Sega is on the verge of announcing a new game in the Valkyria Chronicles franchise, widely thought to be the long awaited “true” Valkyria Chronicles sequel on the PS3.
The site is in countdown mode in an effort to build dramatic tension; the character silhouettes are obviously those of a Valkyria Chronicles title:
Sega was also recently spotted registering the “valkyria3.jp” domain – further suggesting the title will be the next sequel.
Sega’s original “sequel” to Valkyria Chronicles turned out to be a stripped down PSP version with no direct connection to the original and a hackneyed school setting – Sega later conceded that they felt they had too many male fans, and that if these unwanted fans obediently bought up the sequel they might consider a full sequel.
Whilst fans might be tempted to hope for Valkyria Chronicles 3 for the PS3, experience painfully demonstrates that with Sega even the simplest commercial decision can be turned into a painful debacle.
It’s the right decision for VC3, kids, girls, and office workers loves portable games. P3P and VC2 succeeded in that category.
I know the final installment VC4 (Wrath of the Valkyrians) would be put into PSP2 (Best invention so far by Sony, and a definite upgrade over PSPGo)
So, the third game Was announced. For the PSP. Ha, ha.
Fact is, Sega are a useless games company that are now dependent on Platinum Games and the Creative Assembly for survival.
Before you get too excited, bare in mind that most of Sega’s development budget goes to the above two third party developers.
If Sega are smart (oh dear) they will release VC3 on PS3 and XBox360, because they need to maximise sales. Whoring out their games is what they should be doing. Capcom does it, so Sega should too.
Oh, and Sega, where is 7TH DRAGON?
After playing some of VC2, I have to say that they’ve really piled in the anime cliches, particularly with the spunky hot-blooded hero Naruto…sorry, I mean Avan.
Despite the story so far, it’s a really solid game and a worthy successor to the first one. Still, I’d love to see the next one on the PS3.
“SEGA presents Valkyria Chronicles 3 for PS3″…A PSP and a Valkyria Chronicles 2 copy is neccesary for playing.