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Proof That American Gamers Really Do Want Japanese RPGs

Kotaku - Does the world still care about Japanese role-playing games? Do people still want to buy them? Do they still deserve our attention?

Ask your average gamer—or your average game developer—and they'll tell you that the JRPG is a dying genre. They'll tell you that Japanese RPGs haven't evolved, or that nobody buys them anymore. That JRPGs are too niche to bring to America. That the style isn't worth anyone's time.

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coolasj4065d ago

I'm pretty sure NIS America and Atlus have cornered that part of the market. All you really need to do is demand over and over which game you want, and then wait for it to come out.

kevnb4065d ago

Wait, a console style, RPG sold best on PC? Wow.

Knightofelemia4065d ago

I'm still waiting for my favorite JRPG fanchise to come back to the PS3 and thats the Wild Arms franchise.

Hicken4065d ago

I'm waiting on Breath of Fire, but Wild Arms would be welcome as well. Just downloaded the first one for my Vita. Gonna see what it's all about.

There are easily about a dozen JRPGs I'd like to see make their way west. Probably won't, though, which is sad.

tweet754065d ago

ever sinceI played dragon quest 25 years ago ive been a huge fan of good Jrpgs. Never can get enough of them.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum12h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.