Video game help.

**Mitsuki** · December 18th, 2002, 04:27 PM

*whistles* Whoo! Soooo many games! I want! >o<
That game 'Only you' looks great too. *sniffles* Must...save...up...soon...

**Cavalier** · December 18th, 2002, 04:38 PM

yea me too =/ good thing i might get paid for some work i did this week

**Mitsuki** · December 18th, 2002, 04:59 PM

I was looking at hyper game action and they have a PS2 from Japan for $265.00, should I get it there? Is the store reliable? ='.'=

**Mitsuki** · December 18th, 2002, 05:02 PM

*rolls her eyes* Whatever you say, Mr. Old geezer, sir.

BTW, Shiini, I read you saying somewhere that you can read Japanese. How long did it take you to acquire that skill? Can an amateur like me somehow learn how to read Japanese?

**mrwiseman** · December 18th, 2002, 09:00 PM

About modchips:
I've heard the Messiah chip works fine if the guys at the store install it properly. There were many issues related to PS2 chipping, mainly because it supports a lot of formats and it's been specially designed to be hard to modify, so they can screw westerns with pricing, etc. Also, sony might have paid the media to recommend you to not chip your PS2. I didn't chip mine YET, but I see a lot of people with successfully chipped PS2 consoles.

About dating sims being released outside Japan:
I think a dating sim (only one, and a good one) would sell decently, even with a low hardcore to casual gamers ratio. Besides, people might just discover a new genre and start demanding it seriously. The experiment wouldn't cost too much - just a Japanses to English text translation (they can use Japanese voices for the first game) and they could win a lot.

**Mitsuki** · December 18th, 2002, 09:22 PM

I think the gaming industries here are way too cowardly for their own good. I say, at least try releasing one dating simulation game and see how things go, if it fails, well, at least they tried, if it suceeds then it's exactly like Miguel said, they could gain a lot and make a whole lot of fans happy.
*sighs* When will they see the light?! >_<

**mrwiseman** · December 18th, 2002, 09:46 PM

Exactly! And they make huge strategic mistakes far too often. I think it's because videogame companies are somewhat immature; and some have questionable, reckless, stubborn direction and directors (Tetsu Kayama from SEGA and past leader Isao Okawa come to my mind...). They are too eccentric, and distrusting on the western markets. I think they are somewhat chauvinist, that could be one of the reasons, if not the main one, why they are like that.

More people would play videogames and there would be more hardcore gamers if they were smarter, and most videogames, even PC ones, would be Japanese-styled, if not Japanese.

Anyways, I didn't want to take your thread this offtopic, sorry Mitsu-chan ^_^V

**Mitsuki** · December 18th, 2002, 10:06 PM

You truly are Wise, Miguel-kun. (^^)
And don't worry about getting off topic, it happens and at least we're talking about something, ne?

**Shiinigami** · December 18th, 2002, 10:19 PM

This is my 4th year studying Japanese. I learned some Chinese Characters when I was young, and sentence structure and some words are exactly same between Korean and Japanese, so it was pretty easy for me. If you have no background whatsover, it will be pretty hard. Learning foreign language is never easy.