Sega Profits Down, But Phantasy Star Online 2 Exceeding Expectations
By Ishaan . October 15, 2012 . 10:30amPachislot and Pachinko business is weak in Japan, but Phantasy Star Online 2 is doing well, says Sega.
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Pachislot and Pachinko business is weak in Japan, but Phantasy Star Online 2 is doing well, says Sega.
There hasn’t been a Ranma ½ game in over ten years. That’s about to change, but not if you’re hoping for a 3D Ranma fighter with online play.
CR Ninja Gaiden has Ryu slice and dice bosses when players drop balls into the machine.
Capcom isn’t shy about bringing their video game series into gambling parlors, but Yoichi Egawa, Head of Capcom’s Pachinko and Pachislot Division, has greater aspirations.
Don’t get too excited. It’s a sequel to their long running pachislot series.
Every December, it seems, AQ Interactive cancels a game with a press release.
Over the holiday weeks an authentic pachinko game appeared in an unlikely place, the iPhone store. When I got an e-mail about Sho Chiku Bai I contemplated why a new studio would take a risk bringing a pachinko game to North America. I decided to ask Marc Cellucci, the Founder of Mission One. The [...]