Lusterleon Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Well fuck it. America is just stupid then. Or Microsoft at the very least. I Approve that statement
Hecatom Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 but are we sure that ah3 is not comming to 360 because the "sexual" acspetc of the game
bbq sauce Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 what i wonder is why people relate ah with sex, its not like the chars are doing questionable things on the screen outside being underage girls and fighting, seriously its like some people its looking hard to find sex where its not present :/ I agree. Though, I'm kinda confused where "we're not at liberty to discuss why" became "OMG THEY BAND IT CUS ALL DA SECKS AMERICA HATES SEX" Though, the latter statement is true in many cases, they never even implied that sex was the reason behind not being able to do it, unless I missed something.
SolarMisae Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 but are we sure that ah3 is not comming to 360 because the "sexual" acspetc of the game No, not really actually. But at the same time there is a 360 version in the UK, and there isn't a reason given as to why it isn't on the 360 here...can only guess that'd be one of the likely possibilities. Whatever it is it's probably a problem with the game on Microsoft US's end that goes beyond just possible software incompatibilities/technological reasons/etc, as they've stated they won't ever bring it to the 360 at all. So it's gotta be some sort of moral/personal thing. I can't think of another reason really.
Lusterleon Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 I just wish he could of given us so details on to why they can't release it
Hecatom Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) well, it can be that AH3 cant be released on retail version more likely for not being profitable enough to be breakeven on the usa market, lets face it, fighting games are niche, specially if they arent made by capcom or namco on usa, and ah3 is more niche because the astheics and concept behind the game, add that ah3 is not popular enough even in japan(from what some people have told me, so take this with a grain of salt), the lack of sales on japan, not breaking the 30k units for what i know, this can lead to the marketing team on aksys or perhaps examu/asw (who knows) to think that the best way is to release the game as a downloadable game on usa in order to have utilities, but from what we konw this brings a lot of problems, in order to be a xbla game they would have to strip a lot of the content of the console port to bypass the size limit and in order to be a game on demand it has to have first a retail version, that in the theorical scenario could be prohibitive from a bussines point of view, add the policies of microsoft over the downloadable game, and you have a nightmarish scenario to deal, plus aksys is a small company just a little scenario that i thought that could be possible, not saying that it was that what happened or something :P Edited February 18, 2011 by Hecatom
SolarMisae Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Thats a pretty good theory though. Then again I could see AH3 becoming more popular if people could actually play it in America easier without having to import it, and if it were actively available on both consoles. Heres hoping the PSN version is found by more newcomers to prove that this game does not suck, and could sell well if marketed to the right people. Maybe THEN they'd get enough encouragement to try and get it on 360? I dunno, all I know is we already have an imported copy, but will still probably get the PSN version to show support. Although I know not everyone intends to...
SolxBaiken Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 The sales for AH3 (consoles) have been rather bad (the PS3 ver opening at the #6 spot with 17k units, and the 360 in the 26th spot. And neither ver even made it into the weekly ranking last week), but that's not due to a lack of popularity, the series is pretty well liked, however the game took WAY too long to make it's way to consoles, and the the fact that several other high profile/popular games were already available and more were on the horizon (MvC3, believe it or not JPN loves them some Marvel too) AH4 needs to get HD, widescreen, and a bit more serious if they want to keep it in the public eye as Examu is solely an arcade developer and that's where they make most of their money (that's why they have yet to handle a console port on their own) So sadly I wasn't expecting a huge splash for the game, but I bought it (Special edition), I love it, but I won't be playing it again till the US release (which I will also buy :3).
SolxBaiken Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Hopefully zen won't region lock AH3 lol I don't know why but I read this line as "Holy Zen! won't region lock AH3" Speaking of which do we know for a fact Zen was able to get PS3 and 360 rights for AH3? Last I heard they just had rights and planned it sometime, and do we know any details on retail/special edition?
Lusterleon Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 lol I don't know why but I read this line as "Holy Zen! won't region lock AH3" Lolz, Holy Zen
Devdan Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Regardless of what the reason was for not allowing AH3 on the Xbox in the US, you know the 'lol arcana heart pervy doujin fighting game, i've never played it, but it is obviously bad' people are going to assume that's the reason.
