So, there you have it, PS3 fans. If you want the best chance of getting Harmony of Despair on your platform of choice, all you have to do is first buy it on XBLA. Easy enough, right?
Igarashi: PSN version of Harmony of Despair 'a possibility'
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jun 26th 2010 9:30PM
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So, there you have it, PS3 fans. If you want the best chance of getting Harmony of Despair on your platform of choice, all you have to do is first buy it on XBLA. Easy enough, right?
Reader Comments (40)
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:36PM HardBoiled2009 said
i wanna play it but if it doesn't sell on Xbox who says it won't sell on the PS3 ? that's a load of crap IMO i think they should just bring it out on PSN if they did i would buy it .. the screen shot looks like Castlevania SOTN.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:38PM HardBoiled2009 said
@HardBoiled2009
actually let me re-word that if it doesn't sell on Xbox that well who says it won't sell on PS3 that well ? what if it sells better on PS3 then Xbox ? i think a simutanious release of the game would be better if they are that worried.
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actually let me re-word that if it doesn't sell on Xbox that well who says it won't sell on PS3 that well ? what if it sells better on PS3 then Xbox ? i think a simutanious release of the game would be better if they are that worried.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:44PM Godmars said
@HardBoiled2009 Given that they wont apparently make for PSN unless it sells well on XBL, there's no chance to see if it sells better on PSN unless it sells well enough on XBL.
Its a stupid catch-22 argument.
Me? I'd much rather see all the DS titles offered on PSN/XBL. Hopefully with some HD re-tooling if they're going to ask more than $10 for them.
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Its a stupid catch-22 argument.
Me? I'd much rather see all the DS titles offered on PSN/XBL. Hopefully with some HD re-tooling if they're going to ask more than $10 for them.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:54PM deathxrebirth said
@HardBoiled2009
It will be better on PSN for one simple fact. D - PAD.
Oh wait, two facts. Free to play :)
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It will be better on PSN for one simple fact. D - PAD.
Oh wait, two facts. Free to play :)
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 11:41PM Youthinized said
@JCarpio
Yeah, nobody cares you're talking to your online gf right now.
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Yeah, nobody cares you're talking to your online gf right now.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:02AM deathxrebirth said
@deathxrebirth
Downvote all you want, bitches. Sure I went a little fanboy with the free PSN, but you can NOT deny how bad the 360 D-pad is after all this time.
It was why I bought SotN and SSF4HDR on PS when I had both at the time.
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Downvote all you want, bitches. Sure I went a little fanboy with the free PSN, but you can NOT deny how bad the 360 D-pad is after all this time.
It was why I bought SotN and SSF4HDR on PS when I had both at the time.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:09AM deathxrebirth said
@JCarpio
Who? And why??? I can't even begin to understand why anyone would want to have cross-game chat. Who the hell do you talk to while playing other games? What are you, a 16 year old girl who needs to be talking to their friends at all times? It is that important?
I can barely stand talking to my friends while playing the same game, let alone while we were playing different games.
The ONLY reason I can see it being an advantage is when you are trying to hack or be an ass. As in, cross game chatting in the SAME game but on different teams and such. Other than that, I just do not understand why it is so important.
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Who? And why??? I can't even begin to understand why anyone would want to have cross-game chat. Who the hell do you talk to while playing other games? What are you, a 16 year old girl who needs to be talking to their friends at all times? It is that important?
I can barely stand talking to my friends while playing the same game, let alone while we were playing different games.
The ONLY reason I can see it being an advantage is when you are trying to hack or be an ass. As in, cross game chatting in the SAME game but on different teams and such. Other than that, I just do not understand why it is so important.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:35AM Jayzoos said
@deathxrebirth
What...? Do you have friends man? There's this thing called socializing. Try it. I can't even believe that you see Cross game chatting as a bad thing. You have never wanted to play something different than your friends, but still want to talk to them? I guess I shouldn't ask you that question since it appears you hate your friends. Should try finding new ones in that case.
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What...? Do you have friends man? There's this thing called socializing. Try it. I can't even believe that you see Cross game chatting as a bad thing. You have never wanted to play something different than your friends, but still want to talk to them? I guess I shouldn't ask you that question since it appears you hate your friends. Should try finding new ones in that case.
