The outlook wouldn't look so bleak if we had some people pulling some headway around here, I'm quite sick of people saying "Nobody cares about KOF in America" but sadly this fanbase has proven that statement to be true all too true... we just don't want to move forward, we're always regressing, always arguing amongst ourselves, never wanting to do any work, too busy, too lazy, people always mad discouraged complaining over fickle crap like "Man people just don't want to play KOF with me ;_;" than just being happy with what they have, always waiting for SNKP to make a move before they do, people drawing lines in the sand and stuff, we go around constantly comparing KOF to other games juxtaposed like it's in some kind of competition, and then there's all the lame drama that comes with it, man can yall ever just shut up and move forward, can we forget the negative stigma SNKP developed for KOF and just move along? I know a lot of people are busy and may be discouraged but honestly I think a lot of them are just blowing smoke out their ass at this point in time. Stop making excuses because nobody wants to hear them, keep your complaints to yourself because nobody cares, if you're busy just do what you can, if you play XIII share all the information you have, stop leaving everyone else in the dark because we can't wait for SNKP to fix that, enough receding and more progressing.
couldn't tell if this was personally directed at me or not. like i said, just voicing my opinions. this is, in fact, a board/forum: where people share their opinions. i didn't post what i did to butt heads. either way, in essence, you're just complaining about people complaining; that never goes anywhere.
isnt the game making money where it should be making money?
what? in asia? i think focusing on the arcade market is not really viable these days. gaming has opened up to all generations of people who don't have time cause of school, work, or life. the longevity of games these days has better chances on system releases. especially for fighting games, online components are becoming more and more important in keeping communities alive. i understand that a good portion of the KOF fanbase may live in areas with a not so great data infrastructure, so i do see how the desire for an arcade lives on, but i don't really think that's the reason for handling it the way they are. note that i've already stated how i prefer the arcade myself, but in some countries it's a thing of the past, really.
to be honest, SNKP is making money probably off of pachinko, skystage, mobile games, or re-releases. like krazy mentioned before, i don't think SNKP will go under just because XIII doesn't do well. the game itself made a bit of money when SNKP sold cabs to owners, that's about it. cabs don't make money for dev companies directly after being sold; that goes to cab owners. unless, of course, SNKP decided to build more cabs (which i have no idea) to sell. even their patched harddrives were free, i believe (minus shipping). that's extra dev cost for pre-existing, pre-sold cabs. no real money to be made there. i don't logically see how people believe that XIII is making money at this stage, at least not for SNKP. whenever you put a coin into a XIII cab, for most intents and purposes, it doesn't turn the production wheels. before someone hastily chalks this up to me "just complaining", it's not. it's looking at the situation and where the game stands and where it has been standing for about the past 6 months.
also, i wouldn't know since i don't go to central/southamerican/european boards, but does anyone know the distribution demographics for XIII cabs? i'm curious to how the game is doing overall around the world.