I will give Valkyria Chronicles credit for being a really good game.  The art style is real good.  But, just about every thread discussing the state of the videogame industry, someone chimes in with something begging me to buy Valkyria Chronicles.  It is at the full $60 price.  Well, why?

I can understand you asking people to try it if it is of interest to whomever it might be, and I do encourage everyone to download the demo.  HOWEVER, Valkyria Chronicles is elevated to something that is supposed to make a difference in the industry.  Well, I have to ask why?  Why do I, and everyone else have to spend $60 to buy this game?  So, even people just into FPS titles should buy Valkyria Chronicles?  How about fighting games?  Should people who just like fighting games buy Valkyria Chronicles?  How about driving games?  Should they buy Valkyria Chronicles Karts if it ever comes out?

My view here is people are making this game out to be more than just a game, and some sort of item everyone has to buy to "save the industry", "prevent the plague of casual gaming", and maybe replace the Folding application that the PS3 used to run, so that you can save humanity with it.  Oh yes, and people are also supposed to trade in the likes of Killzone 2, if needed, to do it.

Ok, you like the game.  I get it. Fans of SRPGs should also look into it.  I get that.  But why must everyone and their cousin buy this game for the "good of the industry"?  Are companies supposed to be serving me, not the other way around?  I am currently on unemployment at this point again.  How exactly does buying Valkyria Chronicles help me me?

Sorry to be blunt here.  Fans, enjoy the game, and discuss it in the right context.  But, I am tired of your begging all of humanity to buy it, even those who aren't interested, to buy it.

I remember the "Buy Zack & Wiki!" and "Buy No More Heroes!" campaigns, but don't recall seeing much of this.

But I haven't been paying much attention lately.

1. sega is only one company
2. your sold copy won't even register on vgchartz
3. these "campaigns' never work. People buy what they want not what we want
4. if sega expected a gajillion copies of this game to sell, they must've been smacked upside the head.
5. Even if VC sold a mil, sega would've followed the "blue ocean" strategy anyway, it's just an excuse

I bought VC and it's one of the best ps3 games period but I can recognize that it's not for everyone and I'd rather hear the voices of people who appreciate the excellence of the game than whiners who were misled.

As for sega, good luck with the new strategy!

I agree 100% with what you said.

he said something?

Great minds music, great minds.

Can't you see it?

There, I highlighted it for you.

Indeed.

lol, I see it now!