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NIS America’s President On Disgaea 4 Sales And Black Rock Shooter Plans

By Spencer . October 6, 2011 . 6:15pm

NIS Americas President On Disgaea 4 Sales And Black Rock Shooter Plans

We caught up with Haru Akenaga, President of NIS America, to see how Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten was doing in North America. In Japan, the game exceeded expectations and retailers quickly reordered the title. Akenaga discussed sales in North America plus his thoughts about working with PubFund, an initiative by Sony Computer Entertainment to fund PlayStation Network titles.

 

Disgaea 4 was a pretty big hit in Japan. Now that it’s out in North America, how are sales so far?

 

Haru Akenaga, President of NIS America: They are doing OK. We got really good review scores and the first week of sales were really great. I think we can reach more than 100,000 units easily in the future, but right now we’re not there yet.

 

Disgaea 3 sold about the same number of units in Japan and the US. In the US, we sold more about 150,000 units and Disgaea 4 is doing better than 3 in Japan now.

 

And Disgaea 4 is coming out again with the Fuka and Desco scenarios too. Have you considered releasing the expanded versions like they do in Japan in the States?

 

If many customers want an extended version we look into it, but right now we have no plans to release one on Blu-ray, but we will release the extra content on PSN.

 

 NIS Americas President On Disgaea 4 Sales And Black Rock Shooter Plans

 

Let’s talk about Black Rock Shooter. NIS America announced it, but didn’t specify a release window.

 

The release date has not been decided yet. We are not sure if we can release it before the PS Vita launch [in North America]. In that case, it would be really tough to sell a UMD to the public and our only choice will be to release it for PSN. Actually, I want to ask you and your audience if you really want to have the Premium Box released in Japan. If many users want the Premium Box we can talk with Imageepoch and bring the Premium Box to US customers.

 

Sure, I can ask the readers I think they’ll be happy to hear you’re considering it. You know they are interested in Makai Kingdom Portable too.

 

We haven’t decided yet, but there might be a small chance to release it.

 

Nippon Ichi has a close relationship with Sony, so has NIS America thought about using PubFund to develop original titles inside your North American office for PlayStation platforms?

 

Hmm… right now we don’t have any plans to make small titles just for PSN.

 

NIS America seems to be in a good position to develop original IP, especially since you could borrow characters from Nippon Ichi Japan for cameos and everyone loves cameos these days.

 

Our staff really wants to do that, but we need to team up with developers in order to that. We have a good relationship with Nicalis, the developer for Cave Story. I believe we could work with them to create titles, but right now we have no plans.


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  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/HAEBCODVH3BGFIHE47BKNDXD2I Jonathan

    hope it succeeds here.

    My only real gripes are the online; it just feels really nerfed, to the point of really hurting it for me. . .

  • Phoenix_Apollo

    Personally, I don’t see the point of a BRS box if there’s no UMD inside. I’d totally buy it on UMD, and I think most of the people interested in the game would, too.

    • Ladius

      I don’t see why the Premium Box won’t have the UMD game, since it’s a PSP game’s limited edition to begin with.

      • MizuMikomi

        NISA’s Prinny Bomb a while back said that the premium box is just a PSN game voucher, the OST and the White Rock Shooter figure, no UMD, and no opening theme included.

        • Ladius

          Thank you, I missed the “no UMD” part assuming it would have been just like the Japanese LE, aside from the op.

          That’s rather disappointing, I would have hoped to have a full UMD release, but I guess having a gorgeous limited edition with a PSN voucher is better than a simple PSN download.

          • MizuMikomi

            No problem ~

            And same here, a UMD release is my preference, since I like having a physical copy. It gives me more peace of mind than a digital download, that’s for sure.

  • Guest

    I’ll wait for the inevitable Vita port of D4 with bonus content plus all DLC on cart. I like playing SRPG games on handhelds more anyways. As for BRS, I just love the art, can’t really say I’m excited for the game. I wish it was on a 8th gen handheld but I might give it a shot.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jiggy-Pepper/100000804352621 Jiggy Pepper

    I really hope they bring the limited box of BRS over. I could care less if it has the umd or a voucher for psn. I’d probably prefer the psn copy cause I could play it on the Vita when I buy one. That way I could have the game and the l.e. without some useless umd weighing me down. It’d probably make the limited edition cost less too if it didn’t have a physical copy of the game.

