Shin Megami Tensei IV Coming to North America This Summer

[Colt47]

The problem I have with people arguing about development budgets is that they don't have to milk everything out of the console. Does anyone here even believe that the arcade / indie titles are using the consoles full grunt?

 

[Ultimatecalibur]

This is good year for 3DS games.

First: Etrian Odyssey 4
Second: Monster Hunter 3U
Third:: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

And now forth: Shin Megami Tensei 4

 

[SaetonChapelle]

All of these great 3DS games are making my Vita jealous...

OT: I've never actually played an SMT game from the main series before. I've been wanting to try 3/Nocturne for a while, but I just can't seem to find a copy.

Anyway, I'm gonna need to "borrow" my sister's 3DS so I can play this, along with Fire Emblem and Pokemon X. >->

Oh man, you have one of those "vita" things? I thought it was just a rumor...

I can't wait. Sadly though my friend borrowed my 3DS. No idea where that thing is. It's bright blue too so I can't believe I misplaced it.

 

[Colt47]

The problem I have with people arguing about development budgets is that they don't have to milk everything out of the console. Does anyone here even believe that the arcade / indie titles are using the consoles full grunt?

Gamers have been conditioned by western publishers to demand mainstream console games use the prettiest graphics. This is what happens when you have developers constantly going on about their latest graphics engines and rendering tools. Gamers start demanding that all console games look uber-swanky, even though doing so is prohibitively expensive. You've got sites like Eurogamer creating entire portions of their sites (Digital Foundry) to going through game visuals like a Heat magazine on celebrity cellulite. You've got gamers putting up 360vsPS3 graphics comparison videos, then arguing about them by the millions. This is the mindset we've created for home consoles, and it's not a mindset that responds well to deliberately visually-low key releases like SMTIV.

Arcade and indie titles are niche. I love 'em, but they do not make the majority of game sales on consoles. Typically those indie games sell far better on other platforms, like PC and handhelds, because expectations of high-end production values are lower.

Kind of hoping the expectations change in the next decade or console gaming is going to be turning into generic mush.

 

[Stalydan]

Europe please? There were excuses that Atlus could put in for not releasing Strange Journey and Devil Survivor with "Well you could always import it" but the region lock completely breaks that. I love SMT but not enough to buy an NA 3DS so I can play the latest installment.

It's bullshit really that Atlus won't open a European branch considering how much of their game mythology is based on its culture. Like people aren't interested in being summon and control the Norse God of Thunder or the Greek God of War. Maybe if some promotion was put into these regions, more people would know about the SMT series.

 

[Colt47]

Kind of hoping the expectations change in the next decade or console gaming is going to be turning into generic mush.

Hi I see you're new here. Welcome to the games industry, where every major game has to have guns and brown people to shoot, has to sell 5 million copies, and have the potential for annual sequels. Been tripping along like this since our shares plummeted in 2008, and no sign of stopping now.

(Pulls out the nearest alcoholic beverage and begins weeping in a corner.)

 

[TJC]

For fuck's sake, please release that shit on this side of the Atlantic PLEEEEEAAAASE!

goddammit, I think it's time to start investing in a US 3DS, fucking region lock.

 

['Record Stops.']

All of these great 3DS games are making my Vita jealous...

OT: I've never actually played an SMT game from the main series before. I've been wanting to try 3/Nocturne for a while, but I just can't seem to find a copy.

Anyway, I'm gonna need to "borrow" my sister's 3DS so I can play this, along with Fire Emblem and Pokemon X. >->

Chin up mate. Muramasa Rebirth comes out in a couple months. You PSP Vita owners will finally have a great game besides all of the crappy ports that no one in their right mind would want to play('Cept for Persona 4 Golden, it's your only good game right now)...said Muramasa Rebirth is a port of a spectacularly good Wii game, but I digress.