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This thread has been linked to the game 'Suikoden III'.
(sorry if already been talked about but couldn't see a topic about it on first page here)
Anyway yep Konami have said that Suikoden 3 will not be released in Europe because there's not enough demand for it or the RPG genre anymore. They said to translate it into all the different languages and what not, they would actually be making a loss if they released it over here so business wise it wouldn't be very smart.
So once again we get shafted thanks to the rest of our European friends. Why on earth can't game developers just give us american translations of games and put it in PAL format? I'm sure most of us would be able to put up with subtle differences in the language if it means, we actually get the game in the first place and we get it quicker, instead of having to wait for a game to be translated into Polish before it gets released all over Europe.
Also their other excuse of there being a small demand for RPG's over here in Europe is just a cop out to me. Are we talking about the same genre where FFX was one of the fastest selling games in the year 2002? If not just what are Konami on about?
To me this is a great shame as from what i hear it was THE RPG of 2002 and once again we get messed about with games releases. Why i keep constantly being surprised about this i don't know as it happens so often but i wish someone would actually recognise the European market to have some importance.
(p.s there's a petition going around on the gamefaqs suikoden 3 board. Find the link for it in a post there and sign it please. Hopefully if Konami do actually see there's enough demand they'll release it over here)
Anyway yep Konami have said that Suikoden 3 will not be released in Europe because there's not enough demand for it or the RPG genre anymore. They said to translate it into all the different languages and what not, they would actually be making a loss if they released it over here so business wise it wouldn't be very smart.
So once again we get shafted thanks to the rest of our European friends. Why on earth can't game developers just give us american translations of games and put it in PAL format? I'm sure most of us would be able to put up with subtle differences in the language if it means, we actually get the game in the first place and we get it quicker, instead of having to wait for a game to be translated into Polish before it gets released all over Europe.
Also their other excuse of there being a small demand for RPG's over here in Europe is just a cop out to me. Are we talking about the same genre where FFX was one of the fastest selling games in the year 2002? If not just what are Konami on about?
To me this is a great shame as from what i hear it was THE RPG of 2002 and once again we get messed about with games releases. Why i keep constantly being surprised about this i don't know as it happens so often but i wish someone would actually recognise the European market to have some importance.
(p.s there's a petition going around on the gamefaqs suikoden 3 board. Find the link for it in a post there and sign it please. Hopefully if Konami do actually see there's enough demand they'll release it over here)
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Darwock wrote:
> By the way, which part of fitting a "no-solder mod" do you
> think involves a soldering iron? ;-)
i was quoting your message for the first part of my post. The only way i've heard of so far of chipping your PS2 is with the use of a slodering iron at some point so i was talking in general ok. ;-)
> By the way, which part of fitting a "no-solder mod" do you
> think involves a soldering iron? ;-)
i was quoting your message for the first part of my post. The only way i've heard of so far of chipping your PS2 is with the use of a slodering iron at some point so i was talking in general ok. ;-)
By the way, which part of fitting a "no-solder mod" do you think involves a soldering iron? ;-)
ok added you. i'm the guy with the Takeshi Castle is the best........ etc etc.
Sure, it's [email protected]
Bleeders wrote:
> I'd agree with you. But. Mine was out of warranty recently. Paid
> £65 for a Messiah 2 to be fitted and because of this I'm able to
> enjoy Devil May Cry 2 this week, not to mention Winning Eleven 6 Final
> Evo and Guilty Gear XX ^_^
>
> You soon find there's a thousand other games that have been made
> available to you, that are worth buying after getting a PS2 modded,
> since half of em' have no chance of being released here, such as
> "Taiko no Tatsujin", which translates to "Drum
> Expert" (Think Samba De Amigo with a Drum)
>
> I'd say if your PS2 is out of warranty and you don't mind have a chip
> installed, then go for it, it's a wary step, but one that's worth it
> in the long-run IMO.
Yea i had my PSX chipped and i had loads of RPG's that were never released over here. Can i give you my msn addy or yahoo depending on what you have to talk about the chipping and stuff please?
> I'd agree with you. But. Mine was out of warranty recently. Paid
> £65 for a Messiah 2 to be fitted and because of this I'm able to
> enjoy Devil May Cry 2 this week, not to mention Winning Eleven 6 Final
> Evo and Guilty Gear XX ^_^
>
> You soon find there's a thousand other games that have been made
> available to you, that are worth buying after getting a PS2 modded,
> since half of em' have no chance of being released here, such as
> "Taiko no Tatsujin", which translates to "Drum
> Expert" (Think Samba De Amigo with a Drum)
>
> I'd say if your PS2 is out of warranty and you don't mind have a chip
> installed, then go for it, it's a wary step, but one that's worth it
> in the long-run IMO.
Yea i had my PSX chipped and i had loads of RPG's that were never released over here. Can i give you my msn addy or yahoo depending on what you have to talk about the chipping and stuff please?
lalakersrule wrote:
> Darwock wrote:
> 3 solutions:
>
> import console
> boot disc + flip-top lid
> boot disc + no-solder mod
>
>
> all which would cost alot of money or endanger my console which i'm
> not prepared to do for one game. If there was a safe way of doing it
> (i.e nothing involving a soldering iron) then i would get my ps2
> chipped
I'd agree with you. But. Mine was out of warranty recently. Paid £65 for a Messiah 2 to be fitted and because of this I'm able to enjoy Devil May Cry 2 this week, not to mention Winning Eleven 6 Final Evo and Guilty Gear XX ^_^
You soon find there's a thousand other games that have been made available to you, that are worth buying after getting a PS2 modded, since half of em' have no chance of being released here, such as "Taiko no Tatsujin", which translates to "Drum Expert" (Think Samba De Amigo with a Drum)
I'd say if your PS2 is out of warranty and you don't mind have a chip installed, then go for it, it's a wary step, but one that's worth it in the long-run IMO.
> Darwock wrote:
> 3 solutions:
>
> import console
> boot disc + flip-top lid
> boot disc + no-solder mod
>
>
> all which would cost alot of money or endanger my console which i'm
> not prepared to do for one game. If there was a safe way of doing it
> (i.e nothing involving a soldering iron) then i would get my ps2
> chipped
I'd agree with you. But. Mine was out of warranty recently. Paid £65 for a Messiah 2 to be fitted and because of this I'm able to enjoy Devil May Cry 2 this week, not to mention Winning Eleven 6 Final Evo and Guilty Gear XX ^_^
You soon find there's a thousand other games that have been made available to you, that are worth buying after getting a PS2 modded, since half of em' have no chance of being released here, such as "Taiko no Tatsujin", which translates to "Drum Expert" (Think Samba De Amigo with a Drum)
I'd say if your PS2 is out of warranty and you don't mind have a chip installed, then go for it, it's a wary step, but one that's worth it in the long-run IMO.
Darwock wrote:
> 3 solutions:
>
> import console
> boot disc + flip-top lid
> boot disc + no-solder mod
all which would cost alot of money or endanger my console which i'm not prepared to do for one game. If there was a safe way of doing it (i.e nothing involving a soldering iron) then i would get my ps2 chipped
> 3 solutions:
>
> import console
> boot disc + flip-top lid
> boot disc + no-solder mod
all which would cost alot of money or endanger my console which i'm not prepared to do for one game. If there was a safe way of doing it (i.e nothing involving a soldering iron) then i would get my ps2 chipped
3 solutions:
import console
boot disc + flip-top lid
boot disc + no-solder mod
import console
boot disc + flip-top lid
boot disc + no-solder mod
The petition is at http://www.petitiononline.com/suikoden by the way, I signed it just in case this story is confirmed by Konami.
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