  • Solomon_Kano

    I wanted the BRS box, but I really want to be able to play the game when the Vita hits so…buy it twice, I guess?

  • http://twitter.com/RefueledPants Jordan Slovsaki

    Just a small chance for makai kingdom portable? Thats disappointing. It would be cool if NIS put all their ps2 games on psn like Odin sphere and those other classics that were added recently. No alterations or upgrades, just the classic games for a low price. I already have most of them, but I’d pay to support NIS and not have to bust out the ol’ ps2 on my old SD tv.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Kamek20xxExtra?feature=mhee Michael Stevens

    Sili-”Sure, I can ask the readers I think they’ll be happy to hear you’re considering it. You know they are interested in Makai Kingdom Portable too.”
     
    NIS-”We haven’t decided yet, but there might be a small chance to release it.”

    Just a small chance? Oh nooo!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saC13RJ8CUs

    I don’t want this to be left out like La Pucelle Ragnarok, which I’m still waiting for.

  • Klaus00

    as soon as I opened this article up and Enemy turn ended … Meowkins showed up. IT CANT BE COINCIDENCE!!

  • AzureNova

    I really want the Black Rock Shooter White Premium Box to get localized, and I also want to play it on the Vita as well. It may sound stupid to most, but I will seriously buy both the physical and virtual copies if NISA decides to release both. With that said, I hope both Disgea and Black Rock Shooter do very well for NISA. They have never let me down before and I don’t think they will now either =^_^=

  • Cuticle

    I don’t buy NISA games anymore due to their exploitative DLC practices. They were  pushing it for a while ($50 of Disgaea 3 DLC?), but the tipping point was Neptunia’s characters who join your party and just sit there. They don’t fight or gain experience until you go online and pay more money. 

    Not furious or anything, and I realize they aren’t the only company to treat their fanbase with such little respect. I am voting with my dollar but thought this might be a place where I could actually let NISA know WHY I’m no longer giving them any money. 

    I’m sure these DLC scams look great to the bean counters on paper, but there is absolutely a hidden cost in customers lost. Just an “FYI,” NISA. 

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wayne-LaBranch/100002132711844 Wayne LaBranch

      Its not like you have to buy them and its not like lots of games these days don’t exploit DLCs these days.  But for the NIS games like Disgaea 4, DLC characters and scenarios add more to the game but if u don’t want to buy them…then don’t buy them.  You can enjoy the games without the DLCS.  And really u think NIS treat their fanbase with disrespect? right you keep thinking that

      • Ladius

        Yeah, they have even improved their way of handling their customers if you follow their history.

        Some years ago they cut some adverted contents from Rhapsody DS without being clear on the matter and the fans raged, while for Disgaea 4 they went all the way to make the fans know that the editor had been altered, and I really appreciated their honesty. Atlus could use some of that attitude, since they told their American fans that the Climax Theater’s quest editor had been removed from Persona 2 Innocent Sin only after the game’s release, and apparently only after some fans asked them directly.

    • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

      Just setting things straight but the Neptunia characters and related DLC comes from Compile Heart, the original developer. NISA just releases the game as it came from Japan, and then offers the DLC, because, again, that’s how it came in Japan. The more you know.

    • Ladius

      it’s a strange viewpoint, since both Disgaea 3 and 4 offer you more material than most retail games out there, by far. The fact that you can further improve your experience by buying DLCs doesn’t mean that you can’t stay on those games for literally hundreds of hours without having to even think about it. NIS’s use of DLC is probably one of the best seen in the gaming industry so far, since they are able to mix DLCs with extremely rich games.

      Also, Neptunia is a Compile Heart game, NISA is only the publisher.

      • malek86

        I would just like if the best use of DLC ever seen in the industry so far weren’t so expensive. It’s not up to Namco levels, but almost. Especially because DLC should be a much less risky endeavor than making an entirely new game (of course, this is offset by selling to a more restricted audience).

        If you add all the D3 DLC together, it probably costs as much as a new game, except I bet it didn’t cost them nearly as much to make…

        Granted, they do it because they are a small company who needs the money in some way, but I’m afraid it’s also because they know many fans will pay for it regardless.

        PS. of course I’m talking about NIS here (and whatever other company who acts similarly), not NISA. I know NISA just publishes their games as they are, can’t complain about that.

