WinterfuryZX Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 It's never too late, but I think the main responsible of this mess is regista, they won't change their minds. Quote
kyrt Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, Maxel said: You want SP to release 1 big game a year and 15x Reverse/Reverse or Ribi Ribi? They don't sleep on money, if they would have 135k to pay for Root Double I bet they'll do it, unless they want to save these 135k to get more licenses. Like Yuzusoft/Purple Software or https://vndb.org/v17823 Well considering how awful SP's release of G-Senjou no Maou was and the complete disregard for the visual novel communities feedback on the issue I'm not sure I trust SP with a 1 big game a year project. I'm waiting to see how they release Tenshinranman and Chrono Clock but my gut tells me that both of those games will have similar issues. I'm losing a lot of goodwill I had towards SP initially because of these Kickstarters and for some bad release decisions (censorship, cropping, bad or false translation agreements (michiru game), delays on release, too many bloody kickstarters, kickstarters for already announced titles, etc...). I think the issue has less to do with bad decisions on their part but rather on their unwillingness to risk partnerships by trying to make demands they know fans would prefer get met. Quote
Satsuki Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Well, I guess Mikeou > Miyasu Risa, so the "signature fee" is also a hell lot more higher Gosh, I hope Mikandi's staff won't look at this thread. Quote
kyrt Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, Satsuki said: Well, I guess Mikeou > Miyasu Risa, so the "signature fee" is also a hell lot more higher Gosh, I hope Mikandi's staff won't look at this thread. I have no issue if the company with better public relations look at this thread. It can reaffirm that the way they did things works better. Quote
LightBladeNova Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I have more advertising to do, but right now I'm just so dejected that I'm just really not in the mood to do that... Quote
Decay Posted January 24, 2016 Author Posted January 24, 2016 57 minutes ago, Satsuki said: I'm actually a little bit confused. They started translating the game half a year before the KS, but would only release if the KS ended in success. So if the KS fails, they will just throw all of their work into the trash bin or something? Nine months is downright brief in Kickstarter standards. I really don't understand any of what Sekai Project is telling us regarding this campaign and all of it is so bizarre that I find much of it hard to take at face value. Quote
Satsuki Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 5 minutes ago, kyrt said: I have no issue if the company with better public relations look at this thread. It can reaffirm that the way they did things works better. That's not what I mean lol. Miyasu Risa is the main artist for Libra, so if they see me talk sh*t like this, then I'm so dead Quote
Suzu Fanatic Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I'm fairly ignorant on the matter, but I suspect Regista is a large factor to the issues involved in this KS. I don't have a overwhelmingly positive opinion of SP, but I do at least believe they have enough experience at this point to know how to sell to a crowd, given the chance to do so freely. Quote
LightBladeNova Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 8 minutes ago, Suzu Fanatic said: I'm fairly ignorant on the matter, but I suspect Regista is a large factor to the issues involved in this KS. I don't have a overwhelmingly positive opinion of SP, but I do at least believe they have enough experience at this point to know how to sell to a crowd, given the chance to do so freely. If Regista is actually more of the problem here, then all SP has to do is show them that everyone - here, on the VN reddit, and on the Vita reddit - is not liking this crap. Will that work...? Please... Quote
Suzu Fanatic Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, LightBladeNova said: If Regista is actually more of the problem here, then all SP has to do is show them that everyone - here, on the VN reddit, and on the Vita reddit - is not liking this crap. Will that work...? Please... Heh, If things are the way they are - I'm sure SP has already went through talks as best they could - unless SP is simply bad a talking/negotiating with devs in general....(though there's of course the chance Regista is one of the remaining devs that have a xenophobic attitude). Take Libra for example - Xero was all about getting involved with MikandI and getting involved with the consumers (I haven't paid much attention, but have we heard even a peep of involvement from Regista? Not to say I expect that from every project - hell, Xero and Mikandi are really the only example of such a strong showing, besides perhaps Muvluv. Bottom line is, it really depends on how much Regista cares if it sells/succeeds - they might not really care about overseas market, but are simply trying as a "why not?". kingdomcome 1 Quote
WinterfuryZX Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 It has already arenated at 71k... better than nothing, I suppose... Quote
Satsuki Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Actually FrontWing is pretty active too. They even made a main site/Twitter/Facebook for Western customers. I don't think Regista even have a Twitter? Quote
Chuee Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, Satsuki said: Actually FrontWing is pretty active too. They even made a main site/Twitter/Facebook for Western customers. I don't think Regista even have a Twitter? They have one and they made an English one around the time the kickstarter started. Quote
LightBladeNova Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, Satsuki said: Actually FrontWing is pretty active too. They even made a main site/Twitter/Facebook for Western customers. I don't think Regista even have a Twitter? Apparently they do, but I don't see it communicating much. https://twitter.com/regista_eng Quote
kingdomcome Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 The new tiers for the same price are better for sure. I'm a sucker for name in credits too. Quote
LightBladeNova Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 5 minutes ago, kingdomcome said: The new tiers for the same price are better for sure. I'm a sucker for name in credits too. At the very least, the $99 tier seems reasonable enough... hope more people go for that one. Quote
WinterfuryZX Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 It will get overshadowed by all this vita mess Quote
Satsuki Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 What, they have an English twitter but no one goes riot on them yet? Yeah, seeing their twitter with only 44 followers, it's pretty obvious that they left all of the customer interacting job to SP. Quote
VirginSmasher Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, Satsuki said: What, they have an English twitter but no one goes riot on them yet? Yeah, seeing their twitter with only 44 followers, it's pretty obvious that they left all of the customer interacting job to SP. Nobody seems like they're trying all that hard. Especially Register, who aren't even interacting with the VN community. Sekai Project didn't try much with getting the KS out there until recently. This Kickstarter is a giant example on how not to do a Kickstarter. kingdomcome 1 Quote
WinterfuryZX Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I really hope dovac is planning to autopledge the last 10k if the kickstarter is 90% funded st the last hour... This is a quick and a little dishonest way to Save The Day if the kickstarter is near funding kingdomcome 1 Quote
solidbatman Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 $225 for the Vita option? Fuck that. If it gets funded, I'll buy the damn Vita version. Quote
LightBladeNova Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I'm sure this could all work out if SP were to just lower the Vita to $99... grim_tales1 1 Quote
Thunderbro Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 I don't understand why the vita port is in such an expensive tier. I might have considered it if it were less expensive. Quote
Decay Posted January 24, 2016 Author Posted January 24, 2016 I'm sure that's an overly optimistic point of view. Look, the addition of a Vita version was never going to create some kind of grand surge that pushed the project past the finish line. It was only ever going to produce a small boost. If they lowered the vita version's tier level, I truly don't believe that it would help much at all. The lack of a vita version was never the problem with this kickstarter. Quote
Marcus Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 Sekai Project just sent out an email to newsletter subscribers to tempt them into backing Root Double at the $30 tier or higher. If your email subscription address and Kickstarter email address are the same, and you back it, you're automatically entered in to win these items: 5 Grand prize winners which include a Physical copy of CLANNAD, Physical copy of The Fruit of Grisaia, and a choice of 2 Steam keys from our pool of released games on Steam. 20 winners who will get 1 Steam Key from a pool of our released games on Steam. This giveaway does not apply if you are not subscribed to their emails. Hoping they share the news on a Kickstarter update, but fans will likely do that for them. It would be super sad for people who pledged hundreds to not even be aware that they could win free stuff because they never subscribed to yet another newsletter. Quote
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