Okami did pretty bad in Japan which is why Capcom ended them, God Hand was a massive failure.
I enjoyed them both, thoroughly. I poured 75-80 hours into Okami.
godhand = horrible
okami = not that bad. enough to make greatest hits.
grasshopper studios is an example of how having no marketing can hurt you in the long run. what platinum is running into is not being a online first person shooter (probably why they are doing anarchy reigns). they tried the sexy girl, they tried the over the top violence beat em up. but they will still not succeed because sega is perhaps the worst company when it comes to advertising.
in the end, its more about HOW MANY people know about your product than the actually quality. but that isn’t something new. its something that these japanese developers and production companies refuse to adapt to. sega tries to market, but they are just so goddamn bad at it.
That’s a problem with the audience too. How can these people that like games just not do any research? Even minor research? I didn’t ever search for any info on Vanquish particularly and I knew about it at least a year before most of the other people who where interested in this game on this very forum.
I really don’t understand how the general audience, of ANY medium, can just care so little about knowing anything about what they’re into.
Fuck, I fucking hate people sometimes.
He was referring to the sales.
Woops my bad ^_^;;;;
Okami sold so badly in Japan that Capcom closed Clover Studios BEFORE God Hand even came out. Whether God Hand sold well or not didn’t even matter at that point. Capcom kind of did Clover dirty tho. They didn’t really market anything they made except Viewtiful Joe 1 and didn’t put much faith in any of their products anyway. Sega’s behind Platinum it seems but they do need to do a better job of getting the word out. Magazine ads and a couple of Internet ads really aren’t enough. Least Sega’ seems to be trying tho. No one else in Japan even bothers.
Ditto. I hate how everyone slept on this game in particular.
Okami’s one of my fav. Capcom games, and I was very happy to see Ammy in MvC3 =)
This Mini comes out tomorrow on PSN, it’ll be sold for 3 pounds on EU PSN-
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I really liked Okami too. That game still looks pretty, even by todays standards.
Regarding Fallout 3 and New Vegas, my advice is to get New Vegas only and skip 3. I enjoyed playing 3 but NV shits all over it in every possible way, especially story and quests. Also, get it on PC. Mods, and having access to the console to get around bugs, are absolutely essential.
Well God of War was already established in additon to being a good game, exclusive, being Hyped to hell, and catering to a larger audience. It’s not suprising.
How well did Vanquish do? That game was SO DAMN GOOD, its arcade feel also adds to the charm.
That looks… pretty retarded. 
I can’t understand what’s going on with the juggling. Are they just keeping them in the air for the sake of doing it, or do they take that many shots to kill? Also, did they just show a lockdown situation between two enemies? :eek:
The game looks WiP to me, but I think they keep them in the air for the sake of…juggling. I don’t think it’d take a lot to kill enemies in the game ^_^;
I just hope there’s an option to turn off the blood, I like some of my cartoony games…bloodless.
Very cool visuals overall but I’m not sure if I enjoy the aesthetic too much. Cartoony+dark and gritty is just a depressing combination for me.
^And for Sagat by the look of your avatar.
Looks like another ‘2D’ classic is coming to PSN-
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Can a brotha get a WAHOO!
Love Klonoa! Gonna grab that for sure, isn’t Limbo out today too?