        • Ladius

          Oh, the DLCs are surely expensive if you plan to buy all of them (even if they have multi-DLC package to lessen the impact, if I remember correctly), but my point was that the games themselves are so overly filled with contents you won’t really need to look at DLCs till you’re some 100-200 hours into the game, at least if you aren’t an ardent fan of some dlc-only cameo character.

          Also, most if not all of the Disgaea DLCs are developed after the game’s release, often involving the Japanese fanbase in ordert to decide the best contents to provide.

          If you consider that most DLCs nowadays are developed pre-release (while they aren’t on disc unlockables) for games that are barely able to last 20-30 hours and that they usually mean far less contents than before in the game itself, I really can’t bring myself to blame NIS.

    • http://www.genkaibreak.com Code

      I don’t think at any point Nippon Ichi has reduced the amount of content on disc to cash in on DLC. Disgaea 3 may have had a lot of DLC, but the on disc cameo character count was greater then Disgaea 2 and the original, and I’d say about equal to Makai Kingdom. After that point they are only doing fans a favor giving them the ability to buy there other favorite characters, like Pram, who may not have made the on disc cut. Your not voting with your money because they never would have had it in the first place with this mistaken line of thought o3o; 

      There are companies that are rotten with there DLC out there; but Nippon Ichi isn’t one of them, they’ve only used it to expand games post release, in a manor that otherwise wouldn’t have been able to happen likely with the original game’s budget.

  • eliel

    i don’t mind if Black Rock Shooter is PSN only i don’t mind downloading it :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/VirusChris Christopher Nunes

    I would love to have a physical copy of Black Rock Shooter, I’m really interested in it and don’t mind to get the UMD! I prefer physical copies over DLC copies anyway.

    Also I NEVER played Makai Kingdom and this PSP version of it, Makai Kingdom Portable, I would gladly get! It gives me a chance to play one of NISA’s games I never got to play and I think there’s others as well!

    I love my PSP but it’s sad to see so little games for it out there! Please bring them over, I will gladly give you my money for them!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wayne-LaBranch/100002132711844 Wayne LaBranch

    I really hope we get Makai Kingdom portable :[ and hope about those DLC characters? NIS

  • Ladius

    I really, really hope they’re able to release BRS on UMD, Premium Box or not. I would also like to see Makai Kingdom released in the west, especially since most of the localization could be recycled from the PS2 edition.
    That said, I appreciate that they’re trying to stick with PSP games despite the difficulties, XSeed and Aksys are surely being bolder about this but NISA at least isn’t doing like Sega.

  • MizuMikomi

    No UMD? Bah! Hate the idea, but it was more than expected, Vita paranoia among developers is almost like an epidemic. >_<

    Sucks not having a physical copy, since I prefer not getting digital when I can avoid it, I'd prefer to have proof that I own the game, rather than a digital download with little to no proof, kthanks.

    • http://twitter.com/matty_125 matty

      I don’t blame them. If anyone knows the surface of the situation how couldn’t anyone..
      Also, and this is just my opinion, I think the best proof owning a game is here, Elliott ::points to the heart that still burns with passion:: 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Von-Hagen/100002172382895 Carl Von Hagen

    Tbh I will probably only buy it if the premium set comes. As I more interested in the fig then the game.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/EnvyMizuhashi Garyuu

    NISA might as well make BRS a PSN release. If they can’t decide a release date before the Vita release approaches, they’re **** outta luck. Chances are the Vita might play PSN games if given the chance.

    • raymk

      No the vita does play PSN games and that’s why their deciding if they want to wait or not and just make it a digital release.  They aren’t out of luck with anything its just weather we get the UMB or not that’s the problem here.

  • http://www.portallos.com.br/ Dakini

    Yes, bring over BRS’s Premium Box! I’ll buy it!! And Makai Kingdom Portable too!

    • pantsonadog

      This. I want the Premium Box so bad but it’s way to expensive to import.

  • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

    Only 150K of us even played D3 and less than 100K for D4? My perception of the series was that it was a major one, wow.

    • Ladius

      Those are rather major numbers for jrpgs in the USA, Disgaea is one of the few mid-tier jrpg series in the west with Tales and Persona in a context where everything that isn’t Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts usually sell well below 100k.

