Unless you're a truly hardcore otaku, it might be hard to understand the appeal of Idolmaster. This was a huge success in Japan, in spite of it being on Xbox 360. Imagine how well it will do when it arrives on Japan's most successful console right now. Yeah, we're thinking this is going to cause a massive surge of sales, one only rivaled by Monster Hunter.
[Via Siliconera]
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 6:11PM koehler83 said
....the hell?
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 4:46PM (Unverified) said
Wow, you are right, I don't get it at all. And please tell me there is no "swimsuit contest" in this game. *shudders*
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 5:15PM (Unverified) said
Wow, that looks like a pretty bad game for America...
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 6:20PM RKN said
I wonder how this will do on Japan, no use having released it on the 360 there, this will do a lot better on the PSP.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 6:38PM (Unverified) said
its hard to understand why america isnt getting many games.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 6:30PM Cafecito said
Well I can't say anything bout the gameplay... (guess it plays like a dating sim of sorts) but the graphics look impressive.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 7:48PM Jacksons said
The first 15 seconds sounded like an alarm, a robot and a generic pop beat all at once. Thanks for the aural assault there, Namco.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 9:07PM (Unverified) said
you really think they'll get monster hunter numbs well thats good for sony maybe it'll spark some interest into the psp lol. I'm hoping sega announces something about phantasy star soon i want to play that. Idk what other japenese games i would want which ones are you wanting?
Posted: Jul 29th 2008 8:16AM (Unverified) said
Well it was a pretty good success on the 360 ... I read somewhere that the game made almost 3 million $ just from Japanese DLC , so yeah lets hope that the success will translate to the PSP version to :)
Posted: Aug 4th 2008 9:20AM (Unverified) said
I WANT THIS GAME !!!
Posted: Oct 15th 2008 4:13PM (Unverified) said
Jacksons: That's actually part of one of the game's songs, "The iDOLM@STER" so don't go blaming Namco for that.
I doubt this game will be released in America anytime soon being that the taste of American players are a little different than the Japanese. I wouldn't mind seeing some Japanese games being shipped over to America though.
I doubt this game will be released in America anytime soon being that the taste of American players are a little different than the Japanese. I wouldn't mind seeing some Japanese games being shipped over to America though.
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