Looking And Waiting For Something Special?

seriously...why all the emphasis on japan?

back to what greatone said. it is not 2002. japan is not better than us. not in calibur, not in tekken, not even in street fighter. they hold no standard. making an arcade release just to cater to them would be a financial disaster.

i think the vast majority of us do not care about SBO. the majority of casual calibur fans will never even know what SBO is. they need to cater to their main audiences...europe and america. what do we want? decent online play and a well balanced game. who needs an arcade release to accomplish this?
 
The only thing I have to point about this sbo argument is, what about EVO japan? Sounds like great news, Not gunna get a ahead of myself. Only thing Ill say...... Dibs on the closed beta!!!! Everyone should thank Malice btw.
 
Agreed. I miss arcade calibur, but it would be a terrible investment. Online completely killed the need for it even if it is inferior for gameplay value. When they ask us stuff we really need to push for balance and better online. I also would like them to take all the casual stuff like custom characters and dare I say special mode and bring them up to a possibly competitive standard. customs are fine if they just fixin those fucking hit boxes and special mode...while always being terrible, my inner johnny has always wanted it to be competitively viable (which would mean drastic changes are needed). Also bring back teh soul chargins!

More than likely they're barely into development and we wont get pics for awhile. Aim for E3 and we'll have something.
 
The news for this is now on Kotaku and Joystiq, however there's no mention of 8WayRun. I added some comments, so for anyone who has a spare moment, be sure to rate them.

As for the arcade, it's not 2002, 1999, or whatever the hell year arcades were still relevant. And outside of Japan, there's no hype for SBO. The hype is with EVO, GODSGARDEN, and stuff like that which people can actually watch.

Also, if you put a game out in the arcade, it will need to be exclusive to the arcade for some time so that operators can turn a profit. The downside would be that it's only available to a limited audience. Who wants that? Not me. Plus whatever needs to be done can be done on console.

I grew up playing in the arcades, but those days are long and gone in America. It's all about the console and online play now.
 
Why would you guys openly object to an arcade release? Smart business decison or not what does it matter to any of you, they aren't using your money? Working on an arcade doesn't hinder anything. SC3 and SC4 came out and obviously they weren't perfect so theres no evidence that not working on an arcade produces a better game. As for online, same applies, it really has nothing to do with an arcade.

An arcade release may improve popularity in japan which is a good thing. It's better to try to raise interest for the game in other regions to make the game more popular on a global scale.

Obviously some people don't care but global interest is good for namco. For those who like to compete it helps too but bottom line it still helps namco so it hurts no one.

Arcade release also may help produce a more balanced console version.
 
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