OccamsBlender
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Panzer Dragoon Orta please, that game ran on PC before it got tweaked for the original Xbox.
I should probably clarify since I'm thinking some might misunderstand what I contributed; I wrote the petition on change and pushed publications to write about us. I'd been thinking of such a petition for a while but felt I wouldn't be able to garner support from the PC community for a campaign like this. In a way I was right because we never managed to get PCGamer or RockPaperShotgun to write about us and we really could have used their traffic. Other PC gaming sites like IncGamers did give us some coverage though. Anyways, when Grief made the original push here on GAF I realized I was, at least in part, wrong. I ended up writing the petition to push the campaign in the direction SEGA felt would be most convincing. I don't work at SEGA though and I have an incomplete picture of what's happening behind the scenes, I did know some stuff. I knew Valkyria Chronicles was coming a few months back. I know more but people told me in confidence and I'll be keeping my word on such things. I will say this: If you want the other games, you should absolutely keep pushing the petition and if you have interest in Valkyria Chronicles you should buy it.
I think the main folks to thank (if you want to single folks out) are Grief (original twitter push), nillansan (who provided near constant moral support for what I was doing in the first couple of weeks despite a small amount of naysayers, he also made the thunderclap), Sajjaja (who was useless ), Dario (who made the original campaign video), Draikin (who made a video for Valkyria Chronicles to be included in the campaign) and Krusenstern (not sure if he's still on gaf but he helped with press pushes quite a bit).
Sorry about the parens folks. So many.
So more petitions huh? Grief pls
I should probably clarify since I'm thinking some might misunderstand what I contributed; I wrote the petition on change and pushed publications to write about us. I'd been thinking of such a petition for a while but felt I wouldn't be able to garner support from the PC community for a campaign like this. In a way I was right because we never managed to get PCGamer or RockPaperShotgun to write about us and we really could have used their traffic. Other PC gaming sites like IncGamers did give us some coverage though. Anyways, when Grief made the original push here on GAF I realized I was, at least in part, wrong. I ended up writing the petition to push the campaign in the direction SEGA felt would be most convincing. I don't work at SEGA though and I have an incomplete picture of what's happening behind the scenes, I did know some stuff. I knew Valkyria Chronicles was coming a few months back. I know more but people told me in confidence and I'll be keeping my word on such things. I will say this: If you want the other games, you should absolutely keep pushing the petition and if you have interest in Valkyria Chronicles you should buy it.
I think the main folks to thank (if you want to single folks out) are Grief (original twitter push), nillansan (who provided near constant moral support for what I was doing in the first couple of weeks despite a small amount of naysayers, he also made the thunderclap), Sajjaja (who was useless ), Dario (who made the original campaign video), Draikin (who made a video for Valkyria Chronicles to be included in the campaign) and Krusenstern (not sure if he's still on gaf but he helped with press pushes quite a bit).
Sorry about the parens folks. So many.
So more petitions huh? Grief pls
While I'm very grateful, impressed and proud of the outcome so far, it is also kind of saddening the amount of effort and dedication required to get the ball rolling for something like this on the platform. I really hope we can keep this up, but more so that this is easier to do in future
From the sounds of it, one solid petition is working well. But should the need arise, we know what to do.
Nah we'll stay with this petition lol. Grief is at work so you're SOL.
I see Virtua Fighter 5 coming to PC.
Not sure about Vanquish and Bayonetta though. I'm wondering if those being made by Platinum Games might increase the cost of porting them, rather than the Sega developed VF5 and VC, but I don't know much about them and how contracts/porting works between companies.
Panzer Dragoon Orta please, that game ran on PC before it got tweaked for the original Xbox.
While I'm very grateful, impressed and proud of the outcome so far, it is also kind of saddening the amount of effort and dedication required to get the ball rolling for something like this on the platform. I really hope we can keep this up, but more so that this is easier to do in future
"No."
"No."
I think the main folks to thank (if you want to single folks out) are Grief (original twitter push), nillansan (who provided near constant moral supporI think the main folks to thank (if you want to single folks out) are Grief (original twitter push), nillansan (who provided near constant moral support for what I was doing in the first couple of weeks despite a small amount of naysayers, he also made the thunderclap), Sajjaja (who was useless ), Dario (who made the original campaign video), Draikin (who made a video for Valkyria Chronicles to be included in the campaign) and Krusenstern (not sure if he's still on gaf but he helped with press pushes quite a bit).t for what I was doing in the first couple of weeks despite a small amount of naysayers, he also made the thunderclap), Sajjaja (who was useless ), Dario (who made the original campaign video), Draikin (who made a video for Valkyria Chronicles to be included in the campaign) and Krusenstern (not sure if he's still on gaf but he helped with press pushes quite a bit).
