first, we apologize for the lack of updates recently but right now we are very busy dealing with and finalizing the release of cosplay fetish academy, getting ready to deal with preorders, and planning how to move on with our next title, whatever which one it may be. also with con season coming up, we also have to plan for those as well as panels if applicable.
but honestly, i think its a bit unfair to compare us with fan translation groups. many are doing this for their hobby and as such, have more āfree timeā to post progress and such, and i also think it is safe and fair to say that they are also doing the translation in their āfree timeā as well since they are doing it āfor freeā. we are busy working every day trying to get these games out as soon as we can, so that more fans and customers will be able to enjoy them sooner, especially those who pre-ordered the games from us.
at any rate, i will post a quickie update on a separate new thread.
oh, and if you havenāt done so yet, i suggest that you sign up for our jlist/jastusa email newsletter too.
I honestly donāt mind. There are dozens of game companies that donāt post new news on things for months on end: Natsume (Harvest Moon), Square-Enix (Dragon Quest 9 and Final Fantasy Versus 13), Blizzard (Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3), etcā¦ They give an update like once every two or three months, and then stay quiet, announcing delays and changed release dates only weeks before the last scheduled announcement.
Every week PP sends me a newletter - so Iām getting more updates than I expect.
I donāt mind either. If youāve got time to notice how long it has been between updates, maybe you should start learning Japanese? :lol: Seriously though, while more updates would certainly be nice (as Iām sure most would agree), Iām not going to get all bent out of shape over it. In the whole scheme of things, not getting regular updates doesnāt really matter. Think of it this way: if you arenāt getting updates, it means they are steadily working on the game and thus donāt have time to step away. Just step back, take a deep breath, slowly let it out, and say ???.
Very clear, very nice , frequent updates are a waste of time and electrons, in my opinion.
However, do you also happen to know something about those wild rumors of your new chumminess with Black Cyc? :lol:
I donāt really care so much about regular updates. Iād rather they only update when they have something substantial to update about. The only thing I can say Iām annoyed about is that Family Project still isnāt out yet, or in stone for their next release even.
But thatās life in the world of games and release dates.
Yes, sorry for the lack of updates, although weāre hard at work on all projects, and are banging things out rather nicely, we think. So nicely in fact that Iām sure thereāll be a few people at the summer cons this year who are upset that we have too many new games for them to pick up all the new titles, Whenever we do announcements we keep the shipping dates flexible for several reasons, mainly because we know that these things take time and also we are often made to wait by the Japanese programmers who might be busy with something this month, making it hard for them to get our English versions coded. Weāre also busy because weāre making big plans for the future, which weāll be telling you about soon. Muhahahaā¦
I believe that they are doing well to bring us these types of games with the way things sit.
So I would cut them slack for continuing on a hard path, not knowing what the sales will become.
They listen to us, and the question they ask is, āIf we get this HOT title, are you willing to pay the extra $$ for it?ā They donāt quite ask it like that but, that is what it ammounts to.
on a further note, I realy donāt know how they are managing still with some of the Price Breaks that they have been offereing on games (some that have not been out too long). (not to mention if you compare the prices of the same game, untranslated and censored it could be as much as Doubble or Tripple)
We get lots of updates from Peach Princess. And they occasionally question the posters here as to which titles out of A, B, C, D, E, F would we be interested in, and would we preorder it, etc.
Frankly, MOST game companies, big or small, will only say āWe got a new game to sell in the future!ā and āItās a going alongā and āWe are going to sell it in Q3 2011!ā and then āWhoops! Gotta roll that back to Q2 2013. Here, buy an older game packā we just added a regular game and expansion together in a new shiny package at a great price!ā and after a long time āItās gone gold! We will start shipping it soon! Last chance to preorder!ā and thenā āWe shipped it! Buy it now!ā. Againā at most.
I know people get anxious for their next fix of those beautiful gals, but seriouslyā you are just going to have to learn patience. PP gets in MORE trouble for telling us too muchā because people start going āwell, they said they were 65% complete last week, so they should be 90% now. HEY! WHY ARE YOU STILL AT 65%? ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING TO WORK?!? I DON"T THINK SO, YOU LOUSY BUMS!ā. Seriously. Thatās why they donāt like to tell us much at allā they get less mad customers and less angry posters. Go figure.
, frequent updates are a waste of time and electrons, in my opinion.
Whenever we do announcements we keep the shipping dates flexible for several reasons, mainly because we know that these things take time and also we are often made to wait by the Japanese programmers who might be busy with something this month, making it hard for them to get our English versions coded. Weāre also busy because weāre making big plans for the future, which weāll be telling you about soon. Muhahahaā¦
