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Garcian Smith on 24 January 2008

Probably not. New IPs don't seem to be doing so well in Japan nowadays.



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Borkachev on 24 January 2008

I honestly have no idea. It looks like the kind of thing they might like based on their buying history, but I've given up trying to understand Japanese gamers. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to what they like anymore.



ChronotriggerJM on 24 January 2008

Give them the option to make they're sack boy look like a Gundam and it'll sell >: ) ok that's so stereotypical I'm sorry :(

On a serious note, I think it could do well :P I've never played anthing like it on a console before, and the Japanese market usually flocks twards something different. 



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darthdevidem01 on 24 January 2008

@borkavhev

my thoughts exactly



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Kasz216 on 24 January 2008

I think it'll appeal to them more then US gamers. I mean, it's a mostly non-violent inovative quirky game. That's 2-D a format that largely is regulated to handhelds now... which seems to be japans choice of gaming.



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Garcian Smith on 24 January 2008
Borkachev said:
I honestly have no idea. It looks like the kind of thing they might like based on their buying history, but I've given up trying to understand Japanese gamers. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to what they like anymore.

Formula for a game to sell well in Japan...

Western-developed game for the 360: -6

For the 360: -2 

Western-developed game: -2

Eastern-developed game: +1

Anime-style game: +2

For the PS2: +2

Based upon an existing anime franchise: +3

Japanese-made RPG: +4

For the DS: +5

Casual or "non-gamer" game: +7

Based upon an existing, and previously popular, game franchise: +7

Has "Final Fantasy" or "Dragon Quest" in the name: +9

If a game has 10 or more points, it'll do well in Japan, guaranteed.



"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

 -Sean Malstrom

 

 

Played_Out on 24 January 2008
ChronotriggerJM said:

Give them the option to make they're sack boy look like a Gundam and it'll sell >: ) ok that's so stereotypical I'm sorry :(

On a serious note, I think it could do well :P I've never played anthing like it on a console before, and the Japanese market usually flocks twards something different.

 

If you mean they go crazy for fashionable novelties, then I am inclined to agree; if you mean they favour innovative game designs, I am not sure the countless sequels and remakes that make up their weekly chart support your hypothesis.

Personally, I think LBP will do moderately well over there. Cute is cute, right? 

 



makingmusic476 on 24 January 2008

I think it could do well, but I'm not about to make any predictions about the Japanese market. Only FF, DQ, and Gundam are guaranteed to succeed over there.



Borkachev on 24 January 2008
Edit: five hours later, I realize I posted this in the wrong thread. oops.


ClaudeLv250 on 24 January 2008

How many new IPs have been successful in Japan on the PS3? It seems like the only games that sell there are proven franchises and even those are seeing their sales crippled. I imagine Japan won't give it a second glance.



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