No porn no sale.

Couldn't help but chuckle reading that. Either going to be incredibly cringe worthy or amusingly cheesy.

Sounds super generic.Ive seen this a thousand times before, do I really need to see it again?

>You should care because this is the first ever visual novel made by Japanese developers exclusively for western audiences.

mite be cool. This might appeal to babbys who have no experience with VNs but seriously; multiple cute girls, no parents, Slice of live? There's nothing here to appeal to more well versed users.

Plus the "culture" bits would probably be watered down cultural trivia about Japan that most of /jp/ knows and not real otaku culture.

Also this:
>>7804925
No porn, no sale.
No power levels, no sale.
No fetish, no sale.

i bet it will be shit

>>7804946
>no DEEP no hype

>>7804923
>You should care because this is the first ever visual novel made by Japanese developers exclusively for western audiences.
It speaks miles when the main attractive is the game's status rather than its actual content.

>>7804998
I don't know, in this post-Rapelay world it's heartening to see Japanese eroge devs reaching out to us western audiences. And saddening to know that this will probably sell less than 500 copies.

It is interesting, but as other people have pointed out it's certainly not going to be for elite folk such as ourselves.

Joking aside I am sure it will be embarrassing as hell to read how they made the main character act. They always have a way of making it so their foreign characters are impossibly embarrassing even just to watch.

>>7805004
There's nothing "heartening" about it, overdrive is in it for the possible market, not because of some sense of community or whatever. Mangagamer wants to become the intermediary between japanese companies and western money and this is just marketing for that objective, there isn't much beyond that.

Wait, so they are going to try to write in English?

This isn't going to end well.

>>7805012
well, it's heartening compared to being IP blocked.

>>7805018
why do you even care considering you don't buy japanese games?

>>7805012
Are you fucking serious? Overdrive are losing money every year from Manga Gamer. There's no profit in it for them at all, not now or in the forseeable future and they know that. I'm surprised they didn't pull the plug on it years ago.

>>7805029
>Overdrive are losing money every year from Manga Gamer.

How?

>>7805029
Every business pretty much starts at a loss, it isn't saying much.
If they get it going they're going to be in a very favorable position considering they're a japanese company unlike Jast, and eroge is becoming more and more popular with each year.

>>7805036
MG were a front company from several eroge publishers looking to expand into the western market. Overdrive are pretty much the only one left supporting them.

ITS BECAUSE THE PIRATES.
EVEN KEY SAID SO.
gawwwww

>>7805047
Don't blame KEY, it's Visual Arts that make those calls. And they're happy enough to sell Anime in the west, perhaps because there's an actual market for it over here.

>>7805056
You totally missed the joke.

Pirates represent the sum totality of people who are even slightly interested in the thing you are selling. Only a small percentage of these people will be interested in paying the full cover price you're asking.

This is so elementary that it puzzles me why nobody in the entertainment business seems to understand it. Even the few companies who don't use piracy as a catch-all cause for all the evils in the world still view them as a separate group from their customers somehow. They aren't. The people who will pirate your shit are the exact same people who might be interested in buying your shit. You just have to convince them somehow.

Any relation to Go Go Nihon?

>>7805059
But the point is money talks. You never hear of Anime distros refusing to sell their shows to filthy gaijins.

>>7805067
Who was it who said that you had to make your men fear their officers more than the enemy? I'm sure he was prussian. The point still stands.

Well they know their market I guess.

>westerners buy games with porn
>make a vn aimed at them without porn
Herp derp

I for one am looking forward to this. It's nice to see VN's are getting more popular.

>>7805085
Why not just make it porn...?

>>7805126
They're trying to make it seem somewhat mainstream. Or at least a game that your friends won't all call you a creepy pedophile for playing.

>>7805085
Atleast the other girl has better breasts.

>>7805132
That's contradictory, if you play such games I doubt you have friends.

You know, like most, if not all, people here.

>>7805137
The point is that this game is being marketed to people who are not like you.

>>7805085
Damn, chicks these days get boobjobs before 21.

Is that a penis on the very right?

Anyway, not buying this. The whole story seems to be stupid to begin with.

>>7805139
People who aren't like him will never play a game like >>7805085

The title makes me cringe.

>>7805148
Yeah, but they might play a game like >>7804923.

That's the whole point of leaving it it out.

>>7805155
It's the same game.

>>7805156
Color me retarded.

>>7805156
Don't Western guys like all big breasted highly curved women?
A cup fetish is even rarer than autism.

>>7805207
>all
Why did I put it there?

