Er, I don’t mean to be so particular, but doesn’t it defeat the purpose of warning surfers that they must be above 18 to enter the Peapri site, when there’s already a popup window featuring all that stuff the momnet they get to the mainpage? (^^
I know ad revenue helps, but now I really dread surfing here when my mom’s around.
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Originally posted by yyoshi:
I know ad revenue helps, but now I really dread surfing here when my mom's around. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
[This message has been edited by Hokusai (edited 03-09-2002).]
I agree with yyoshi-san, though I haven’t noticed it at first, as I pressed enter just before the rest of the page finished loading. The issue is not if you bookmarked after the initial page, but rather, that somebody else (a minor?) gets to the entrance page, and click the banner links.
Actually it’s more than clicking on the banner links (sweat). It’s kinda like reading the “18 and above” label and staring at another popup window with women baring their assets at the same time…if you get the drift.
okay, don’t fry me over this, Kumiko. just trying to offer some advice.
Or you could get a program that neutralizes pop-us.
Hmm, you mean that while you use that popup, another company are using a popup that leads to your site??
Aside from that, I’ll only say that most of us are doing what we can to help PP, both by trying to attract new customers and stopping piraticy whenever we encounter it…
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Originally posted by Kumiko Kamiyama:
We could probably be far more successful by selling Pokemon or Evangelion... needless to say, though, those types of titles not only do not match the intent to open the English world to bishoujo works, but also required enormous investment to achieve their current status. It is consumer choice as to what happens with the English bishoujo market.
Er, actually Evangelion's very much bishoujo material (well, almost everything with GAINAX on it is ). Not sure if I have a point here, but as much as I'm anti-EVA, it's not a bad title to work with first as it already has an acceptance in the U.S. anime market (if not the English-speaking world in general). It would certainly be a lot easier getting the game/anime media to highlight Peapri products (and mainstream distributors to sell them) if they're not adult-oriented. While I believe that we need to broaden the English-speaking world on what bishoujo gaming is, it's always easier to do that when one has the financial capacity to do so, and it always helps to start off with more established products that can reach out to a wider audience. Even if it means titles titles like Eva. There's plenty of anime-related games, with quite a few featuring lots of mecha and such, that could give Peapri more reach than, say, 'Water Closet'.
Of course, being not an American (and living on the other side of the Pacific) who doesn't have to worry abt licensing and all, I'm not one to judge though. ^^;
As for the article, well, anyone noticed there's a mistake in it? (it's "pasokon" dammit, not "pancon").
I offer my head to the guillotine. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
okay, without making this long discussion even longer…
I think the prob is the definition of bishoujo gaming, or even the term ‘bishoujo’ itself. Way I see it, bishoujo is, literally, ‘pretty-girl’, so most anime, game, manga etc can be considered bishoujo so long as its appeal is in its female characters. Gainax may not be a bishoujo make as per, but it very much markets many of its titles that way–they aren’t exactly coy about their EVA heroines, are they.
In fact, games like the Ayanami Rei Project (where players get to ‘raise’ Rei like in 'Princess Maker) is very much featured in bishoujo gaming magazines in Japan. In fact, there’s tonnes of bishoujo material out there–from Love Hina to Chobits to TCG/anime like Aquarian Age.
Which is why I’m pretty much against localizing bishoujo gaming within mostly adult-oriented genres. There are bishoujo elements in mainstream anime/manga which we can use to further promote this form of gaming. Also, to only focus on bishoujo products only available to the English market won’t help either, since we all agree how small that market is right now. One has to introduce general audiences to what’s NOT available to them as well, even if only to show them what they’re missing out on.
I can understand Peapri’s stand from a maker/distributor’s point of view, but for people like myself who are trying to promote these genres in general, we’ve to consider everything.
Well, I have to agree with you on some parts, Yyoshi-san, I don’t really like the fact that Peach Princess have to use those means to get out in bussines, but still … No matter what we try to do to promote the genre in general, we’re still rejected bu most of the people “in general”, so what other alternatives is there? If some popups and baners will help the sales of Peach Princess, then I, as a consumer, won’t complain about it, since it will help Peach Princess to grow. And what other solutions is there? I’ve seen it myself: adult bishoujo games are more accepted among people who’s into “adult stuff” alreday, than those who aren’t.