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NEWS: The Idolm@ster SideM Growing Stars Smartphone Game Ends Service

That's really sad. But at least it lived a long life.

Toyokaaaa wrote:

That's really sad. But at least it lived a long life.

Can't call just less than 2 years of service a LONG time though, even for gacha

Can't call just less than 2 years of service a LONG time though, even for gacha - because this is not the OG SideM, which Bamco also closed earlier.

WANNFH wrote:

Toyokaaaa wrote: That's really sad. But at least it lived a long life. Can't call just less than 2 years of service a LONG time though, even for gacha

? This launched in 2014

The game has been doing very well. I have no idea why they'd do this other than the fact Bamco has always treated SideM like garbage.

ninjamitsuki wrote:

The game has been doing very well. I have no idea why they'd do this other than the fact Bamco has always treated SideM like garbage.

It’s not doing very well, it’s earning less than half per month than Cinderella, according to sales charts.
And with the development costs and running costs of TWO games, I can’t imagine they could get out of the pit.

The other iM@S branches also don't earn nearly as much as Deresute, its popularity is sort of an anomaly. SideM for as niche as it is consistently ranks in the top 5 earning joseimuke apps and the 7th live sold out in seconds (other branches have never had sold out concerts). And it does better than Mirishita, which doesn't seem to be in any danger.

Oh no! A generic boy spinoff's generic game is about to die soon. All the horror!!!

Anyway..... The main series which is about girls is A-Ok and it should have been all about the girls since the beginning. Too bad the producer thing is still alive.

KennyMan wrote:

Oh no! A generic boy spinoff's generic game is about to die soon. All the horror!!! Anyway..... The main series which is about girls is A-Ok and it should have been all about the girls since the beginning. Too bad the producer thing is still alive.

lmfao this is such a shallow, uneducated, and insecure take so far. I'm not surprised you only knew about im@s for like what 1 to 2 years or maybe never at all.

Anyway.....the series still lives only the game is ending. With its increasing popularity, how it manages to gain fanbase from female AND male audiences, and also being well received for helping a lot of japan local business by collabing with them. SideM won't die out.

Probably the scariest thing for you is that....the males are still going to collab with the girls www

lmfao this is such a shallow, uneducated, and insecure take so far. I'm not surprised you only knew about im@s for like what 1 to 2 years or maybe never at all.

Anyway.....the series still lives only the game is ending. With its increasing popularity, how it manages to gain fanbase from female AND male audiences, and also being well received for helping a lot of japan local business by collabing with them. SideM won't die out.

Probably the scariest thing for you is that....the males are still going to collab with the girls www

Not to mention tons of fans of the other branches on both sides of the Pacific are standing in solidarity with SideM fans. Many have even stopped spending money on the series. ALL branches are probably going to suffer.

dororon wrote:

lmfao this is such a shallow, uneducated, and insecure take so far. I'm not surprised you only knew about im@s for like what 1 to 2 years or maybe never at all. Anyway.....the series still lives only the game is ending. With its increasing popularity, how it manages to gain fanbase from female AND male audiences, and also being well received for helping a lot of japan local business by collabing with them. SideM won't die out. Probably the scariest thing for you is that....the males are still going to collab with the girls www

ninjamitsuki wrote:

Not to mention tons of fans of the other branches on both sides of the Pacific are standing in solidarity with SideM fans. Many have even stopped spending money on the series. ALL branches are probably going to suffer.

The copium here is so amazing. Maybe Bandai Namco and everyone who has a brain are finally realizing that this SideM thing just isn't worth it. If it actually has "fans" and "audience", then the game would have never died. Perhaps it's their fault for letting this happen.

Pandering to everyone isn't always the best thing. Otherwise, the otaku/idol culture would have died decades ago and Idolmaster would have never even born. It's good that Bandai Namco is now putting more attention on the main and superior part (the girl groups) that put them on the map. Now it would be so awesome if they drop the Producer-san part or at least create a canon female Producer-san for female players and yuri players to enjoy.

Quite frankly, Idolmaster would have been so much better if it was all females since its birth. No Producer-san (who is always male), no SideM male idol spin-off, or no male idols of any kind at all. Besides, the idea of a boy series getting a girl spin-off is almost non-existent especially in Japan. Whereas the inverse is alive. That's pretty insulting if you ask me.