Sales, etc: Support group for Sakura Taisen addicts

[Rarutos]

I really do hope it's selling well. It might push Sega to make new titles if they see the Western audience being interested in it!

[lopez]

I really do hope it's selling well. It might push Sega to make new titles if they see the Western audience being interested in it!

I wish it were that simple.....sadly, any new or older Sakura Wars localized in the U.S. will be like the Tales of Vesperia (PS3 - Namco) or Cross Edge Dash(360 - NISA) of Sega....

[RedCoKid]

Apparently, NISA's president answered questions about Sakura Wars during an interview with Siliconera. I assume it will be posted sometime this week. I'm nervous.

[animedemon]

hopefully he say thy thinking about the other titles

[Rarutos]

I wish it were that simple.....sadly, any new or older Sakura Wars localized in the U.S. will be like the Tales of Vesperia (PS3 - Namco) or Cross Edge Dash(360 - NISA) of Sega....

That might not be the case if NISA is willing to localize games they haven't localized yet. Sure they might not do a port + extra stuff of Sakura Taisen V, but they might do something for the first game because no one has seen it stateside yet (unless they've imported). But who really knows with these things? ;_;

Honestly, I'm just doing a lot of wishful thinking in terms of this series anyway. le sigh. ;_;

[RedCoKid]

Apparently, NISA's president answered questions about Sakura Wars during an interview with Siliconera. I assume it will be posted sometime this week. I'm nervous.

Update: Siliconera is holding back the interview for maybe another week, and with it, knowledge of our hopes and dreams. </3

[The One]

Apparently, NISA's president answered questions about Sakura Wars during an interview with Siliconera. I assume it will be posted sometime this week. I'm nervous.

Update: Siliconera is holding back the interview for maybe another week, and with it, knowledge of our hopes and dreams. </3

That's evil... I hope it's good news.

[animedemon]

got to be if the holding it for another week

[The One]

got to be if the holding it for another week

Nope...

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/06/29/ni ... velopment/

[Magitek]

A few months ago, NIS America released Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love on PlayStation 2 and Wii. How did that do? Did it exceed, perform to or was it not as good as your expectations?

Not as good as our expectations.

UGH

Uh-oh. What’s the fate of Sakura Wars in North America then? I see a lot of my readers are hoping for Sakura 1+2 for PSP.


Another publisher tried to get approval from Sony for Sakura Wars 1+2 for PSP, but it was rejected. Once a title is rejected by SCEA there is almost no chance to release the title.

What about as a digital download?



That’s Sony’s decision. Sony said this is not a game. They said it’s a text novel. They judged it as that, so it’s really difficult to get the license again. It’s also tough to localize Sakura Wars because of the huge amount of text. It took more than two years to complete the localization. That’s more than the development time of the Japanese version.

DOUBLE UGH

[RedCoKid]

I appreciate Mr. Akenaga's honesty and also his decision to localize So Long My Love.

[The One]

They could still release it onto the Xbox Live Arcade. Maybe if the achievements are really easy they could entice achievement whores to buy it just to get easy achievements.

...The article made me sad, but it also made me miss playing Sakura Wars, so I'm going to buy the Wii version. (I already played/beat it on the PS2)

[NRVNQSR]

Stupid Sony! Oh well, I'm glad they tried on our behalf. Seriously though "It's not a game because there's too much text"?!! REALLY?

[RedCoKid]

He didn't say 1&2 was rejected after SLML; it was just the order of the questions. Sony did approve 5. NISA said at last year's AX they maybe would consider 3 & 4... assuming 5 sold well... which it didn't. I blame the economy, piracy, and outdated platforms.

[Ar Tonelico]

I maybe a Sony fan but the Sony guys saying that Sakura Wars 1 and 2 are not really a game is a bunch of b.s. Sure there's lots of text but still has quite a good amount of gameplay. Besides even if there is one that has even less gameplay then say Disgaea Infinite I say who cares? People will buy as long as it's good including myself. I say if someone is trying to release something on your platform then I say just let them and don't be so picky about it.

In Sakura Wars So Long My Love's case it was probably a case of like it may have even been to late to release it. If it was released in like say 2007 when the economy didn't go down the drain and people still buying games for PS2, guess what it would of sold better. So now it's like got to hope that 1-4 make its way on PSN somehow.