Shmups on the 360

[dmauro]

You don't pay out to a publisher, they pay you for the rights. So Mushi Futari sold 15k units. How much of that was overseas? A few thousand at best. So do you go for that quick cash or hold out in the hopes of getting a publisher to buy the rights? It's not like they were doing this for their fanbase. Their fanbase is mostly in Japan. This is just a market test, and hopefully it will be enough to tempt them into going for the quick cash.

[FortNinety]

What you say is totally true, but considering how various other parties have tried releasing Japanese shumps already (like whoever the hell brought out Raiden), and how all of them failed, Cave should know by now that their best bet to make people happy... and most importantly, make profits that would be otherwise nonexistent... is to forgo an American publisher and in essence address that marketplace themselves.

Plus, considering how small of a company they are, and how poorly games are doing in general in Japan, even though few extra thousand units they're selling overseas has to count. Note: I am not privy to their books, and come to think of it, they also make lots of money doing pachinko machines, which is the real life blood I would have to assume. But still...

[FortNinety]

Okay, it's been almost two weeks, where the fuck is my copy of Mushihimesama Futari?

Joe I forget, who did you order from? Since I saw you playing this game via XBL last night. Don't tell me it got lost in the mail...

[dmauro]

PA's website says 5-14 days, and in the past it took about a week to get to me, but it will be 14 days on Wednesday. I'm starting to wish I had just paid the extra ten bucks or so to get it from NCSX.

[FortNinety]

So you haven't gotten yours either? That makes me feel a little better I guess... I just have such rotten luck with mail delivery these days.

Unrelated, but the new Fed Ex guy left someone's super important next day letter right in the middle of the street where I live, near the a parking meter. Even though it wasn't mine, it could have been, and it really pissed me off.

[dmauro]

Yeah, it didn't come in today's mail, so who knows where it is. The PA page has a caveat that it can sometimes take 4-5 weeks to arrive if something goes wrong.

[isfet]

they didn't give you guys a tracking number? Isn't that pretty standard with PA? Anyway, I ordered from NCSX since I figured it would get here faster since I ordered so late. Sorry to hear the PA copies didn't arrive yet.

[dmauro]

We went with the cheap airmail shipping (otherwise it's $15) which does not have a tracking number.

[FortNinety]

Meanwhile, NCSX hasn't returned my emails or phone calls regarding something else that went missing (and is far more expensive than Futari, as well as harder to replace). So, yeah... Hooray for customer service and mail order these days.

[isfet]

man, shitty.  well, if i've never not gotten something from P-A eventually, so i'm sure it'll arrive.  but yea, transporting things from Asia can take up to a month if done super cheap :\

[dmauro]

Apparently this is the problem. So I guess it might be another week yet?

[dmauro]

This one's for Katie in case she wants to get Matt some more anime girl dolls for Christmas!

I'm selling all my limited Mushi PS2 stuff, that's the LE of the game and the OST. TWO RECO DOLLS! And one of them is a little upskirt girl! Yay!

[FortNinety]

Not gonna lie, grown up Reco is hawt. The younger one, not so much! I like young anime girls and all, but not THAT much. Also, I'm actually far more interested in Futari's soundtrack at the moment; been playing this YouTube vid over and over again, mostly for the first part.

Dave, is that on the original OST or the enhanced one that came with the LE? If so the latter... I kinda wish I had broken the bank for the deluxe package.

BTW Dave, for a guy that gives me shit for liking animu, you sure do have a lot of it handy. Just saying.

[dmauro]

Not anymore! I just sold what was my doll collection! Someone grabbed all that at the Buy It Now price. The soundtrack is just the official soundtrack. It was sold separately. Mushi 1's soundtrack is much better than Futari imo :/

I was looking into the G.Rev shooter, Mamoru-kun ha norowareteshimatta!, and after watching a superplay vid, I don't think it's something I'd be into. I think I'll finally grab Raiden IV though. I had forgotten about that, but my brother has been asking what he can get me for Christmas.

[dmauro]

I think I'll finally grab Raiden IV though.

Psych, just looked it up and Raiden IV for the US is region locked so it won't work in my cab. Whatever.