>>7805207
>Don't Western guys like all big breasted highly curved women?
Yeah, they also like 3D chicks

>>7805207
>>7805221
Basically

>>7805029
>Overdrive are losing money every year from Manga Gamer. There's no profit in it for them at all,
sounds like you have to retake your business 101 son
every company starts at a loss for the ultimately profitable investment

i dont know if overdrive is a public company even and if it is then they certainly ARENT losing money but making you, the customer believe so, just like every public company ever

>>7805004
>in this post-Rapelay world
wanna hear Don LaFontaine say this

Sigh...

>>7804923
More importantly, it's an Overdrive game. Same creators as Edelweiss, Kira Kira, Deardrops and Dengeki Stryker.

>>7805012
Except, you know, they're not going to make a profit on this game, and the western market in general isn't profitable. Bamboo (head of MangaGamer and Overdrive) is only doing all of this shit to spread VNs to western fans, because he himself also loves VNs (unlike say, Peter Payne, who really is only in it for the money). And don't come at me with the 'everything starts at a loss' bullshit, MangaGamer has existed since 2008 and they're still making a loss. Actual businesses start to turn a profit eventually, but MG doesn't have a problem with startup costs, it's just catering to an unprofitable market.

Which is also the reason...
>>7804925
>>7804946
>>7805126
...that it's not an 18+ title. They don't want to further complicate the misconception that all VNs are porn, and want to try to convince people that VNs are more than just porn. Yes, if MangaGamer became a pure nukige publisher, they would earn a lot more money. But they want Western people to actually discover serious VNs.

>>7805013
It was written in Japanese and translated to English. The game will display both Japanese and English text.

>>7805067
>Only a small percentage of these people will be interested in paying the full cover price you're asking.
Kara no Shoujo was 25 euros. This game is just TEN EUROS. I could've agreed with you on their games that are 37 euros, and I definitely did agree with you when they sold Higurashi Kai for 80 euros, but for 10 euros people have no excuse not to buy it if they like it.

>>7805283
>They don't want to further complicate the misconception that all VNs are porn, and want to try to convince people that VNs are more than just porn. Yes, if MangaGamer became a pure nukige publisher, they would earn a lot more money. But they want Western people to actually discover serious VNs.
If that was there goal they would make/translate a serious, scenario-driven VN rather than make some shitty shallow travel guide with fanservice and cute girls.

Not that I have anything against fanservice or cute girls, but if Mangagamer wants to make people think VNs are REAL DEAL they've made some poor decisions.

>>7805283
>And don't come at me with the 'everything starts at a loss' bullshit, MangaGamer has existed since 2008 and they're still making a loss.
Some now-really profitable businesses went up to 10 years at a loss. Correlating "they're losing money" with "they're doing it because they care about the fans" is extremely naive at best no matter what you believe, sorry.
>...that it's not an 18+ title. They don't want to further complicate the misconception that all VNs are porn, and want to try to convince people that VNs are more than just porn.
Considering Overdrive makes eroge, isn't this a bit counterproductive? People are going to expect these amazing not-porn games and find only game with porn which they will not buy.

>>7805004
>post-Rapelay world
rapelay did absolutely nothing but changing 輪姦 to merry go round

meanwhile in japan their own politicians are banning everything and not knowing what the fuck is rapelay

>>7805298
Not everyone wants only MATURE content for MATURE people such as himself, you know. At least outside of the core /jp/ autistics.

>>7805302
>Considering Overdrive makes eroge, isn't this a bit counterproductive? People are going to expect these amazing not-porn games and find only game with porn which they will not buy.
Not really. People tend to start out playing an all-ages VN, since it's apparently a VN that isn't porn, then discover that even the 18+ VNs are more than just porn.

>>7805283
don't come at me with your bullshit god-all-knowing knowledge of magically know that they are actually losing money

even apple and microsoft reports theyre losing money
know why?

tax.

>>7805308
I do know. I'm just wondering how this game is supposed to get people unfamiliar with the VNs to think it's a serious storytelling medium like the poster claimed is its purpose.

Torrent?

>>7805302
>People are going to expect these amazing not-porn games and find only game with porn which they will not buy.
nitro+ is making SoniComi all ages. Go figure.

>>7805327
Google.

>>7805321
You are autistic beyond belief.
Stop equating "not porn" with "serious storytelling medium".
And what the fuck do you even mean by serious storytelling medium? Because it's can't be medium for telling serious stories only, since that makes no sense whatsoever.

>>7805332
Google has failed me.

>>7805346
Well then, maybe you should check that link in the OP?

>>7805343
we all know ero brings eroge down

>>7805343
I'm not the one who used the word serious in the first place. I myself was wondering what was meant by "serious VNs" hence my use of the sarcastic "real deal."