplay that felt like the consumption of a pill that was equal part opium and hashish mixed to form heaven on earth...

God in his heaven!!! This is one of my top 10 game of all time. GET IT Galaki! Don't let the 'old-ness' of the game make you miss one of the greatest RPG of all time.

Couldn't have said it better. It's easily one of the PS2's top 5 games.

I wish NIS would do another La Pucelle: Tactics on Home Console soon to.



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