IdolMaster 2 Announced for PS3
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 20, 2011 18:06 JST
- Tags: IdolM@ster, Marketing, Namco Bandai, Otaku, Ports, PS3, Xbox 360
Namco Bandai has announced it will finally be porting IdolMaster to the PS3, the first time the title has reached the PlayStation after having long been renowned as the mainstay of Microsoft’s few Japanese Xbox exclusives.
The major differences between the port and the original are that the PS3 version will be a “complete edition” incorporating some of the DLC from the Xbox 360 version, and that the game now has an easier difficulty for novice players.
Supposedly the value of the included DLC comes to ¥25,500 – something which looks set to aggrieve the existing victims of the game’s merciless DLC marketing.
Release is due on the 27th of October.
The decision probably follows disappointing sales of IdolMaster 2 on the Xbox 360 – the notoriously fickle nature of existing IdolMaster fans and the now token size of the Xbox 360 market in Japan presumably overcame whatever under-the-table deal Bandai had in place with Microsoft to keep the series exclusive, and the franchise in any case would probably have been doomed had it maintained its aloofness from 95% of otaku gamers.
A sense of betrayal and the memory of Bandai’s notorious beta test ports of its Tales games have ensured outrage amongst Xbox IdolMaster fans – although the boycotts and petitions have yet to surface.
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One less game to keep the Xbox alive in Japan.
The BETA test is over and is finally coming to the PS3!
move compatible please!
This is somewhat shameless betrayal.They already forgot why ppl dont buy idolmaster 2 ,moron.
Now all I need to do it get a jap PS3 and learn to read japanese and I'll be set!
I thought the PS3 was not region blocked? I'm not too sure but if it ain't then there wouldn't be a need to buy a whole new one.
only Blu-ray movies, DVD movies, PS1 and PS2 software are region locked
PS3 games are region free
Downloadable games for the PS1, PSP, PC Engine, Neo Geo and such are also region free, I must add.
PS3 isn't region-locked, you don't need a jap PS3.
ps3 is region free for games i believe
you don't need to get japan ps3, every single PS3 in the world can play this and other japanese game, (thanks to region free system and game)
Well as a Xbox 360 owner, I don't see much problem with this honestly. As long as it rakes in sales and sequels get made I don't have much problem. Unless they cut the xbox sales altogether in which case then people will have probs but unless that happens there ain't much point raging honestly.
just you see next title will be PS3 and PSVita exclusive with transfarring save function.
I can see this happening all too well. Now, will Love Plus+Plus (that's three plusses!) continue to be Nintendo exclusive? I can see a WiiU adaptation that gets launched for PS3 just as it reaches it's final cycle.
i'd rather see proper Tokimeki memorial 5 on PS3 than love plus +++ tough:P
Yeah, anew Tokimeki Memorial will be great, already finished 4, eventhough not 100%
mwahaahahahahahaha betrayalton
finally!
day one import thank god PS3 region Free
Isn't the next Xbox and Playstation possibly going to be a single entity if the crazy rumors are true? I hope that happens. 'betrayal' in the gaming community.. yuck.
Hopefully not. That will the worst decision ever.
never happen, Sony will never give up taking royalties for licensing software to use on their platform and I have doubts MS will either. after all, that's the whole point of creating a hardware platform.
on-top-of-which, prior to the PS3 disaster Sony's PlayStation devision was the only remaining side of the business turning a hefty profit. Sony BMG is in the toilet and with the exception of Spider-man, Sony Pictures was taking heavy losses.
see, the PlayStation brand is one of the few aces they have in their deck. if the two work together on anything, it'll be a mobile phone or a tablet.
that said, after the next generation, jap consoles are dead. in another decade all they'll be releasing are handheld systems. japan does not want bulky hardware, the sales are too low & the cost for software development is too great.
if the two would work together, it would be only because reducing the amount of hardware options would reduce software developer costs & help keep the console market alive for much longer. but, it does not work that way. grubbing all the cash both companies can how is much more important to them than the stability of the market in another 10 years.
