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[ElTorro]

After NX sales bomb hard, Nintendo's IPs go Pachinko.

#ThingsThatMustNeverHappen

 

[TheSlySoul]

I'm waiting for Pachislot Souls.

I am waiting for Resident Pachislot myself.

 

[GooeyHeat]

It will most likely make more money than the actual games

Fixed.

 

[Razmos]

Spoiler

Only on Wii U

 

[Data West]

As long as it's playable in-game in Yakuza 6

 

[Zubz]

Why?

Well, at least, unlike Konami, there doesn't seem to be as much coming to light about SEGA at the same time as this reveal, so I don't see this as bad. Just weird. Besides, I flippin' love Bayonetta; anything to keep the IP alive is good with me!

 

[Chindogg]

It will most likely be better than the actual games

I see TI82 has two accounts on GAF.

 

[Ants]

sega sammy just makes pachislot, there is no reason to be afraid

sega makes games

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Nothing wrong with this. I mean there was a new Bayonetta less than a year ago.

 

[Neiteio]

Why?

You say "Why?" in a world where there's a pachinko machine remake of SH2 in the works.

Nothing is sacred.

 

[Porcile]

sega makes games

They do?

 

[TFRazorsaw]

Why?

Well, at least, unlike Konami, there doesn't seem to be as much coming to light about SEGA at the same time as this reveal, so I don't see this as bad. Just weird. Besides, I flippin' love Bayonetta; anything to keep the IP alive is good with me!

because one of Sega's most lucrative aspects of their business is pachinko machines.

They made these things before they got into video games. They never stopped making them either, unlike Nintendo's shift away from playing cards.

This is an important part of their business, for christ's sake.

 

[Drencrom]

Japan sure likes to shoehorn quality game franchises into horrible gambling machines.

 

[Snacks the sober sea lion]

I don't see how it would be a problem, considering Bayonetta 2 came out less than a year ago.

If only we had a Japanese culture expert to explain the importance of pachislot machines to us, though.

 

[Crocodile]

I love these threads and watching people who don't have any idea how a foreign entertainment market works react to them.

Spoiler

I don't think anyone is under the delusion that this is preventing or taking the place of a new Bayonetta game

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

To be honest, I still don't understand the outrage around pachinko machines that aren't dead franchises (Silent Hill, Castlevania anger I share and understand).

All a machine like this does is generate cash for Sega and Platinum. It's not taking away resources or time from Platinum, and it's not obstructing or preventing new projects to be made involving Bayonetta.

It's like being mad because Street Fighter II, Persona 3 and Persona 4 got pachinko machines. All it does is generate extra income for Japenese developers and publishers. That's it.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

This is fine. I don't know why anyone would have a problem with this.

 

[Ushiwaka]

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a Pachislot.

Spoiler

This just means they are coming back to the series, right? Right guys? Haha! TGS announcement for Bayo 3, right?

Spoiler

 

[HORRORSHØW]

balls in every orifice

 

[TFRazorsaw]

Spoiler

I don't think anyone is under the delusion that this is preventing or taking the place of a new Bayonetta game

it strikes me less as fun and more a bunch of westerners shaking their head at or mocking a market they don't understand.

 

[AAMARMO]

At least Keiji Inafune not making one yet

 

[Nikodemos]

<insert ridiculously low-brow pun about "putting your balls in">

 

[Phrozenflame500]

See a Bayonetta gambling machine actually makes sense to me. At least more sense then a Silent Hill one.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

People aren't annoyed at Konami for making Pachislot machines, they're annoyed at them because they're gutting video game development to make them.

Sega are still making games, Bayonetta Pachi has not been made in favour of a new video game. Konami have no Silent Hill or Castlevania games in sight.

 

[jroc74]

Sega's gonna show Konami how Erotic Violence is really done.

Bow chikca bow wow.

People aren't annoyed at Konami for making Pachislot machines, they're annoyed at them because they're gutting video game development to make them.

Sega are still making games, Bayonetta Pachi has not been made in favour of a new video game. Konami have no Silent Hill or Castlevania games in sight.

This too.

Dont know the reason why but anytime P.T. is basically cancelled and we see Pachislot Silent Hill a few months later.....


Sadness...

 

[Mr-Joker]

I really hope that they program Bayonetta saying "Wanna touch me?" to lure players in.

