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Originally posted by perigee:
OK. Well, which games would you like to see in an anthology compilation? I'd like to know which titles you consider worthy of the cost of licensing, updating and repackaging, given the hit that current production schedules of the existing developers would take.
Well obviously the first ones I would try are perhaps the first three or four Princess Makers since there are many sites I have seen in English requesting them, enough to make up all the costs, who knows, those that pirate it perhaps, but when there is nothing else on the market it will happen perhaps more then when there is a choice. I know people that admit to pirating it with the caveat they would not if it was on the market, and no that does not excuse the pirating, but they are people I trust and know would not do that if the games where here on the market. Or perhaps some of the many tied into anime or manga, such as Eva games, perhaps slightly newer To Heart, and Comic Party even though I imagine these can be very expensive even in an older format because they are tied into current anime being sold or are popular in their own right they might be even more worth the investment. Which is further a possibility because these are also names and titles people would know and likely be drawn to looking into more about because they already know these titles from other sources or from rumors floating around the net about this mythical raising game which almost but not quite made it into the market.
Also having said some of my titles or ideas keep in mind people like you once thought such longshots as radio with pictures aka television, a huge theme park in a desert aka Disney, international air travel, many early computer companies, and a small shoestring budget sci-fi film called Star Wars (and other similar examples) were not worthy of the cost of at least helping to license, giving some money backing to, whatever, and maybe these are the flukes, but go back in time and tell people they will be the flukes and they will laugh, as people will now probably tell me these are the exceptions to the rule and that is why they are flukes yet that does not change the fact no one thought they would work and yet they did work and if any of those idiots that said it would not, had invested they would have gotten their money back.
This market is not as new as, so people say they can predict failures and successes, sure as people knew in the established travel industry no one would want to spend a few hours rather then a week crossing the Atlantic, people knew in the established entertainment industry no one would want pictures with their radio, they knew no one in the tourist industry would travel to the desert to see a theme park when traveling along state highways there were numerous smaller roadside attractions, and lastly they knew no one in the movie industry would want to see a movie called Star Wars since there were far more expensive and original Sci-Fi pictures being produced. Also I am not saying these people if investing will get such money back as if they had invested in one of those other long shots, I am only saying don't discount something until you give it a fair chance but it just might work and you could at least make a small profit, if not always a huge profit, on your investment if you are willing to give it some time, which no one in this greedy instant gratification world is willing to do these days it seems.
I imagine there are many such games with anime/manga links and those are the first to target because they already are known titles, people don't have to remember a new title. These are those off the top of my head which is all I can think of at the moment as I am late for an appointment but I will add more this night if you desire.
[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 07-27-2004).]