I'm thinking that it could work if at least because this economy is so bad that two major companies going against eachother could be detrimental.
I do think they could all go portable if it keeps up but I hear the cost to make games is so high, many portable games are getting cancelled too.
If you're an American, make sure you vote for the lesser scum sucker at you local voting hole who doesn't have a problem in cutting taxes. You all where probably not even alive when President Reagan was in office, but because of his Massive tax cuts. He was derided by hollyweird, the Main Slime Media, politicians and of course...Japan! They loved to burn him at the drop of the hat and there where disgusting (NOT hentai)Manga by many libertardic artists and this was before their bubble popped! They where on a glorious money train ride for decades and the tax cuts add more yens to their pockets~ before their own "plans" imploded the market.
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Vote for Statesmen who will cut your taxes, to give you a greater flush of cash to blow away on stuff like Idol Master!! Japan and its mess of old ancient fucking farts are already in the plans to boost their personal book sales by shutting down all the great Anime, Doujinshi and Hentai Takubans. Their days of glory will sputter out into nothing soon~~~
I expect there will be many new photos of otaku rage soon...
inb4: photos of shattered imas discs and wrecked 360s
Can't wait for the broken discs myself. Oh, I want to savor those tears!
I'm still waiting for photos of shattered discs and wrecked consoles. Do we have them yet, Sankaku?
What! An easy mode? And just after they finally gave it enough of a difficulty for it to actually give the game actual challenge? How sad.
don't like easy? Well i got breakthrough solution just for you....DON'T play it on easy!! Problem solved, quit whining.
Not really much of a breakthrough considering that phrase has, for a long time been a copypasta. Still I'd like to see how easy mode looks like after hearing the 360 players complain about the game being difficult
They made it so that you can now play with one hand.
EEEH? EASY MOODO?
Only elementary schoolers play easy mode
Now let's see them make it so you can play using your tongue.
BEST NEWS I read so far from Sankaku,... finally.
Don't care too much about Jupiter since I'll beat them anyways.
Berserk will never end....
Kentaro Miura bought an Xbox 360 just to play Idolmaster...
He could have waited for the complete PS3 version and worked on Berserk for the time being. But being the addicted gamer Miura is, the chances were slim to none.
doujin berserk will take over it lol
PS3 is region free so this is awesome news and i doubt it will ever see English release i will take next best thing i will stumble around with FAQ playing it.
I agree with what RaspberryKissis had said.
FAQs about Idolmaster has been floating around in gamefaqs. (nothing for Imas2 yet)
the most important things are the idols favorites and dislikes, other than that is just simple game play.
For Imas 2 there is the website where the early players have put up what they've found out.(The 360 peeps) Suffice to say the game is a lot more complicated( relatively speaking with Imas 1) which was prolly why they added easy mode
http://forum.project-imas.com/index.php/topic,1136.0.html?PHPSESSID=2865a8660c974f5959c676ca40153b76
not sure if adding links is against any rules, I'm just an anon
Or simply just take Japanese class. Learn one language, enjoy countless number of videogames, VNs, RAW mangas, etc.
You also get to enjoy exorbitant pricing of many Japanese entertainment goods!
not for books though :D
can't do =) first. i'm just just getting hang of English and I dunno how I can possibly fit another language yeah I'm not that bright. Second don't have time I'm working to fuel my figure and games addiction so little time for everything else.
If you have a mobile device, grab a learning app, and spend a few minutes each day (e.g., in the toilet seat) learning Japanese with it.
Just take it as a side thing and it'll be easier. I'm saying this as someone who's not native to English either.
^What he said.
Yea ^ What he said. ?
What what? He?SHE? said....
Indirect "Fuck You" by Namco for Microsoft, Xbox 360 Owners and Creepy Fans
Won't be the first time won't be the last. Though considering that with the port the creepy fans will come to include PS3 owners, I don't think it screws with them as much as the 360 owners