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NEWS: WAVE!! ~Naminori Boys~ Surfing Game App Ends Service




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GoldCrusader



Joined: 25 Apr 2017
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:17 am Reply with quote
The mobile market is truly terrible. So many games created and dumped super fast, most of the time in a year.

Shame because some of them are good, but that's the risk you take in this market.
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MagicPolly



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:07 pm Reply with quote
Well that was quick, I don't think I've ever seen a game shut down this quickly after launch
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all-tsun-and-no-dere
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:50 pm Reply with quote
When I watched the first episode of the anime, I thought to myself, "Wow, this is bland and low-effort af, are women in Japan really into this?"

Guess not.
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Яeverse



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:25 pm Reply with quote
Am assuming it was just a badly designed game, and not a popularity thing.

Especially if they had to "rework" it.
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Horsefellow



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:51 pm Reply with quote
MagicPolly wrote:
Well that was quick, I don't think I've ever seen a game shut down this quickly after launch


Probably because the anime was a huge flop. The Vol 1 BD sold less than 200 copies.
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capt_bunny



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:10 pm Reply with quote
I secretly had hoped not another female aimed game would not end services so fast..... Such a pity....
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harminia



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:07 pm Reply with quote
This article was very interesting. Turns out the game was only playable for 3 days.
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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:09 pm Reply with quote
harminia wrote:
This article was very interesting. Turns out the game was only playable for 3 days.


That's hilariously inept!
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all-tsun-and-no-dere
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:01 pm Reply with quote
It IS hilariously inept, but let's be honest - if they thought it would be profitable, they'd try to fix the app.

But they don't. The anime was a huge flop, because they thought they could make some bland, personality-free pap with even less than the bare minimum of effort, and women would gobble it up without complaint like pigs eating slop so they could rake in cash.
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