Thank you TaroYamada.
You're welcome, I put up a minor update in the OP for anybody interested. Deleted some old info added valk news. Also updated petition page. May send out an email update to folks.
awesome!yes, there's a thread too
I never really paid much attention to this because the only games I kind of care about is Vanquish, Shenmue and maybe Chromehounds, but if it's working I'll sign.
Kamiya just RT'd this:
https://twitter.com/Invertednormals/status/526995873473892352
Matt Charlesworth @Invertednormals
Let's hope @SEGA does the right thing and brings Vanquish to PC next.
The guy works at Valve
I think the exact opposite. Valkyria Chronicles is a completely unique game (both aesthetically and gameplay-wise) in a genre that is very popular on PC. On the other hand, Vanquish could be seen (rightfully or not) as "just another third person action game".Good news and I'm genuinely surprised but I feel VC isn't going to sell well on PC.
I had it on PS3 and loved it. Would buy it again but if I was to guess, it would sell like shit on PC and ruin the chances of any other older titles.
Vanquish on the other hand would sell like hotcakes.
I think the exact opposite. Valkyria Chronicles is a completely unique game (both aesthetically and gameplay-wise) in a genre that is very popular on PC. On the other hand, Vanquish could be seen (rightfully or not) as "just another third person action game".
I don't think either would have failed. I highly doubt any of the games mentioned could fail actually. 2D fighters have clearly built a niche, it's time for 3D fighters to show up. Bayonetta/Vanquish seem like obvious successes to me. Valkyria Chronicles seems obvious too, we just felt it the hardest to port.
Stolen from Steam thread:
Oh, I agree that none of these would fail. I just think VC can succeed most (if it hits the right awareness spot).I don't think either would have failed. I highly doubt any of the games mentioned could fail actually. 2D fighters have clearly built a niche, it's time for 3D fighters to show up. Bayonetta/Vanquish seem like obvious successes to me. Valkyria Chronicles seems obvious too, we just felt it the hardest to port.
Oh, I agree that none of these would fail. I just think VC can succeed most (if it hits the right awareness spot).
I can kinda see Virtua Fighter bombing. Not exactly a high profile franchise anymore and late fighting game ports have questionable success on PC. I know why it was chosen, but I'm just glad they didn't start with it.
It's about as late as the KOF13 port, at least if we are looking at Final Showdown's launch on consoles. We really need a solid 3D fighter on PC and it'd have a monopoly. For the right price, say $15-20 and all DLC I see it doing well. $15 isn't out of the question either, Viking was $15, Typing of the Dead Overkill was $10 IIRC.
SEGA's pricing is stupid reasonable on PC with these late ports, though TOTD OK was more of a re-imagining.
Just want to thank everybody for showing support today, it means a lot to me. Hopefully the petition keeps going and we can change SEGA's attitude towards Japanese releases on PC if we keep up the push. Sign the petition folks, this shouldn't end with Valkyria Chronicles. It's a victory won but not the end of the road
Thanks for everything.
If I'm not wrong, Typing of the Dead Overkill also had a classic mode.
The next battle is getting everyone to buy VC. Voting with our wallets is the strongest message we can send. That is how it worked with Bandai Namco. We petitioned for Dark Souls. And when that sold well we got DS2, Naruto, Enslaved, Ace Combat etc. And now we are getting DBZ, and hopefully Tekken and Tales will follow.
Hopefully it will be the same for SEGA Japan.
Correct. Forgot about that.
I'll likely send out an email to change sigs when the pre-order page goes up, 13k emails is decent. Right?
If everyone jumped the Final Fantasy XIII bandwagon, myself included, I'm more than sure we can create another Ancient Hype Train Vanguard for Valkyria Chronicles. I mean, yes, it has no Lightning but it has animu all over the place, right?
Either way, day one as I read comments about the game being more fitting of PC than anything else.
And, true, we got the most unlikely of the bunch out of this, now for the other ones! Into the fray, into battle! FOR AGATHAAAAAA!!! I mean, FOR SEGAAAA!!!
Agreed. I think VC will do very very well on Steam if introduced at the right pricepoint ($14.99-$19.99 maybe?) and if the port is not completely broken.I think the exact opposite. Valkyria Chronicles is a completely unique game (both aesthetically and gameplay-wise) in a genre that is very popular on PC. On the other hand, Vanquish could be seen (rightfully or not) as "just another third person action game".
I really hope that Catherine and Persona 4 (3 would be nice also ) get ported to PC.
But I have a feeling they wont