Forum - View topicINTEREST: JAST USA Looks Into Licensing Steins;Gate Game
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superdry
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Probably money from Microsoft to help promote the 360 at some point. Both CAVE and 5pb (technically MAGES now, but who's counting) are probably the biggest supporters of the 360 in Japan. The 360 in Japan is seen as a niche, otaku console which is why the majority of Japanese developed games are either shmups or Visual Novels and other quirky Japanese titles. But, now since the 360 is pretty much dead...the companies are branching out, mainly to the portable consoles (mainly PSP) since they are still popular in Japan. |
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Clyde_Cash
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Otaku console? The Xbox 360's got Halo, CoD, and Gears of War! Doesn't seem like much of an otaku console to me. Why don't the Japanese play those games alongside their own homegrown stuff? Visual novels: What is the appeal? They're not games! I had a hard time believing Steins;Gate to be based on a visual novel--I thought it was either based on a manga or its own original anime. |
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superdry
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If you read my post, I said that it's considered an otaku console IN JAPAN. MS tried to gain ground in Japan when securing time exclusivity rights to RPGs, but that wasn't enough. So, instead...it just got regulated to shmups and visual novels since it was cheaper to develop compared to the PS3. Not really the case now, but it was a few years back (which is why we are seeing more VNs that were ported to the 360 now being developed at the same time or ported to the PS3). And, why don't Japanese gamers play FPSs to their own homegrown games? Different market, different tastes. But, FPSs do sell okay...usually enough to chart at least once on Media Create, but they're not that popular...say compared to Monster Hunter or it's clones.
Did you grow up reading choose your own adventure books like Lone Wolf? That's the genre visual novels fall under. It's about the story, characters and choices you make over technical gameplay. |
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Clyde_Cash
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That's exactly why visual novels aren't games! They don't have gameplay! All you do is click through menus! Team Fortress 2, Mortal Kombat, Portal, Oblivion, Skyrim, Duke Nukem, Tetris, Zelda, Mario, Sonic, Pokémon, Halo, Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Tekken, Touhou, Call of Duty, Fallout--those are games! Why? Because they have gameplay. That's the core definition of a game. Visual novels have no gameplay, hence they're not games. If I want to just passively enjoy a story, that's what TV, books, and movies are for. And as far as I know, visual novels don't have hats in them. |
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Lynx Amali
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Kishin Hisou Demonbane would like to have a word with you. Alone. In a cold dark room. Also; visual novels put characters and story first. I'm assuming someone never played or even heard of Muv Luv, Little Busters or even Fate/Stay Night. Also; putting Call of Duty under a game....lolwhat? It's an interactive movie. Same thing over and over again. No variation. At least VN's change things up. As for this; As long as the fan translation team agrees with it. JAST USA has a very...interesting...release policy though. *coughDemonbanecough* |
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superdry
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If you noticed I never said that they are or aren't games. I just responded to your question about "what is the appeal?" |
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ninjapet
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If anyone is interested, there's another post on the TL's site with more info
Just more talks about a deal and how they did hand over a translated demo. |
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Chagen46
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Wow, those comments are simply ridiculous. Half of those guys are leeching pirates anyway. |
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superdry
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Makes me wonder if the guys over at 5pb have read such stuff and think "ehh...maybe not." A slight annoyance, but understandable since the company is mostly unknown to westeners - 5pb developed the game with some help from Nitroplus, but it is NOT a Nitroplus game. |
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kirby2096
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Even if JAST somehow pull off this deal with 5pb, I have doubts as to whether they can acquire the licenses to the character voices. That is a whole other maze of management groups to satisfy.
If they can't get the voices, we'll probably end up having to unofficially patch them in ourselves, leaving everyone else with an inferior product that would further reduce it's chances of gaining popularity on services such as Steam. |
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Chagen46
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You know what would be really awesome but would never happen? If this got an English dub, done by the whoever Funi will use for their dub of the anime. Oh well. It will never happen, but it would be awesome. |
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Clyde_Cash
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Or if they hired the VAs Valve used in TF2. Nothing like hearing Kyouma talking like the Spy or the fat hacker guy sounding like the Heavy! |
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ninjapet
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That would be awesome, but I think the only way that would happen is if Funimation decided to partner with JAST. I mean it would boost sales seeing as dub fans would know about the VN along with the other fans Funimation has. They have money to put up ads and what not. The fact is the vn has a ton of voice work, most of it is Okabe talking or thinking to him self. Still when have you ever seen a text heavy game full voiced in the west? |
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