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Son1x on 11 October 2009

More like 10-15$ more. Hes talking about pounds, not dollars.

@Kantor, you can buy it from some other site, lots of them have cheaper shipping at least.



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jbrist on 11 October 2009
inverted3reality said:
jbrist said:
How can you say "It's not for everyone",

That suggests you're saying all europeans like and dislike the same thing, like saying we all like racing games, but don't like hack and slash action/adventure RPG games...

People have different tastes for a start, so don't go grouping us as a whole, since that's not how it works.

Also, why release it in the US, when the EU/Other regions have a higher PS3 userbase, meaning potentially more sales...

No. I don't mean that at all.


First of all, the only reason we're getting this game?

ATLUS.

Atlus are pretty much a gift to gamers. if you dont love atlus there is something wrong with you. They are bringing us games no one else would and not getting rich off of it.


When i said that jbrist, I meant that it will never be getting huge sales. So porting it must be taken into consideration.
Also, the porter, Atlus, does not publish anything in europe, ever.

So it needs a new publisher all together.


  No, no, and no. You're being stupid again, you're telling me that there's something wrong with me if I don't "love Atlus", for a start, how can I "love" them if they don't publish in the EU, that means I've never played their games, and most likely never will if they don't start releasing them over here... think before you type such a stupid post.



inverted3reality on 11 October 2009
jbrist said:
inverted3reality said:
jbrist said:
How can you say "It's not for everyone",

That suggests you're saying all europeans like and dislike the same thing, like saying we all like racing games, but don't like hack and slash action/adventure RPG games...

People have different tastes for a start, so don't go grouping us as a whole, since that's not how it works.

Also, why release it in the US, when the EU/Other regions have a higher PS3 userbase, meaning potentially more sales...

No. I don't mean that at all.


First of all, the only reason we're getting this game?

ATLUS.

Atlus are pretty much a gift to gamers. if you dont love atlus there is something wrong with you. They are bringing us games no one else would and not getting rich off of it.


When i said that jbrist, I meant that it will never be getting huge sales. So porting it must be taken into consideration.
Also, the porter, Atlus, does not publish anything in europe, ever.

So it needs a new publisher all together.


  No, no, and no. You're being stupid again, you're telling me that there's something wrong with me if I don't "love Atlus", for a start, how can I "love" them if they don't publish in the EU, that means I've never played their games, and most likely never will if they don't start releasing them over here... think before you type such a stupid post.

Huh? Atlus doesn't have a european branch. That doesn't mean you should not love them. Im talking about everyone who can get games from them. You can always import it for 6$.



monsterone on 11 October 2009

I would be interested in this game, but since uncharted 2 will be avaiable on the 13th I have pushed back any other game available.



Serious_frusting on 11 October 2009

Because it isnt released in the UK



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ocnkng on 11 October 2009
C_Hollomon said:
I don't like RPG's. I'm sure the game is good but I don't like RPG's. Everytime I try to play one I get bored. If I buy the game I most likely will not play it.

Its not like the other RPGs really. The combat is entirely real time (Even Mass Effect and Fallout 3 had spell screens and VATS), so you can't pause the action ever. The melee is almost as deep as a fighting game (you have parry, riposte, block, light attack, heavy attack etc). Ranged attacks have target lock-on and actual aiming.

On top of that it is a full fledged RPG too.

Really playing this game, you get a feeling of playing an Action-RPG-Adventure-Survival Horror all rolled into one. And each individual aspect implemented brilliantly. This is one hell of a buy.

It is also a kind of game very suited to western audience. One of the reason why it was not so successful over in Japan.



 

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joshin69 on 11 October 2009

I am, imported as im in the UK. dam hard though. how many deaths can one man suffer.



 

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vitoaf27 on 11 October 2009

Don't have money. Don't have time. Don't have patience.

I do want to get it someday, though.



ameratsu on 11 October 2009
ocnkng said:
C_Hollomon said:
I don't like RPG's. I'm sure the game is good but I don't like RPG's. Everytime I try to play one I get bored. If I buy the game I most likely will not play it.

It is also a kind of game very suited to western audience. One of the reason why it was not so successful over in Japan.

 

Its been very successful in Japan, 140k is great considering it's a new IP. It opened at what, 44k? To sell another 95k clearly it had some great legs and word of mouth. Of course, there's also the sales for the Chinese/English and Korean/English versions that we don't have any data for.

Just look at the top 5 Wii RPGs in Japan. All of them are from established franchises. DS would be #6 on that list if it were on the Wii, beating out many other games. That alone is pretty impressive.



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inverted3reality on 11 October 2009

very good points. I'd assume the game is at about 250k by now without american sales.