 

[RurouniZel]

All hail the mobile futu-wait, what? Pachinko? >_>

 

[Kriken]

No erotic violence, no buy

 

[Sephzilla]

It will most likely be better than the actual games

 

[VariantX]

Doesn't bother me since they just put out a great bayo game not too long ago. I understand the frustration with the SH and castlevania games since the publisher themselves didn't really treat those franchises well as of late as well as cancel a game alot of fans were hyped about.

 

[Persona7]

See a Bayonetta gambling machine actually makes sense to me. At least more sense then a Silent Hill one.

I was going to say this.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Alright, Pachislot break!

 

[Akiller]

*Goes to Kamiya's twitter*

 

[Jigorath]

Hey look, a Bayonetta game that will finally turn a profit.

 

[Bl@de]

No problem. At least there are actual Bayonetta games. Not like that franchise about a foggy town...

 

[Neff]

Doubt this means Bayonetta 3 is off the table though. Just the opposite - clearly Sega sees value in the brand.

Indeed. It's quite encouraging that Bayo is considered strong enough to qualify for Pashislot treatment.

 

[-Horizon-]

Obviously they're using this to fund Bayonetta 3.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Soon featured in Yakuza 6.

 

[Son Of D]

At least Keiji Inafune not making one yet

Give him time and there will be a Mighty No. 9 pachislot game.

 

[Koren]

So yeah.. this seems to be a trend now?

This has ALWAYS been a trend... For a strange reason, we hear more about those now, but dozen of games have been adapted in Pachislot since the 90s. Even Sonic.

Especially Sega licenses...


And if someone can explain the subtilities of Sakura Taisen Pachislot to me, I'm interested, I'm still a bit lost with the PS2 adaptation

People aren't annoyed at Konami for making Pachislot machines, they're annoyed at them because they're gutting video game development to make them.

At the same time, Konami Pachinko division doubled its revenues last year, and brings now more money than videogames in Europe...

 

[gelf]

Why?

Well, at least, unlike Konami, there doesn't seem to be as much coming to light about SEGA at the same time as this reveal, so I don't see this as bad. Just weird. Besides, I flippin' love Bayonetta; anything to keep the IP alive is good with me!

Indeed just contrast Konami's recent behaviour with scrubbing Kojima from history with Sega letting an ex employee Yu Suzuki make Shenmue 3 even though its their IP.

I don't have any objection to these machines anyway. They're not for me and that's fine.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I get the feeling that with the explosion of Konami and Pachislot, that people see this as new. It's been around for such a long time now that the Konami thing is actually lttp.

You should check out the DMC4 that came out a few years back. You actually get to rev Nero's sword.

This has ALWAYS been a trend... For a strange reason, we hear more about those now, but dozen of games have been adapted in Pachislot since the 90s. Even Sonic.

Edit: Missed this post. Yep. Like I was saying, I think the whole Konami thing just threw Pachislots into the light. It's far from new or even bad.

 

[E_Darkness]

Give him time and there will be a Mighty No. 9 pachislot Kickstarter game.

FTFY

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Indeed. It's quite encouraging that Bayo is considered strong enough to qualify for Pashislot treatment.

Have you seen the new cat's eye anime? Because existing as pachinko means the franchise is strong and gets new entries, right?

Also funny that you think this is a new trend...

 

[distantmantra]

http://www.sammy.co.jp/japanese/product/pachislot/2015/bayonetta/

So yeah.. this seems to be a trend now?

This has been happening forever in Japan, you just didn't know about it.

 

[SonyToo!™]

I dunno about pachinko but I'd love to play a Bayonetta Pinball where for it's wizard mode you have to fire balls between the legs of a plastic model of Kamiya doing the splits.

 

[TheSpoiler]

People aren't annoyed at Konami for making Pachislot machines, they're annoyed at them because they're gutting video game development to make them.

Sega are still making games, Bayonetta Pachi has not been made in favour of a new video game. Konami have no Silent Hill or Castlevania games in sight.

Do people not understand that these companies have different divisions? And that Sega's pachislot shit has been in existence since, well, before they made video games?

 

[Toxi]

Why do I feel like SEGA and Platinum Games won't be chastised for this?

Because the Bayonetta series recently had a high quality game.

Meanwhile, Konami gutted their video games departments and Silent Hill/Castlevania are virtually dead franchises outside of Pachislot.

Who is the market for Pachislot games anyway?

Gamblers. Pachinko basically only exists because traditional gambling is illegal in Japan.

 

[ArjanN]

So yeah.. this seems to be a trend now?

If by now you mean for decades. Then yeah.

 

[Stormhammer]

people use their money on all sorts of non game items tied to game series, why is this bringing up such a big stink