    • M’iau M’iaut

      Even during the ‘golden’ days when our niche was much more prominent, 50k on the PS1 was a huge seller, and 75-100k on the PS2 a super success. The MILLIONS and MILLIONS of a handful of AAA titles has so skewed perceptions. The JRPG is just about the only thing left of the middle that kept the industry wheels a churning for so long.

  • http://ofurotaimu.dreamwidth.org shirokiryuu

    I understand if they need to make BRS a PSN release, but it would be nice if they did a limited run for the Premium box set (assuming they’re bringing it over). 

    Also praying for Makai Kingdom ;; 

  • Loran Cehack

    Bring the premium box of BRS over and I’ll buy not only that but a digital copy of it when it releases on PSN too!

  • Learii

    sound good so far i just want the permuim set box in NA <3

  • Ladius

    Licensing a game means licensing its DLC structure, or at least this is what happens with most Japanese games released in the west.

    Also, you should avoid personal attacks just because people disagree with you. I don’t see anything strange or “fanboystic” in defending games like D34 that are able to last for hundreds of hours without even thinking about buting DLCs, and you will see that people here have no problem criticizing DLCs in series they like if they think they’re used in a way that ultimately damage the games by milking them too much (see the recent BlazBlue discussion).

  • http://www.facebook.com/klaudkil Alex Cattaneo

    Bring the premium box over here to the west
    dont make the same damn mistake of releasing black rock shooter download only i will NOT buy it just like cladun 1 and 2.

  • Ladius

    To be honest, the Disgaea dlcs are almost always developed after the games’ release. It’s not really the best example to criticize the (admittedly horrible) “dlc on release” thing many publishers are exploiting this generation.

    Maybe your misunderstanding derives from the fact that in the USA Disgaea games have DLCs soon after their release, but in Japan they’re always released afterwards, sometimes gauging the userbase’s desires with polls and other initiatives after the original game is out. Since the localization takes some months, you should consider what happened in the original release rather than in the localized one.

    Also, calling people “gullible” and “fanboys” when no one has insulted you in any way isn’t really the best way to hold any kind of discussion, but what do I know.

  • http://twitter.com/AnthonyFoster5 Anthony Foster

    I want the game, but no UMD = no sale. Get over your Vita paranoia NISA.

    • Ladius

      Yeah, as much as I like them doing something with PSP when other publishers have abandoned it I don’t understand what’s different between them and XSeed and Aksys regarding UMD releases.

      Aside from Fate Extra, Aksys is even releasing Hakuoki (far nicher than BRS) on UMD in 2012, and XSeed still has GKS (and Trails 2)… NISA should at least try doing a limited run PSP edition since the UMD demand in the jrpg niche is still rather strong.

    • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

      It’s understandable if the game comes out when the Vita is already out. Since making UMDs cost the profit from the sells may not be the best since BRS is niche in an already niche audience. There is also the fact that the game has gotten mixed views from what I heard and yeah.

      tl;dr there is more than Vita paranoia, though is a pity since i preffer UMDs too

    • http://twitter.com/GekkoPolo Marco Cano Jr

      Clearly you don’t want the game that bad if your taking that stance. NIS US, I will happily buy Black Rock Shooter on PSN if that is the only option. With all due respect, Don’t let opinions like this discourage you guys

    • http://www.myspace.com/effluentrainfall Effluent Rainfall

      Pragmatically, digital releases are the best possible way for niche publishers to trim down expenses. We may just have to accept it as a necessary evil.

  • http://twitter.com/VXLbeast VXLbeast

    Just “OK”?  That’s a shame, D4 deserves mucho sales.

  • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

    Well first, I wasn’t attacking you and second I am a NISA fanboy yes, why do you make it sound like a bad thing?

    And then there is this, if I get how this works right, when NISA brought Neptunia Compile Heart probably told them to bring it like that, DLC intact so they can get more money. Paying for DLC gives money for both NISA and Compile Heart it is a business you understand.

    What I am getting at is that getting mad at NISA for licensing games and then bringing the DLC is kinda stupid, sorry if I offend you I don’t know how else to say it, when the developers are the ones that do it in the first place. They can’t release it with all the DLC because it may be in their contract to not do it.

