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Post by Justin on Nov 20, 2009 18:03:06 GMT -5
... and not here in the US? I was reading about licensing info on Falcom's site (READ HERE). and I came across some really interesting info about overseas licenses. Um.... what the hell, why didn't those come, since when did Atlus have a hand in Sora no Kiseki, and why didn't they come here? Also, spending time on that site shows some really neat Falcom crap. Personally I'd love to own a The Legend of Heroes Sora no Kiseki Limited Tapestry  . |
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Post by SkyeWelse on Nov 20, 2009 18:27:57 GMT -5
That is quite interesting, but I'm guessing it has everything to do with Korea being an extremely viable PC gaming market, whereas the U.S. tends to be more of a console gaming market, with fewer and fewer PC gamers. Maybe they thought that the Korean PC market is not so different from the sales they would be getting from the Japanese market.
That's the only logical conclusion I can arrive at... But Atlus U.S.A. branch doing it... that's a puzzle for sure. It's like they were sitting on the idea of being able to release it in the United States, but decided not to.
-Thomas
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Post by Justin on Nov 20, 2009 18:32:19 GMT -5
That's what I don't understand. Why wasn't it Atlus JP that did the Korean releases, and was it perhaps decided not to port the games here based on what happened in the Korean market?
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Post by cxt217 on Nov 20, 2009 19:54:33 GMT -5
I agree and disagree with the SkyeWeise's remark about the respective PC markets of the US and South Korea. The US PC market has been declining since 2000, but it has and IIRC still is much larger than South Korea (Keep in the mind that it was not really until the PS1, and a couple years after that, that console games started making in-roads into PC games. And the PC gaming market was much, much, MUCH larger in the US than in Japan and Europe.). Major hits still do well for the PC in the US. But the market demand for marginal titles (Which, is whatever Falcom titles are brought over.) is much smaller, and the cost/revenue margins are much lower. Given the sheer production expense that the Sora no Kiseki games themselves would cost for localization, there was no way they could or would be licensed for US PC gamers. <sob>
About the initial question:
The answer: it is a data entry error on the part of whoever was writing the page.
The games listed under "ARUON GAMES,Inc." and "Atlus U.S.A., Inc." are switched. Aruon Games is a South Korea gaming company, and their website has prominent displays of Falcom games. Atlus US has never released anything for the PC (IIRC) and they only have licensed from Falcom the Legacy of Ys: Book 1 and 2 for the DS.
C.T.
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Post by cxt217 on Nov 20, 2009 19:56:09 GMT -5
www.aruon.com/All that really needs to be said. C.T. P.S. And I like the chibi/SD versions of various Falcom characters they scattered across the site.
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Post by Justin on Nov 20, 2009 22:01:24 GMT -5
Well, that's that I suppose. Good eye man, and thanks for clearing that up.
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Post by cxt217 on Nov 20, 2009 22:36:59 GMT -5
Thanks!
Taking a look at the list of publications on the website, I suddenly wish they included the ISBN number so I can go snooping for them - especially the background material books and the novelizations. Ebay can be so wonderful sometimes (I even managed to find the first volume of the novelization of Valkyrie Profile that way...).
C.T.
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Post by Justin on Nov 20, 2009 22:41:30 GMT -5
I've had some fantastic luck with amazon.com for stuff like that, with some guides priced at half the going rate on Ebay.
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Post by cxt217 on Nov 26, 2009 2:29:58 GMT -5
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 30, 2009 0:50:20 GMT -5
This brings up a point that I think would be quite... cool. To say the least.
Falcom + Steam. It'd work great, especially with all the fan translations. I'm sure Falcom could finagle a cheap price from the original workers of the fan products, to license the use of an official release. Then, you get the games up on Steam/have the option to use an original Japanese copy (assuming there is no American physical release) to validate the Steam product. It'd also be cool for GOG to do this, or any other such service.
Just a thought. Could someone with business know-how explain why this wouldn't be a good idea?
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 30, 2009 17:51:21 GMT -5
Heh, thanks. Maybe if you manage to get a job there you can make a suggestion |
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Post by Justin on Nov 30, 2009 18:28:19 GMT -5
That is a good idea Smithee. While I'm all for having the box, I'd love to know the Steam crowd was sinking sales $$$ into Falcom. It would really increase the chance of more titles.
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 30, 2009 19:04:29 GMT -5
Steam is way worse than GOG, for sure.
But it has a much larger selection of many modern games as well, so it isn't exactly bad.
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