Topic: According to IGA, the true Castlevania fanbase is on the PSP

[SixthAngel]

I don't think he believes what he is saying at all.  He simply needs to give everyone a reason why he is moving the game to another platform and since no valid reason exists he decides to throw in a false stereotype just to back it up.  Half truths and propaganda are used all the time to justify poorly performing games and receiving money hats, nothing has changed.

[nitsu niflheim]

Some people, like IGA, put their mouths in motion before they put their minds in gear.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: SixthAngel
I don't think he believes what he is saying at all.  He simply needs to give everyone a reason why he is moving the game to another platform and since no valid reason exists he decides to throw in a false stereotype just to back it up.  Half truths and propaganda are used all the time to justify poorly performing games and receiving money hats, nothing has changed.

I think you are right, all this is, is a way to promote their games to the PSP crowd. I'll admit though I am getting tired of the mature argument used against Nintendo from Konami, especially taking into consideration the new statistics on the age of the average Wii gamer. Oh well, they will hopefully learn sometime!

[RawsteelUT]

I'm going to at least try to give the guy a little credit.  He can't be a complete jackass.  What I want to know is:

A)What were the sales numbers for each of the DS Castlevanias?
B)How much lower (or higher) are these numbers, on average, than the GBA Castlevanias?
C)Considering Konami's top PSP game was Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (definately not a game for kids), what were the PSP sales for it?  Perhaps IGA expects it to do at least somewhat as well?

[Deguello]

Dunno about Japan, but in America Portrait of ruin actually whipped Metal Gear Portable in its launch month.  Which is pretty great considering that Castlevania wasn't supposed to save the DS and turn it all around.

[Kairon]

And that Metal Gear Solid Portable came out after Christmas?

... wait a sec, I remember hearing that MGSPO moved like 100k units in its launch maybe? I'm not sure if that's true... but if so, then how can anyone deny PoR hit a large audience?

[Luigi Dude]

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin were both released on the SAME DAY, December 5th here in America.  Metal Gear wasn't even able to hit the 100,000 mark in the NPD's sales for December while Portrait of Ruin sold around 120,000 copies in December.

Yet, Konami and IGA still believe the DS is for kids and the PSP is where all the older gamers are at.  Even though sales data has proven them wrong, they still love to insult the system that's doing them well, while giving all their love to the system that doesn't care for them at all.

[nitsu niflheim]

stupidity knows no bounds.  when the PSP castlevania fails to sell well, I suspect that they will try again just to see if it were a fluke, like LoI and then CoD for PS2.  Then maybe after that they will realize that they were wrong.

[Chozo Ghost]

Why is the DS a "children's system"? I never understood why Nintendo systems always get this stereotype. Is it because Nintendo doesn't make prostitute murdering simulations?

Nintendo doesn't make all the games, and Konami and others should realize that they as third party developers can influence the image of the system as well. If third parties made games for "mature" audiences on the DS and Wii then they can build such a market there. Just because Nintendo doesn't make murder/horror games doesn't mean that they can't.

[Kairon]

Hmmm... I just put down a pre-order for Brothers-In-Arms DS, maybe I should pre-order Dementium: The Ward as well now?