  • http://www.genkaibreak.com Code

    And what releases were those? How many games has Nippon Ichi ruined with there DLC for you o3o? Disgaea 3, Prinny 1 & 2, and Disgaea 4 opo’ Is this really a point your making against Nippon Ichi or are you just going to role with it now after mistaking Compile Heart’s DLC for NISA opo;

    If you think characters are irrelevant what is your point then? Because once again your not voting with your money; if it wasn’t something you were going to buy. Although you might not be up for it; I’m totally up for having an optional 30+ characters to potentially pick from via DLC. Nippon Ichi at least puts the option out there for people; more then what a lot of companies do. Remember the last games from *insert any company* that let gave you an option to play as any/every major character they had in every prior releases?

    Plus just making the point; Disgaea 3 was a huge improvement to the entire series; it’s mechanics are light years faster then Disgaea 2, the gameplay was just a world better, bringing more speed, customization, and flexibility into the formula. It might not have been what you were looking for but it’s ridiculous to deny the game wasn’t an improvement over D2/D1.

    Like Ladius said below, unless you have some pretty high standards/or barely scrap the surface, I don’t think there’s many games out there that offer as much gameplay for your dollar as Disgaea series o3o; It’s a sort of silly point to bring up against Nippon Ichi of all companies.

  • JustaGenericUser

    And there it is again, posting interviews late (note how he mentions asking Siliconera to make the poll in the FUTURE tense, which means this was probably weeks before we actually had the poll) while posting snippets of it in separate news articles. Again I ask, are you guys doing this on purpose for filler or is there a certain amount of time before you’re allowed to show us the entire interview?

    • http://www.carpefulgur.com SpaceDrake

      They do in fact get asked to hold the interviews back sometimes.

      • JustaGenericUser

        THANK YOU. Geez, I asked before and no one answered (well, people responded but they were other users and they implied they didn’t know, either). Really, that was all I wanted to know, I only sounded harsher here because I was getting a little frustrated. Again, thank you.

        • Apollonis

          Well, it’s not just that.  There’s also the fact that comparatively few people tend to actually read the full interviews, so when they do interviews they like to break them up into smaller chunks focused on specific topics that people will actually stop by and read, and post those first.

          • Joanna

            Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s the main reason as I recall either Spencer or Ishaan stating as much before.

  • http://twitter.com/pflaumenkaffee pflaumenkaffee

    Actually, I’m more interested in Makai Kingdom Portable than BRS.
    I’d buy the BRS game if it was on UMD, but I don’t want to play the game so bad that I’d buy the game on PSN..

  • MPHavoc

    Tch, I don’t mind physical copies or digital downloads (though the paranoia over the PSP line is catching) as long as BRS is distributed.

  • MPHavoc

    Ah, here we go confusing opinion and self-entitlement to privileges with “truth”.

  • tesuji2

    I really think that charging so much money for something that cost them so little to add into the game is a bit dumb. lord zettas daughter and the classes from famous artists are one thing but charging two dollars each for very little more than adding an extra sprite into the game is just dumb.

  • Advent_Andaryu

    I enjoyed the questions, but the representative who was interviewed sounds way too uptight. Considering Disgaea’s 4 success, anything related to it should be brought over to us from Japan. I know people who have never even heard of Disgaea, buy Disgaea 4.

  • Trotmeister

    Bring over those Growlanser PSP remakes goddammit!

    • http://www.carpefulgur.com SpaceDrake

      The ball for those is completely in Atlus’ court; it’s their IP and Atlus USA would be the ones to get first shot at them, and I find it unlikely Atlus would farm the IP out to another company.

      • chicken_and_rofls

        “I find it unlikely Atlus would farm the IP out to another company.”

        Isn’t that exactly what happened when WD released the second and third games?

        • http://www.myspace.com/effluentrainfall Effluent Rainfall

          Yeah, but that was before Atlus USA published an installment themselves, and they should still have the US publishing rights. That could well be the problem.

          • Ladius

            Yeah, Aksys’ Akselziys confirmed multiple times that Atlus USA has the Growlanser rights for the American market.

  • http://geekouts.blogspot.com/ miruki

    I don’t get the whining for an UMD… sure, it’s nice to have a PSP case with an UMD to place it somewhere nice to look at it at times… but yeah. That’s about it. 

