In my opinion Bishoujo games are too expensive

[Dalburnan]

@Jinnai

Same here. Persona 4 is the only title I’m looking forward to for the PS2…unless the rumor of a 3rd dot hack series for the PS2 is true.

Persona 4 and Eternal Poison for me. Though if Atlus does indeed bring over Devil Summoner 2 as well, I’ll be nabbing that too. It’s supposed to be much better then the first, faster paced battles, more then one summon at a time in battle, demon negotiations in battle is back as well.

[Jinnai]

@Kimuzukashii MEIJI

Third, play the games in a way that they last longer. For instance, you could switch games after you play through a scenario, and then when you do play the game again, you will generally tend to have less of an impulse to use the skip feature. I don’t think I have to tell you that using a walkthrough greatly reduces how long you play the game (though I can really understand wanting to use one in some games).

That doesn’t work so well when you have a photographic memory.

On the plus side that means I still remember pretty much where I left on DQ8 6 months ago and .hack 12 months ago and could pick it up within less than 5 minutes…usually within 1 minute.

@Dalburnan

@Jinnai

Same here. Persona 4 is the only title I’m looking forward to for the PS2…unless the rumor of a 3rd dot hack series for the PS2 is true.

Persona 4 and Eternal Poison for me. Though if Atlus does indeed bring over Devil Summoner 2 as well, I’ll be nabbing that too. It’s supposed to be much better then the first, faster paced battles, more then one summon at a time in battle, demon negotiations in battle is back as well.

I looked at Eternal Poison and I’m not sure about it…I wish they had a demo out for it. I might put it down to get the free pre-order stuff and decide later.

[Lancer-X]

Use your photographic memory to learn Japanese!

Having a photographic memory certainly made it a lot easier for me…

[Jinnai]

@Lancer-X

Use your photographic memory to learn Japanese!

Having a photographic memory certainly made it a lot easier for me…

I am…unfortunately it’s better at reading hiragana than listening to the teacher and comprehending what she says when it’s in Japanese.

[Kimuzukashii_MEIJI]

@Jinnai

unfortunately it’s better at reading hiragana than listening to the teacher and comprehending what she says when it’s in Japanese.

Hey, at least for the most part a teacher will stick to what you are supposed to have learned and speak at a pace a bit slower than you usually hear in spoken Japanese. Me? I’m lucky if I can pick out a few words of a conversation between the older Japanese women at the Buddhist temple when I’m there to help make manju, given how fast they speak and how many words they use that I don’t know, or in the case of (mostly) verbs, a form of the word I haven’t learned yet.

[Jinnai]

@PunkDaddy

2. We are based in the US, bishojo game enthusiasts probably consider that second (third?) class compared to Japanese companies or even dojinshi circles.

2nd if you have Japanese magika artists as staff, 3rd if you don’t I’d bet.

@PunkDaddy

@opticalsky

@Dalburnan

That pretty marks MG off my list, no physical copies sucks. I don’t like the idea of buying download copies anymore, because you can’t resell them really.

I think a lot of companies are starting to push for that route, many feel going this route will reduce piracy as well as gain more profits, since they’ll basically be putting the “used game” portion of businesses like gamestop out of the loop. Since they claim that used game sales are lost of potential profits.

Interesting! The fact so many people download would seem to indicate that is the preferred method. Perhaps because some people prefer piracy to supporting legitimate products?

For PC games yes, because most PC games have no long-term resale value. Those that do, are so rare that finding a copy becomes not worth the time and money, unless your a collector.

@PunkDaddy

From the stand point of our company, pure digital downloads eliminate the following costs: packaging design, printing covers (typically 2,500 minimum unless one is doing single print-outs in a printer), disc manufacturing, disc art design, packaging costs (amaray, shrinkwrap, labor, etc.), shipping packaging, shipping labor and shipping expenses. In theory this would help to reduce the price, but that is up to the company. We’re going to make physical product for those who want it, but our digital costs will be much lower (but maybe easier to pirate…). Plus, while selling through a retailer boosts awareness and is critical for marketing the game, direct digital sales mean no middlemen and can double the money one can collect (no retailer’s discount)!

Note, I didn’t even bother discussing used games. They don’t bother me and wouldn’t enter into the analysis for our game. I can’t speak for other game companies though…

Well you did forget to mention that it does add the cost for bandwidth, which much be able to not just handle a lot per day, but a lot all at once.

[Dalburnan]

@PunkDaddy

@opticalsky

@Dalburnan

I believe that has a lot to do with the fact they don’t offer physical copies of the game. I’m sure the very low quality translation/editing has something to do with it as well.

That pretty marks MG off my list, no physical copies sucks. I don’t like the idea of buying download copies anymore, because you can’t resell them really.

I think a lot of companies are starting to push for that route, many feel going this route will reduce piracy as well as gain tmore profits, since they’ll basically be putting the “used game” portion of businesses like gamestop out of the loop. Since they claim that used game sales are lost of potential profits.

Fixed.

[NewGuy]

Alot of games show up in rightstuf.com’s weekly special bin, some in the $10-20 price range. It’s just random what’s in there every week.