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WANNFH
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 Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:28 am
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Well, considering in Steam game seems to be region restricted, safe to assume there will be no international release and the game will be on sale only for Japan and Asia like what happened to Xtreme 3.
Only six girls to choose (with most likely DLC comes in later) is the biggest letdown though, considering it's not even a half of DOAX3 roster and there are also more girls that came up introduced with VV (and the roster still keep increasing, last one was dropped less than a month from today), so there is literally zero room to pick outside of very obvious popular characters choices.
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benzone
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Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:58 pm
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| WANNFH wrote: | | Well, considering in Steam game seems to be region restricted, safe to assume there will be no international release and the game will be on sale only for Japan and Asia like what happened to Xtreme 3.
Only six girls to choose (with most likely DLC comes in later) is the biggest letdown though, considering it's not even a half of DOAX3 roster and there are also more girls that came up introduced with VV (and the roster still keep increasing, last one was dropped less than a month from today), so there is literally zero room to pick outside of very obvious popular characters choices. |
I can understand region locking it back when it was a blatant fanservice game - meaning "the game IS fanservice" as opposed to "the game HAS fanservice - but now that it is a dating sim as opposed to an alleged beach volleyball game, why region lock it now? How is it different from the many other dating sims from major publishers that also have M ratings? The beach volleyball version sold well even when region-locked. Why change that successful formula for a dating sim unless being able to sell it globally again was the motivation?
Not that I was going to buy it either way, but I am just curious as to the business decision thinking behind it. My guess is that they would sell fewer copies of a global dating sim than they would a region locked volleyball game. But as the dating sim is going to be region locked too, that means even fewer sales.
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LoopyChew
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:11 am
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I can’t believe it’s been two decades since the “she kicks high” commercial. *crumbles into dust and blows away*
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:15 am
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| benzone wrote: | | I can understand region locking it back when it was a blatant fanservice game - meaning "the game IS fanservice" as opposed to "the game HAS fanservice - but now that it is a dating sim as opposed to an alleged beach volleyball game, why region lock it now? How is it different from the many other dating sims from major publishers that also have M ratings? The beach volleyball version sold well even when region-locked. Why change that successful formula for a dating sim unless being able to sell it globally again was the motivation?
Not that I was going to buy it either way, but I am just curious as to the business decision thinking behind it. My guess is that they would sell fewer copies of a global dating sim than they would a region locked volleyball game. But as the dating sim is going to be region locked too, that means even fewer sales. |
There is no real business decision, it's only the outdated thinking of Koei that heavy leaning to fanservice games will be heavily criticized online (which of course proven false) and not sell well outside of Asian region (which again, also proven false).
And to think of it, this concerns not only DOA games, but the other Koei games as well such as Ciel/ArNoSurge remaster, which came out years ago on all available platforms but is still restricted from the sale in West.
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Rob19ny
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 3:33 am
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| Quote: | | Including Misaki, there will be six girls to date. |
Two of the girls better be Honoka and Tamaki.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 4:39 am
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| Rob19ny wrote: | | Two of the girls better be Honoka and Tamaki. |
I have some doubts about Tamaki with that small number - but Honoka gonna be 100% in, she along with the Marie are popular crowd pleasers of modern DOA audience.
That already makes three along with announced Misaki, one more slot gonna be reserved by Kasumi as well as poster girl of DOA for long time while still retaining popularity - and that means we have only two wildcard slots that will be heavily, REALLY HEAVILY competed no matter what.
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Richmyster84
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:57 am
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| WANNFH wrote: | | I have some doubts about Tamaki with that small number - but Honoka gonna be 100% in, she along with the Marie are popular crowd pleasers of modern DOA audience.
That already makes three along with announced Misaki, one more slot gonna be reserved by Kasumi as well as poster girl of DOA for long time while still retaining popularity - and that means we have only two wildcard slots that will be heavily, REALLY HEAVILY competed no matter what. |
Misaki, Honoka, Marie Rose, Kasumi
Last two?
Nyotengu and Ayane
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maximilianjenus
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:22 am
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Iirc the character roster will be an easy decision for tecmo.
Last time it was the girls who sold the most dlc, should be the same.now.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:42 am
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| Richmyster84 wrote: | | Nyotengu and Ayane |
And that's very doubtful, because while both being popular, Koei most likely think of them as DLC baits instead of including them in the base roster (especially Nyotengu, I totally can see that) - and with Ayane case, they can even ditch her completely as she not so much fits as much into date sim game and recently not get that much recognition as before (like AL collab with VV).
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