Sega Quality: Valkyria Chronicles Reduced to Browser Game
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 20, 2012 14:04 JST
- Tags: Continuations, Production Controversy, Sega, Valkyria Chronicles, Video Gallery
Fans of Valkyria Chronicles have been disgusted to learn that the latest iteration of the franchise is a browser-based card game for PCs and smartphones.
“Senjou no Valkyria DUEL,” which has just started beta testing, boasts the much loved cast of the original games and not much else:
The exciting preview:
Having been cut down from a fully-fledged SRPG to a PSP title and now a mere browser game, fans of the series are understandably aghast at what seems to have been an almost conscious effort by Sega to run the franchise into the ground – and not least western fans:
“Sega better localize this…”
“OH MY FUCKING GOD! GDLK! BRING THIS SHIT TO AMERICA, SEGA! C’MON!”
“What the FUCK”
“The Fanbase isnt big enough, they games never sold well in western lands.
Sega is almost bankrupt, they wouldnt dare to think to localize a almost 100% japanese game. Dont blame SEGA, blame the majority of gamers in the western lands who only buy western games.”
“I thought it was common knowledge that VC1 sold more in the West than it did in the East. The move to PSP was because it was cheaper to make and was an attempt by Sega to increase Japanese sales.
VC was mismanaged by Sega and now the series is dead in the West. ‘Tis a shame.”
“Just so you know, Sega /aren’t/ bankrupt, in fact the Sega Sammy group make crazy profits every single year… When Sega reported the losses this year it was a one off loss because of restructuring. Also they aren’t limiting their IPs that was also a misunderstanding. The games they mentioned were just an example of their profitable IPs they werent limiting themselves too those.”
“Another VC game we aren’t getting.”
“They are simply too lazy to translate and release it. Sega have already stated that VC2’s sales were not disappointing and did not influence their refusal to release VC3. Ergo, the only possible explanation is that they are too lazy.
Valkyria Chronicles is dead in the West. This browser game is another insult for VC fans.”
“Why are people voting this down? This game looks awesome. No; it isn’t a HD home console game which I know we all want but quite frankly it looks like another good VC game, not a cheap cop-out with cheap static images but real 3D graphics which shows Sega still values the VC series.
The kind of game that will tied me over until another HD game comes out and the kind of thing that needs to be supported by the VC fans so Sega has faith in another HD title. I for one welcome this game.”
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Why...
The game never had good sales. People often say that the first game sold a lot, but 90% of the sales happened when the game was $10. SEGA never really did money with the game, so they send the game for the PSP (more cheap). The second game probably sold well in Japan, but not the third (i think), so they probably are doing this cheap game to catch money with figures and stuff like that.
Does not matter how good the game is, if people are not interested, is the end. And when i say interested, i say lots of people, not 10 or 20 people from an anime forum.
This, plus the fact that portable games market was pretty much dead due to piracy, risking to release something that hadn't sold well even in japan... well, it did good, but it stops there since apparently they weren't aiming too high with VC3 anyways.
I just have to object that the first game did okay in sales, a lot like many western released JRPGs.
Haha, 'piracy' kills a game - NOT.
Obviously you're not pirating the right way if you're hurting sales!
You buy the game and keep it in minty fresh brand new condition, and play with a pirated digital copy.
Far be it from myself to truly trust wikipedia fully, but if you looked up VC3 and completely read the page. You'll note that the third one did better then the first two!
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Because of all that detail on that page highlighting the Story, I'm going to think the writer could actually Read Japanese and also Played the game.
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All you trollers be jumping to be early and wasting text that I'd always gotta scroll down past~
Hm, no.
Half the western sales for VC happened at full price (and the game roughly reached 200k after it was cut to 29.99$). The second VC sold as much as the original in Japan and a little bit more in the first month in the west but quite less in the LTD, about 90k. VC2 was a half-'hearted', half-baked effort made in few months to capitalize on the anime season but they were wrong to think that the critical acclaim of the PS3 version would have led people to shift platform because of it. It's more or less the same mistake Namco did with the Tales series.
Valkyria Chronicles: a perfect example of how to create a wonderful game and then ruin it. Good job, SEGA.
It is a shame VC I wasn't a multiplatinum hit over here. It's a fantastic game and I'm lucky to have been able to play it.
it didnt do well? I loved it, even bought the artbook. I hate that the u.s. doesnt get good stuff cause they think we're all xbox monkey barbarians, like Monster Hunter HD, that has Solid Snake as a player character, that definatly should have come over here.
The problem was that VC2 was not on the ps3. Most westerners didn't get a psp, but got a ps3 instead. VC2 sales sucked because of that. Because VC2 didn't sell well, they never released VC3.
where the hell did you get that idea? Valkyria Chronicles is fucking obscure in the west because it was on PS3.
too much gunz for it not to be on 360. Fact is, anything PS3 exclusive over here fades into obscurity faster than a nameless pornstar. You had your good fap to VC, now give up on the series. It's dead.