    I really want the limited edition, but I want no UMD. If an UMD instead of a voucher would be included, it would mean for me that I’d need to buy another copy off of the PSN store, as I have no means of playing the UMD, since I have no PSP and plan on buying a Vita next year to play PSP and Vita games.

    So either they include an UMD which only PSP owners would be able to play or they include a voucher which PSP, PSP GO and PS Vita owners all would be able to enjoy. Also considering that no UMD would mean lower production costs and therefore probably a cheaper price for the game… I know which I prefer.

    • FireCouch

      People like having physical media.  You never know what might happen to digital stuff.

      • http://geekouts.blogspot.com/ miruki

        That’s exactly the argument I don’t get at all.

        What do you think could happen to digital stuff? You could accidently delete it or corrupt it in really rare cases, so what? Just download it again and you have a fresh new copy. 

        But what are you gonna do if you UMD somehow breaks down? Nothing. Even if you’d send it in you probably won’t get a replacement unless it’s not working because of some kind of bug, but otherwise, you’d have to buy another copy of the game. 

        So why the hell is everyone against digital versions, unless for collecting reasons!? (Don’t get me wrong, I love collecting stuff myself, I even bought games for consoles I do not own.. or imported Japanese version which I can’t play on my PAL consoles for the sole reason of special editions with awesome stuff I can drool at. But special editions with download vouchers for the games do sound way more attractive to me honestly.)

        • Ladius

          There are many issues to consider. A physical support is seen by consumers as having “bought the game”, while buying a dd copy practically enact the “you just bought the licence” stuff publishers already theoretically enforce. The next step would be something like OnLive, where you don’t even have data, just the right to stream the game from a remote server.

          Then we have the commercial aspects: I can reselllend a friend my UMD, while doing the same with a PSN game linked to my PSP account is… not exactly possibile.

          Also, the “historic value”, for lack of a better term: I can safely play my NES games today because I have a physical media, and in my life as a gamer I have always seen that a well-treated physical copy won’t betray you. Will I be able to re-download PSNXBLAWiiWareetc games in 10, 20 or 30 years? What guarantees do we have those services will still exist, or that they will exist in their current form? Maybe this affects only a minority, but for those of us who like to be able to enjoy *everything* in their library it’s a big issue. DD-only can also damage emulation, another important field in keeping the videogame history alive.

          Then you have the collector mentality: most people would rather pay a little more (not really, since most dd editions end up costing the same or more than their retail counterparts) to have a boxed game with a beautiful cover, manual (especially in niche games that actually still have them) and physical support than some MB of data on a stick. Maybe that could change if console dd prices weren’t so inflated, but since service providers routinely demand at least 30% royalties from publishers they’ve almost replaced the previous share claimed by brick and mortar retailers.

          Moreover, there’s the digital divide issue: a dd-only future mean factually excluding many nations or regions (even in so-called “first world” areas) from the videogame market, since fast connections are still not so common as we would like them to be.

        • SerendipityX

          I’m weary of the digital versions b/c I have no access to a good internet connection. I live in a place where dial-up is the only thing available. It takes hours sometimes days to just to download anything. Not everyone has a viable internet connection when it comes to DD-only, and I wish more companies would acknowledge that, heck I’ll pay extra for the UMD if I have too. Please NISA, I need that UMD… T_T.

      • malek86

        Considering the number of people I hear saying “I already have this game but I will buy it again because my copy is too scratched”, I’d say you never know what might happen to physical media either.

        I think people just do it for collectionism (I too like having game discs around). But they are forgetting that the actual point of a game is to be played, not to be put on a shelf. And to play it, digital versions are more than fine.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Pierre-Louis/667684607 Steven Pierre-Louis

      I can’t actually use my PSN account with a PSP anymore.  I’ve broken 5 systems so I can’t register another system to the account (well I broke 4 systems, my little brother uses the same account on his PSP).  For me at least, digital only means I won’t be getting this game.

      • Apollonis

        You can’t just make another account?  Or download Media Go on PC and buy the game that way and load it onto your PSP?  Not sure if that would work, but I don’t think there should be a situation where you’re simply locked out of PSN entirely.  

