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Post by Ike on May 18, 2011 0:49:17 GMT -5
Yeah but half the attraction to these games has been the awesome Collector's Editions XSEED's released for the Falcom titles. I like having a big shiny box on my shelf to go along with what have been my favorite PSP titles.
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Post by beach1 on May 18, 2011 1:27:06 GMT -5
I love Falcom and their games. They are truly a videogamers' company.
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Post by wyrdwad on May 18, 2011 1:34:03 GMT -5
No worries on that end. I can pretty much guarantee you that's not going to happen. Sony has no intention of dropping support for the PSP, and would never deny publishing rights if there were any money to be made whatsoever.
-Tom
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Post by Ike on May 18, 2011 1:36:31 GMT -5
You're more insider than I am, so I'll take your word for it.  |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on May 18, 2011 4:02:51 GMT -5
Ys on DS is pretty awful. If you want to play the first two Ys games, the PSP is probably the definitive starting entry. There's no voice acting like the PCE release, but it's got other good things going for it. Popful Mail (all of them) is another great Falcom creation. Yeah, I'd say avoid the PSP port -- in addition to the load times, it's also got an absolutely awful framerate, terribly lo-res texturing and tinny sound. The PS2 version is a MUCH better option in all cases, and also features full voice-acting. Avoid the PAL PS2 version, they cut content from it. As for the PSP release, if you have CFW you can up the system to 333mhz and it runs smoothly. |
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Post by Super Orbus on May 18, 2011 23:18:52 GMT -5
Since the NGP is going to be backward-compatible with downloadable PSP games, you probably won't have to worry about that too much. I wish Xseed would release some kind of data about how well their Falcom titles did/are doing. My own personal worry is that said Falcom titles aren't selling as well as hoped, and once again Falcom will be pushed away from the US market. Happy as I am about what XSeed's doing (and I'm plenty happy), I do wish the deal had come through a couple years earlier than it did. It'd be a gross exaggeration to call the PSP market in the US healthy. They pushed out four games in less than a year, which is really amazing when you think about it. Unfortunately, that still leaves a number of titles on the table, and I have doubts as to whether they can get to all of them. I would hope Falcom recognizes the realities of the market, and that their timing was not the best, and has tempered their expectations suitably. |
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Post by salsacaek on May 19, 2011 14:56:31 GMT -5
The state of the PSP here is really sad because it really prematurely killed the system. There's a lot of good titles we likely aren't going to be getting thanks to its (MHP3rd, Valkyria 3 among others) early demise. Meanwhile, (mostly due to MH) the PSP remains remarkably strong in Japan.
XSEEDs work over the past year has been absolutely amazing. Four titles within months? Even though the Ys games are generally light on text that's still pretty impressive. It would be really nice if at least SC could get release because that will tie up the story. I hope that pulls through. Though it's good to know Sony would pull things like that.
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Post by wyrdwad on May 19, 2011 16:23:22 GMT -5
XSEED (and other companies like us) aren't about to drop support for the PSP, so I wouldn't worry about that. The only thing that *might* happen over the next few years is you might end up seeing more digital-only PSP titles due to declining UMD sales -- which is unfortunate, but not entirely unexpected in a gaming system's "twilight years."
But yeah, the PSP ain't dead yet, no matter what its critics may say. There's still plenty of money to be made with it, and plenty of great games to release. (:
-Tom
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Post by Feynman on May 19, 2011 16:42:05 GMT -5
People have been proclaiming the death of the PSP for years. Yet every year, I buy more PSP games. Thanks to the recent barrage of Xseed titles, my PSP library is now slightly larger than my DS library.
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Post by wyrdwad on May 19, 2011 17:11:23 GMT -5
Yep. The PSP's got some great staying power. And since the NGP is supposedly going to be backwards compatible with all digitally-released PSP titles, its death will be slow, gradual and very much lacking in finality.  -Tom |
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Post by Ike on May 19, 2011 17:25:33 GMT -5
Wyrdwad, if these things do go digital, you've gotta convince them to put out Collector's Edition boxes that come with a code like they did for Patapon 2.
God I suck.
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Post by wyrdwad on May 19, 2011 20:01:25 GMT -5
Already trying to pre-emptively plant that idea in our marketing guy's head. Whether or not I'll have any success, I'm not sure. Hell, whether or not it'll even COME UP, I'm not sure! But let no one say I don't plan for things in advance. -Tom |
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Post by salsacaek on May 19, 2011 22:45:58 GMT -5
Well, Capcom pretty much said they aren't releasing MHP3rd here almost solely because it's on the PSP and hence would not work well enough for them. I'm not one for doomsaying, but I think now the PSP may start a decline here. Not all of a sudden of course, but it's disheartening to see a company say something like this.
I'm not big on digital downloads, I like to have physical copies. But if SC HAS to go digital to be released, then I guess that has to be.
Falcom teased about a new Ys game it seems, I wonder if it'll be on the PSP. (maybe it's Ys 4 remake!?)
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Post by wyrdwad on May 19, 2011 23:13:39 GMT -5
I doubt it. It's likely to be a Sony platform, given Falcom's familiarity with PSP architecture -- but probably not the PSP itself, with a new Sony handheld on the way. I'd bet my money on the NGP or, outside chance, the PS3, personally. (:
And for the record, I'm not just spouting off optimistic phraseology here -- I can tell you right now that every one of us smaller publishers is still regularly evaluating PSP titles, and while we're all "proceeding with caution," so to speak, we're not about to stop releasing titles on the system. There's been no real evidence of the PSP suddenly turning unprofitable or anything -- it may be on the decline, but like I said, there's still money to be made, and still plenty of games to consider.
I believe you can expect at least a decent portion of the recent glut of Japanese PSP releases to make its way to our shores. Again, a lot of titles may be digital-only -- but they'll still come!
I guess what I'm saying is, don't abandon ship just yet. It ain't anywhere NEAR sunk. (:
-Tom
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Post by kitten on May 20, 2011 13:09:15 GMT -5
The state of the PSP here is really sad because it really prematurely killed the system. There's a lot of good titles we likely aren't going to be getting thanks to its (MHP3rd, Valkyria 3 among others) early demise. Meanwhile, (mostly due to MH) the PSP remains remarkably strong in Japan. XSEEDs work over the past year has been absolutely amazing. Four titles within months? Even though the Ys games are generally light on text that's still pretty impressive. It would be really nice if at least SC could get release because that will tie up the story. I hope that pulls through. Though it's good to know Sony would pull things like that. If we don't get Valkyria 3 I am going to fucking explode. |
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