Problem (at least mine) is none of them are available on PC. That's my two cents.
Bought the artbook aswell!
Really that is what I call an artbook, nearly 400 pages.
Dude, don't think west is all America.
PS3 is much more present here in Europe
it's only dead b/c westerners don't like fucking handhelds and want to stay in their rooms more than japanese hikikomori's and network all day.
Scary..
Sega really hates anything that isn't Miku don't they...
LOL no, the Football Manager games is actually the most profitable for Sega.
if they add a cosplay function to the characters:
Marcellis, Riela = miku
Melchiott, Alicia = miku
problem solve durhurrhurr
That last poster needs to hop off Sega's dick...
So let's take this bitchin' game with its pretty great free-roam/TBS hybrid combat system, and reduce it to just the TB part. Also the battle scenes are akin to trench warfare.
On a side note, I like how Julianna is considered more important than Cosette, and I'm not even joking.
Greater boobs come in with a better spotlight!
With great boobs comes great responsibility. And free pizza.
well, that sucks, valkyria chronicles is one of my favorite games in the ps3... got vc2 in my psp and I was hoping for at least a psvita version if they wont release the 3rd one in the psp...
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i'm speechle,tis is a new low
I'm dying for another sRPG console Vakyria. I'm disappointed in the team spending their time on this game, but it does look somewhat fun to me, if it's $15 or less I might get it.
you shouldn't encourage them :)
This is most likely going to be a free2play game since it's a browser game.
Meh don't worry we have people from over the cliff studios working on a proper RTS version of the series on the old C&C3 tiberium wars SAGE engine.
Here is their page on mod db
http://www.moddb.com/mods/valkyrian-wars
dev teams studio page
http://www.overthecliffstudios.com/
"Dont blame SEGA, blame the majority of gamers in the western lands who only buy western games.”
That's because almost all of the Japanese games for the past decade just plain sucked. There are many, many damned good reasons why Japan's VG marketshare has shrunk from almost 50% at the turn of the millenium, to struggling to reach even 10% now.
Not to mention, since when does any non-JP game gets any attention within Japan?
I'll see you a
1. Neptunia
2. Arland no Atelier
3. Tales of
4. im@s
and you're moving over to the PC
1. Koitate
2. Otoboku
3. Touhou
lol no. More like, Western games finally CAUGHT UP to Japanese game quality. Before this generation, most Western Console games were shit.
Really? I think most of the U.S. games are still shittier than ever.
How does it suck when I'm enjoying it?
It's just that the palette of western gamers aren't just wide enough.
I want to get all of the female cards so I can summon my Exodia.
I see what you did there... Probably...
Careful now, or there might be female body part cards required for that instead >_>
On the bright side, unlike VC2 and 3... at least this one is on a platform I own. betterthanexpected.jpg
But psps are cheap man.. how can you not afford one.
Do the Japanese think we are bitter over Sega giving up Sega Dreamcast in US?
Not really...Sega had made the choice to go third party developer and look where that got them they had some popular IP's on there own systems.
The only hope they have is Phantasy Star Online 2,The Cave,Aliens: Colonial Marines,Yakuza 5.
SEGA finally had a game where people loved it and regained Fans. But then SEGA likes to ruin themselves now and ran the franchise into the ground with each passing release. As if they didnt go through this with Sonic already (and Yakuza soon).
The next Yakuza looks very awesome. FM has a solid fanbase, the same for Total War games. PS series has a solid Japanese fanbase. 7th Dragoon has a solid fanbase in Japan. Even Puyo Puyo. Also, Virtua Fighter is still big in Japan.
So yeah, i am sorry, but no, VC is not the only one.
Lets not forget what they did to Shining Force series.
As I said on Kotaku when they posted this:
Why don't they just make another Valkyria Chronicles game on PS3 and Vita?
Then you get to play the game on Both Consoles AND Portable Systems at Any Time.
Make the Game like Many Other Vita Games, and You can Play the Game on Either system, start on 1, then pick up on the other.
I recently finished watching the Valkyria Chronicles Anime, so when I can get a PS3, i will get Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) as soon as I can.
And Yes, I already know The Ending for the Anime was Majorly Changed Compared to the Game, I saw the ending Online.
But despite the Changed Anime Ending, I still Thought the Series was Good.
I wish they would have just left it on the main consoles.... I own a PSP and still didn't buy the handheld version. I like this game on my BIG TV GUNS BLAM BLAM ANIME ACTION!
Which is the main reason why this game will never come here anymore considering VC3 is also on PSP.
western reactions?? isn't for that the comment section?
FUck sega, look what they did to the best damn franchise since Sonic.
Someone hasn't played Sonic Generations. That game is godlike in both the 2d and 3d aspects.
They rapped Phantasy Star as well...
What? have you seen the new Phantasy Star?
It looks incredible so far.