SolarMisae Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Yep, pretty much. It's an all female cast so it HAS to be pervy right? Humans, so quick to pass judgment...unable to get their mind out of the gutters.
LunaKage Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 ...but we have DOA don't we? I don't get it. ><; Oh wait grown women dancing around in next to nothing with boobs bouncing all over the place is okay here. Totally appropriate. It's probably the fact that the game heavily implies underaged girls are sexually attractive or something. Which, I guess in understandable, but still. Pretty much, the only characters who are under 18 in the games (Kasumi:17, Ayane:16, Kokoro:17, Elliot:16) are not only older than most of the Arcana characters to begin with, but they are also listed as "Age Unknown" in their profiles in the American release, even Elliot, who is a boy :/
Hecatom Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 http://www.tougeki.com/ Aquzpazza for SBO 2011 on the 1st rounds, instead of AH3
SolxBaiken Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Aquzpazza for SBO 2011 on the 1st rounds, instead of AH3 Why? :/ I think AP has potential but it's a new game (which hasn't even been released yet), well at least we'll hopefully get to see the game running at decent level.
Rock You Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Pretty much, the only characters who are under 18 in the games (Kasumi:17, Ayane:16, Kokoro:17, Elliot:16) are not only older than most of the Arcana characters to begin with, but they are also listed as "Age Unknown" in their profiles in the American release, even Elliot, who is a boy :/ Not to get on a soapbox, but I think the main issue is our country's lack of sexual confidence. Brokeback Mountain, which was far from a good movie in itself, really broke a lot of barriers regarding homosexuality. Back in the 90's, even, Nintendo had strict requirements for their games, but Mortal Kombat broke a lot of those barriers. Now, AH3 is being released here on a system known for its Japanese otaku. Microsoft, despite their attempts at appealing to the Japanese, doesn't feel comfortable alienating a fan base that plays mostly FPS reruns like Halo, CoD, and BF. They are completely capable of making exceptions to their rules, like Symphony, but don't want to take a risk with their platform, mostly due to public perception. Is loli-ism bad in itself? Probably not. Any sort of hint of sexual tones with underage girls here will do more than raise a few eyebrows here, though, because of our insecurity. /rant, /ontopic I don't mind a digital download. I hate losing discs or getting them scratched at keggers.
Gravelneed Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Wow. C'mon people. Where's all the gameplay discussion? I've been working on practical and cool stuff with Fenrir. Y'know the Geist that nobody picks(except me). Now bear with me here. Ignore what you may or may not know about this Geist being bad. Fenrir has some good stuff that just hasn't been explored yet. I've found that there are some guaranteed setups for block stun>mixup or just a shitload of raw damage if the person is mashing. Trying out stuff with a few characters for now. Then I'll move on to some more. I wanna learn as much stuff as possible for Fenrir. I wish I had video equipment to capture game footage so I could make a video for HC.com once.That is once I've finished compiling data on it. Well, I'll post some info in the coming days on the forums for now. Edited March 5, 2011 by Gravelneed
SolarMisae Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 *blink* My whats this? Play Asia listing AH3 US release for Xbox, as well as the ESRB? http://www.play-asia.com/Arcana_Heart_3/paOS-13-71-dh-49-en-70-45kf.html http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=30767 I think someone may have screwed something up here, but who knows.
Yggjrasil Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Yeah, they pointed that out on homingcancel too. I really do think something was screwed up.
SolxBaiken Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 It's not a mistake, I'm telling you guys Aksys ALWAYS does this, the just enjoying seeing us rage...which I'm going to do now seeing how EU gets a RETAIL version of AH3 for both PS3 and 360... If it comes with some nice bonuses I might just import it and tell Aksys to piss off, I'm tired of always getting the boot like this, that is why one of the "selling points" for Agarest War Zero is a simultaneous retail release. News flash Aksys that shouldn't be a feature... Expect a US retail 360 announcement for AH3 several month(s?) later, announced as the "lolweloveyou360" edition.
Tsuki Garyuu Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Damn Europe still gets the good stuff first. lol Maybe they were just lucky.
Maker Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Expect a US retail 360 announcement for AH3 several month(s?) later, announced as the "lolweloveyou360" edition. Honestly ill take it. This whole no 360 american release took my heart and made a smoothie out of it. Atleast this playasia and ESRB stuff has given me part of it back.
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