iDOLM@STER 2!!

[y2j.kj]

reading this makes me have a hard-to-fulfill wish

I guess I just have to start saving for the jp360 - asian360.

if its hard to get being on US... imagine how much hard it is for me here in Honduras .-. (and in case of finding one... even harder it wont be ridiculously overpriced.)

*Crossing my fingers also*

we are not that far(El Salvador) and we are in the same problem   we need to do something

[BT2]

I've also read that when microsoft receives a xbox 360 exclusive title, the game remains exclusive only for their console in at least a year.

Text conveniently stolen borrowed from a certain rage new site about a certain NBGI RPG franchise.

“First off, it was easier developing for the Xbox 360. This is to do with the games I was involved with, but basically if you sign an exclusive contract with Microsoft (you won’t release it on other hardware for a year or similar), they will give you a lot of cash for development.

Their support is also very fast and complete in these cases.

SCE don’t really give much cash out (any at all perhaps). Their support is confused and unreliable. When I was doing it at least, the 360 was easier to develop for, which lowers costs.

As a result, first you develop for the Xbox, reducing development costs. But the Xbox version won’t sell [in Japan], you can’t recoup even those lowered costs at all.

So they ported to the PS3, it’s cheaper as you already have the game done, but then Sony came back and told them ‘We won’t recognise it if it’s the same as the Xbox 360 version. Make sure you put in a lot of extra stuff!’

If we didn’t then they wouldn’t have let us pass their check…”

Doesn't mean there'll be an iM@S2 for PS3 though, but still..


Source: note. site tends to have a lot of NSFW elements.

[TweenDoriru]

NBGI hates Sega and Sega hates NBGI.

They're doing a collaboration despite their hatred for each other, then. Take a look: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/276/276803/

Back on topic-ish: considering the interview with GamiP, I'm thinking iM@S2 is looking like a very, very slim window of hope. But, if they actually do port it to the PS3...hey, bonus in-game stuff.

[Pizzaman]

Eh, if a PS3 Im@s 2 ever does come out, it's a nice excuse for me to go buy one.
I did buy PSP for SP, so why stop there?

[animagic4u]

Eh, if a PS3 Im@s 2 ever does come out, it's a nice excuse for me to go buy one.
I did buy PSP for SP, so why stop there?

ps3 totally worth it.


Also, was there anything mentioned about an awakened miki in im@s 2?

[Pizzaman]

Nothing so far.
Parallel world means Kakusei Miki might not exist in the timeline, so I'm worried about that.

[animagic4u]

Kakusei Miki might not exist

Noooo! I was hoping to see her in a newer design too.

Well there's still hope.

[TweenDoriru]

She could be presented with another live-or-death situation with the producer. Who knows? XD

It almost makes me wonder if NGBI knows how much we really want with this game...

[H4ataraxia]

Didn't you guys read the interview I translated?
There isnt going to be a port for the ps3, the producer of the game wanted it to be specifically for the xbox.
If they are thinking for a port on the ps3, then it isnt gonna be for a very long time... and I'm keeping my stakes on the 2nd game being xbox exclusive.

Nothing so far.
Parallel world means Kakusei Miki might not exist in the timeline, so I'm worried about that.

also, it would be a shame if there isnt
but since Miki was the new character in the first game and they sponsored the living crap out of her
maybe there might be a event, story, or something similar on how SSJ Miki kicked off for Takane and Hibiki if you know what I mean

[blake307]

Didn't you guys read the interview I translated?
There isnt going to be a port for the ps3, the producer of the game wanted it to be specifically for the xbox.
If they are thinking for a port on the ps3, then it isnt gonna be for a very long time...

Well that's too bad. I would have liked to see it for the PS3, but unfortunately it isn't. 

[Tenchy]

Didn't you guys read the interview I translated?
There isnt going to be a port for the ps3, the producer of the game wanted it to be specifically for the xbox.
If they are thinking for a port on the ps3, then it isnt gonna be for a very long time... and I'm keeping my stakes on the 2nd game being xbox exclusive.

In the end microsoft always wins

[Cael K.]

I've also read that when microsoft receives a xbox 360 exclusive title, the game remains exclusive only for their console in at least a year.

I think that's standard for any exclusive.

And that's the thing with Tales (in specific). I know that there was a lot of people ready to storm the BNGI building when it came out for the PS3, but in this case, I'm not sure it's entirely them if they were told to make a bunch of additions. No one would really change a game that much if they didn't have to, you don't make nearly as much money. Maybe that's how Sony rolls, I don't know. Maybe certain ports have to have additions from their previously exclusive console version or they won't let them make it. I mean, it does makes your console version unique.

That being said, Namco hasn't had the best ideas in the world at times...

Well, back on topic, there's still time for Miki EX to be made. I mean, Ritsuko, Azusa, and Iori only appeared once in the PV and spoke half a line each. They're still working on things, so it might still happen.

... But thinking about it, anyone have any info, if even from word of mouth, about PV2? Wasn't it shown on the second day of the live?

[KodeShikou]

In the end microsoft always wins

Ain't that the truth

[TweenDoriru]

And that's the thing with Tales (in specific). I know that there was a lot of people ready to storm the BNGI building when it came out for the PS3, but in this case, I'm not sure it's entirely them if they were told to make a bunch of additions. No one would really change a game that much if they didn't have to, you don't make nearly as much money. Maybe that's how Sony rolls, I don't know. Maybe certain ports have to have additions from their previously exclusive console version or they won't let them make it. I mean, it does makes your console version unique.

I think it might be Sony. I know I bought a game called Eternal Sonata for the PS3 (never played the 360 version), and evidently there's quite a bit of new stuff in it, exclusive to the PS3 version. It's also a NBGI game.

... But thinking about it, anyone have any info, if even from word of mouth, about PV2? Wasn't it shown on the second day of the live?

It was shown at the 2nd day of the Live, though no internet release of it yet. Considering how fast PV1 was up on idolmaster.jp, I'm really wondering where PV2 is at, and how much longer we have to wait to see it.

[Scotty]

In the end microsoft always wins

Tell that to the Xbox team in Japan.