Atlus Announces Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey

I'm thinking Atlus is going to shift their focus to handhelds for a while before testing the waters of a PS3/360/Wii release. The next Shin Megami Tensei game will more than likely be on a single console as development costs for one console, except the Wii would be high enough as it is so trying to go multiplatform would make things worse especially if it doesn't sell as well as they want. Let's say they do release SMT4 on the PS3 and it has subpar sales. Do you think they would bother releasing another game on the console when they know it could result in the same thing? People may not like it but Atlus is trying to be financially smart about this. They see what consoles are selling well and have the better game sales in the Japanese market and are making games for it. The only ways to really resolve this and get them to start developing for the newer consoles is if a large company bought Atlus and gave them a bigger financial backing or if their games become wildly popular for some reason but the likelihood of either of those happening is pretty slim. I don't know about you but i would rather see Atlus play it safe now and succeed later than take a risk that could potentially be a big financial blow and risk taking them out of the gaming industry.

Is HD development really that hard? Just take the same models used for the FMVs without downscaling, since the hardware has finally caught up to be able to render high polycounts in real-time.

I thought it would be more like Flash -- pretty much resolution independent.

so uh..wtf are they doing? science fiction or not, those character designs look like ass, something from a 1950's b flick or ripped off from elsewhere.

Sincerely, this looks ugly as shit!! Persona wins :\

Best looking SMT game in years.

The DS is a pretty robust system on its own, and the classical SMT games don't require that much processing power.

The only reason DQ9 got shit on was because Japanese nerds are autistically dedicated to resisting change and have literally nothing to do but spam websites and masturbate to underage-looking cartoon characters.

waht that shit?

"The platform will be the DS, which is probably enough to end interest in it"

Stopped reading there, who cares.

Haha. Bitch more OP because its not on your beloved Sony system.

'few are likely to be enthused by a DS game'? the ds is the best selling console in Japan by a massive margin. dragon quest ix sold like 2.3 million copies in 2 days, even though i thought it was stupid at first that they weren't going to release it on the ps3.

looks like CRAP.

YAY! I have a ds.

Hoh, sounds like a grand adventure.

Probably not gonna be as creepy as "Event Horizon", but damn, I've never been disappointed by an SMT game before.

How can you say "The platform will be the DS, which is probably enough to end interest in it,"?

The last one, Devil Survivor, on DS was excellent.

Persona is too casual. SMT is more hardcore. The character design might be a little strange but I hope the plot won't disappoint.

At first I was like, "FUCK YA~! SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI~!"

Then I saw the platform would be the DS and I was like, "Awwwwww"

But then I read, "one of its female characters turns out to be a crossdressing boy" and I was like, "Thats nice"

:3

Hopefully this will be localized fast.

It seems to use Devil Survivors's Interface which is a bummer, I want to see players sprites ditching out moves and not just a simple effect.

But still I have a DS so I'm happy its not on a PS3/X360/Wii.

2 Black guys in a Japanese game? Isn't this some kind of milestone :P

Wow Etrian Odysey 3!

I'll still probably play this...but I'd much prefer another PS2 game. :|

I don't get all that hate on the handhelds, especially the DS. A good game is a good game. I I don't even own any handhelds anymore and I still see them as greatly entertaining games.

This pretty much gives me another reason to get a DS when I finally get some cash again. Are portables really so bad? I mean, the Persona remake is my #1 reason to get a PSP.

I understand how underwhelming the technology may be, but Christ... portable gaming isn't this big black cloud.

Good god, look at those Cyberman helmets. One of the enemies better be a strangely dressed Englishman with a PhD in crazy shit.

Isaac? What happend to you?

Back to the old school SMT!

When will these people stop with the handheld games? Why am I going to sit here and play a game on a tiny little screen with crappy graphics when I have a PS3 and a 360 hooked up to a 42 inch 1080p flat panel? Original games to the consoles and ports to the hand helds dammit.

Looks like a cross between dead space, mass effect and astro fighter sun red. 0-o

Did someone say trap? No? Okay. I'll go back into my hidey-hole now...

Anyway, The game doesn't look interesting, which is sad. I'm not much of a scifi buff though. Place elves or humans in tunics on those pages and I'll admit you'd likely have me excited for a few minutes.

I like handhelds more, to be honest. Console games are fine, but I prefer the graphics and play style of handhelds.
Then again, I'm still pretending it's the SNES era and that 3D games don't exist. I'm probably not a good example of the market.

The second DS SMT in a row? Sweet, although unexpected.

I hate that kind of interface. This laziness is inexcusable!!!

Dead space anyone?