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Pierre-Louis/667684607 Steven Pierre-Louis

          I’m not locked out of PSN.  I can buy and download content to my PSP just fine.  When I try to play it, I run into issues.  There’s a small file that is associates your PSP or PS3 to your account.  A system that is not associated with your account is unable to run any content you purchase.  You can register 5 PSPs and I think 3 PS3s to a single account.  You can deactivate a PSP and free up a slot, however you need to be able to turn the system on in order to do this.  If you broke it (and PSPs break easily) then you are SOL. 

    • http://twitter.com/AnthonyFoster5 Anthony Foster

      I like to own what I buy.

  • http://twitter.com/ShiningxWander Wander

    I’m perfectly fine with Black Rock Shooter: The Game being a PSN download only. I imported the game just so that I can enjoy the gameplay/BRS action xD, but now I can understand what the characters are saying :D. I’m just really grateful that NISA decided to localize BRS: The Game after all :D. Thanks NISA! 

  • http://twitter.com/Megawarrior345 Elle

    UMD’s should become extinct. Digital only, I don’t care. UMD’s are one of the worst things to ever happen to the PSP. Especially for later games like Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep that load every time you load a **** menu or press a button (and yes, even with the pointless install). -_-

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1069114679 Antonio Dejesus

      you know what they should do? they should make the niche titles with a UMD plus a voucher for download, especially on special editions, since you know you’re gonna pay premium, like that people can choose their poison and everyone would be happy. that’s my 2 cents anyway.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Reed/100000021726624 Anthony Reed

    I would hope the extra Disgaea 4 Fuka and Desco scene is coming to the US. I finished the main story and cant wait for it to be released along with every other Disgaea 4 add ons. I’ve checked every week since its release in hopes of buying them all. >.<

  • HarryHodd

    Who decides when to release a game? Disgaea 4 is an excellent game but it’s release date was right in the middle of White Knight 2 and Ico/SOTC collection with Atelier Totori and the must play Dark Souls right around the corner. Us PS3 Japanese gamers only have so much money.

  • MarkMario

    *Throws more money at NISA*

  • willtell

    “Sure, I can ask the readers I think they’ll be happy to hear you’re considering it. You know they are interested in Makai Kingdom Portable too.
     
    We haven’t decided yet, but there might be a small chance to release it.”

    Man, portable Disgaea’s and other games ports have been great to play on the go and with some nice extras.  Makai Kingdom being up there with Soul Nomad for my favorite “other series” of Nippon Ichi makes me depressed to see that.

    Seems more and more likely we will not see it released like La Pucelle Ragnarok..

    • Methylene

      But don’t worry, they’ll be sure to localize Super Phantom Brave Vita and PS4 when it comes out~

  • thebanditking

    NISA is really in a tough spot with BRS and Makai portable. The PSP is all but dead in the west and I have heard that Sony is discouraging further UMD releases. That said I only buy retail releases for games, and releasing BRS on PSN is a deal breaker for me, but if NIS decides on one last hurrah for PSP I would gladly buy the Japanese BRS Limited Ed if brought out here (so long as its the exact same items no half the OST kind of stuff guys).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ema-Rose/100000917800035 Ema Rose

    I kinda like my games to be in a case and not on the actual console, but if that`s all they can do then I`m not complaining. :)

  • skymap

    I would buy Makai Kingdom. :P And Soul Nomad. I’m afraid to rebuy the PS2 ver in light of a potential port. Probably one for Vita, I’m guessing.

  • darkraiders

    I love to own a physical copy of my game if i can if not i go with digital i think both physical and digital have pro and con.
    But 1 thing hate about digital is that it cost a lot it’s not rare for a psp to be over 1GB and a 4GB memory stick cost around 30$ so i can download around 3 game each memory cards with game i have to buy at the same price then physical copy and the 30$ for the memory card that add another 10$ for each games.
    I’m almost 100% sure that some vita games will take more then 4GB Sony said they will sell 4,8,16 and 32GB card for Vita but at how much?
    I’m not sure i will feel like buying a 4GB memory card at 30$ and after buy 1 game at 50$ and my card don’t have enough space for another game making the game worth over 80$ more costly then a PS3 game…

  • Mayisha Khan

    I would absolutely love to have Black Rock Shooter on PSN. I am considering getting a Vita and Sony are urging current PSP owners to migrate to the Vita so it would make sense to have the game on PSN rather than on UMD. I believe it will sell better! PSP is much less popular but more people will buy the Vita (I hope). But all I want to say to NISA is thanks, I love you so much right now.

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