2013-01-15, 11:14 AM
I would be surprised if there is not a lot of overlap between Castlevania and King's Field fans. I'd personally like to see Castlevania games being made with Sword of Moonlight. It would certainly be a great way to encourage artists to add a lot of solid monsters to SOM.
PS2s are no longer being produced in Japan. I am pretty sure backwards compatibility was halted in all regions a long time ago too. You think this was done to force people to buy games from the PSN store. Not that there are even that many titles--in the US store. Never mind the fact that they suffer from visual glitches.
My PS3 has PS2 hardware in it, but it is region locked for Japan. All of my games were Japanese until this generation when the locks were done away with and I started to care so little for the games that I'd just assume bite at the cheap games in the bins headache inducing English writing and vocals and all. But it probably won't last forever.
I am nearly convinced that I won't be purchasing a PS4. Not at least until the last game is made for it. But I might change my tune if it is fully back compatible. Still there is the problem of discs. What boggles me is why video games are not constantly being remastered and re-released just like a movie is whenever a new format is introduced. The companies apparently don't even think to keep the development files for the games around. I assume the games not in the PS Classics area of the PSN are not there because they are tied up in licensing hell because the companies that ported them to the US are now defunct or whatever. Japan doesn't seem to have the problem so much except with non-Japanese games. I can't believe parties are holding onto them because they think they can sell an enhanced version for more money or something. It's pretty dismal all around.
PS2s are no longer being produced in Japan. I am pretty sure backwards compatibility was halted in all regions a long time ago too. You think this was done to force people to buy games from the PSN store. Not that there are even that many titles--in the US store. Never mind the fact that they suffer from visual glitches.
My PS3 has PS2 hardware in it, but it is region locked for Japan. All of my games were Japanese until this generation when the locks were done away with and I started to care so little for the games that I'd just assume bite at the cheap games in the bins headache inducing English writing and vocals and all. But it probably won't last forever.
I am nearly convinced that I won't be purchasing a PS4. Not at least until the last game is made for it. But I might change my tune if it is fully back compatible. Still there is the problem of discs. What boggles me is why video games are not constantly being remastered and re-released just like a movie is whenever a new format is introduced. The companies apparently don't even think to keep the development files for the games around. I assume the games not in the PS Classics area of the PSN are not there because they are tied up in licensing hell because the companies that ported them to the US are now defunct or whatever. Japan doesn't seem to have the problem so much except with non-Japanese games. I can't believe parties are holding onto them because they think they can sell an enhanced version for more money or something. It's pretty dismal all around.