Comments on: News: Camping Fantasy

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:52:19 +0000

Could you imagine the kind of decisions that would be made by Capnami? They’d be more ridiculous than Ubisoft!

By: Dancing Matt

Dancing Matt — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:47:17 +0000

I didn’t know Konami was doing any mobile games, hmm. But maybe that works for complementary business models? Focusing on different platforms, I mean. I’m certain that such a merger wouldn’t produce anything new or different coming out; at least of interest to Western audiences. But just to preserve their companies instead of having to sell off assets down the road or something. I suppose this is getting pretty hypothetical.

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:21:17 +0000

@Matt: I agree their games would probably compliment each other well, and the potential of some crossover action happening is pretty interesting, but I think Konami and Capcom have been diverting themselves away from the traditional market very much on purpose. Konami is increasingly all about mobile games in Japan to the point I’m still a little surprised they’re even bothering with Metal Gear as a fully produced console title. Capcom I think is less zealous about a mobile push, but many Japanese devs are focusing a lot on that platform for the lower cost and the much higher return.

So I wonder if a theoretical Capnami merger wouldn’t just bring more of the same.

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:06:24 +0000

When watching that latest FF15 trailer, I couldn’t get over how fucking pale everyone was. For people who seem to have some experience adventuring and wielding huge weapons out in the countryside, they sure do look like techno shut-ins. This isn’t exactly new for JRPGs and their protagonists, but I think the higher visual detail just makes it look more absurd.

Also, stupid me didn’t connect Cid and Cidney. Cool change-up.

And while I’m very on the fence about this FF game pre-release, I think that’s pretty true most of the time for FF games. You can’t usually tell for certain if you’ll like it until you try it. I thought FF12 looked like crap with a dumb real-time battle system. How wrong I was.

By: Dancing Matt

Dancing Matt — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:54:43 +0000

I'd like to see Capcom and Konami pull another Square Enix and form Konami Capcom, just because (1) their game roster seems pretty compatible to have jointly, and (2) it might mitigate some of the financial difficulties both companies seem to be having right now. You (SiliconNoob and Lusipurr) know a lot more about the business aspects of the industry than I do, and thus the feasibility of such a venture; I just think it would be cool.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:21:32 +0000

Good job, Capcpom. Apparently not only do they lack a spell-check, they also lack a release calendar. Look forward to DmC doing fantastically when pitted against the virtually unknown titles Bloodborne and Final Fantasy Type-0. It's a good thing nobody has heard of those!