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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: German game covention: Suikoden announcement to come? |
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First off, I don't know if this were I should post this but hopefully it's good enough. Second off I don't want to get anyones hopes up on this but...
This was posted by KoRnholio at Suikosource:
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Regarding the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, which runs from August 23-26.
source - http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26792
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Visitors to the Konami stand (Hall 4, Booth B11) will be the first people to get a hands-on play of the eagerly-awaited next generation football title, which is just one of dozens of big new titles from the publisher. With more details to follow, Konami has whet appetites with the announcement that key members of its development teams will be on hand to present new titles, including Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi who will be showing Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Similarly, William Oertel, who is overseeing Silent Hill Origins for PSP® will unveil the future of the series.
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“We will witness one of the most exciting system changes ever at this year’s Games Convention,“ commented Martin Schneider, Sales and Marketing Director Germany for Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. “We can promise visitors and gamers in Leipzig that Konami will play a major role in this year´s gaming year – delivering new games and additions to popular franchises, while producing exciting games for new systems and established formats.”
Though Suikoden was not mentioned at all in the article, we should definately be keeping our eye on this.
Not adding this to the first post, because it's not news per se, just a heads-up.
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It could just be talking about what was already announced at E3 (just Castlvania and Silent Hill) but there could be announcements of new installments of other series-wink-wink :). Just thought I would post this here and maybe some of us should keep an eye out on those dates.
It is good timing too. Just before TGS in September. Suiko 5 was announced at a similar time as well. So keep watching. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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While this is a step in the right directon, it's not only not an announcement but the only person to mention Suikoden, or any RPG, is Kornholio.
I'm changing the title to reflect this.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah. I heard about this convention not too long ago, but didn't expect to hear anything about Suikoden in it. If an when Suikoden VI is announced, it's gonna be at a Japanese show.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I´ll be there and if they´d announce this I´d crack up so happy would Ibe. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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I think realistically the announcement is going to be at a Japanese convention for Suikoden. Things like sports games and silent hill have mass appeal outside of Japan and thus make sense to promote in other nations. However, Suikoden as the one major rpg franchise for Konami is a niche game at best in Europe and the United States.
There are some Japanese game conventions in the winter I do believe which would be the likely point for an announcement on Suikoden VI. It's a new system so a couple year lag between V and VI would not surprise me at all, particularly with the platform war happening. |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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There are some Japanese game conventions in the winter I do believe which would be the likely point for an announcement on Suikoden VI. It's a new system so a couple year lag between V and VI would not surprise me at all, particularly with the platform war happening.
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PLEASE KONAMI DO IT O0N PS3 |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: |
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There are some Japanese game conventions in the winter I do believe which would be the likely point for an announcement on Suikoden VI. It's a new system so a couple year lag between V and VI would not surprise me at all, particularly with the platform war happening.
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Um, hell no. I'd hate to be forced into buying that pricey ass lunk of a system. But, I suppose it's time to get in with the new *pets PS2*
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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There's already a thread to talk about the platform of the next game. Both of you stay on topic.
Anyway, I'm going with the Tokyo game show that's a few days before the Liepzig show. It would be a nice place to announce it.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyway, I'm going with the Tokyo game show that's a few days before the Liepzig show. |
Uh... September comes after August.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, doesn't make sense announcing it at Leipzig since Germany is arguably among the smallest markets for the Suikoden series. If it's gonna happen it's gonna happen at or around TGS. |
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I don't know, it sounds like a fine place to announce it, and I definatly wouldn't be complaining if they did. The fact that Konami's got bigger titles to announce at the larger Cons may make Germany a more likely stage for such an announcement. Regardless of where the announcement is made, in this day and age the people that are anxiously awaiting the game will hear about it - and really that's all they have to announce it to, unless they make a BIG announcment with pyrotechnics and a fog machine, I doubt that any particular convention is going to increase the fan base.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Um, hell no. I'd hate to be forced into buying that pricey ass lunk of a system. But, I suppose it's time to get in with the new *pets PS2*
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well its for the ps fans and the suiko fans im sure a lot of suiko fans would prefer it on PS3 |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Not what the thread is about, Geddoe-9. Scarlet Assassin already made that clear.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know, it sounds like a fine place to announce it, and I definatly wouldn't be complaining if they did. The fact that Konami's got bigger titles to announce at the larger Cons may make Germany a more likely stage for such an announcement. Regardless of where the announcement is made, in this day and age the people that are anxiously awaiting the game will hear about it - and really that's all they have to announce it to, unless they make a BIG announcment with pyrotechnics and a fog machine, I doubt that any particular convention is going to increase the fan base. |
Well, while I do understand where you're coming from here, since the internet has made all cons really of equal footing as far as getting the word out (at least I think that's what you mean), the fact remains that while Suikoden may be a niche market, it does have enough appeal to put it above the obscure titles. As such, really the only places where it would make sense to announce at would be either #1 - Japan, or #2 - the United States. Germany seems like the place to announce some sort of experimental new title.
Of course, I've been wrong in the past (gasp!) and there have been titles that I regard as major announcements that have been revealed at lesser venues. Either way, I keep waiting for some solid news on Suikoden VI. I honestly believe it will happen, so I'm not concerned about the when. I just want it to occur.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Well, while I do understand where you're coming from here, since the internet has made all cons really of equal footing as far as getting the word out (at least I think that's what you mean), the fact remains that while Suikoden may be a niche market, it does have enough appeal to put it above the obscure titles. As such, really the only places where it would make sense to announce at would be either #1 - Japan, or #2 - the United States. Germany seems like the place to announce some sort of experimental new title.
Of course, I've been wrong in the past (gasp!) and there have been titles that I regard as major announcements that have been revealed at lesser venues. Either way, I keep waiting for some solid news on Suikoden VI. I honestly believe it will happen, so I'm not concerned about the when. I just want it to occur. |
Well I honestly don't think it will be announced for another year or so. So I'm not saying that I think it will be announced in Germany, just that the fact that the majority of Suikodens Fanbase is in the US and Japan won't really influence where and when Konami chooses to announce the title. These conventions are places for gaming companies to blow alot of smoke, hype up their product, and get their game on the tip of everyones toung (GTA, MGS, 'etc). They may choose to release the information to a smaller venue simply because as far as Konami titles go, Suikoden isn't their most impressive. Certainly they have established a fan base strong enough to keep the series going and make it financially beneficial for the company to keep cranking them out. But they arn't going to go flashing Suikoden around with it's sub-par graphics and old school battle system at the same time they're debuting their other bigger titles. As much as I would like to see Konami step up to the plate and shove fist fulls of dollars into the Suikoden development teams and create a game that pushes the technological limits of a system like the Final Fantasy games, I don't think they're going to make a very big stink about Suikoden so there's no reason why the announcement can't be made at just any old convention. As I said before, the fanbase has been established and no amount of hype is going to make a big deal unless they go BIG.
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