Posted: Jun 28th 2010 4:15PM deathxrebirth said
@Sly C
Haha you guys are hilarious. I am definitely a social person. I bar tend 4 nights a week and spend lots of time with friends. I do not, however, cross game chat. I just find it silly and distracting. And if you couldn't figure out that "I don't like talking to my friends" bit was supposed to be slightly humorous, you're f-ing dense.
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Haha you guys are hilarious. I am definitely a social person. I bar tend 4 nights a week and spend lots of time with friends. I do not, however, cross game chat. I just find it silly and distracting. And if you couldn't figure out that "I don't like talking to my friends" bit was supposed to be slightly humorous, you're f-ing dense.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:45PM Xiegfried said
I'm just curious what the story will be like, if there even is a story which I kind of doubt. These characters are several hundred years apart in the time line.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:59PM Dr Perry Ulysses Cox said
@Xiegfried
The story, in a nutshell, is that the mighty heroes have to get the magical thing to the mythical place in order to kill the monstrous villain.
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The story, in a nutshell, is that the mighty heroes have to get the magical thing to the mythical place in order to kill the monstrous villain.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:57PM deathxrebirth said
I don't see it *not* performing well on Xbox. At least well enough that a game like this can expect. It is freaking old school castlevania with a multiplayer twist for god's sake.
That and it is in the "summer of XBL" or whatever they call it, so they are sure to get some good promo's for that.
I read a good theory about that fact right there. Konami didn't go multiplat with it out of the gate because they had a slot in the summer of xbox push, which usually do really well. Supposedly they might not have received a spot if it wasn't at least initially exclusive to xbox.
That and it is in the "summer of XBL" or whatever they call it, so they are sure to get some good promo's for that.
I read a good theory about that fact right there. Konami didn't go multiplat with it out of the gate because they had a slot in the summer of xbox push, which usually do really well. Supposedly they might not have received a spot if it wasn't at least initially exclusive to xbox.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 10:09PM ryank311 said
That's fine with me. I have an xbox collecting dust in the corner somewhere, but I'm definitely not going to patronize them with that attitude. Maybe I will when it comes to "my" platform of choice. And by that, I mean the one I actually play.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 10:24PM Geo Holyhart said
Lame marketing, don't care how it's twisted. I never even touch my 360 anymore, when I can play the same games online for free. I really hope this comes to the PSN. I will get it first day.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 10:38PM MSKiller aka Sony4life said
Gimmmme,GIMMMME!NOW!!!
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 10:53PM Erdie said
:(
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 11:05PM mxpowar said
Can someone help me out here? Does this game have a single player component or is it multiplayer-only? I don't pay for Xbox Live and I won't start for this game.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 11:46PM Godajmo said
In simple term,when the number of sale stipulated by the contract of Konami and Microsoft will be reached,this game will be free for Konami to port it to any media >_>
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 11:55PM Lerkero said
Why would they not make the XBLA and PSN versions concurrently? This makes no sense considering the market for both versions is identical. That's like Megaman 9 being exclusive to XBLA only. That's not just an xbox market.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 12:02AM gatotsu911 said
Um, yeah, I would think so. I'm pretty sure there are more Castlevania fans with PS3s than with 360s.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 3:18AM AThing said
I hope it does well so it comes to PSN, but Iga is getting annoying. If you make the game exclusive don't beg me to buy it.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 4:58AM Snowblind said
Not really feeling the whole multiplayer thing. It all seems to be challenges, speed runs and boss fights.
If it were more of a classic Castlevania game, I'd have bought it day one.
If it were more of a classic Castlevania game, I'd have bought it day one.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 9:15AM Athesto said
i don't think this game will be a good game, everybody that bought castlevania SOTN bought a game with a really good story, and like it seems this will be a the "first to get to the top of the castle wins"
i don't care about the multiplayer, i just care about the story of the game, that's all "a really good story like all castlevania games)
i don't care about the multiplayer, i just care about the story of the game, that's all "a really good story like all castlevania games)
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 10:56AM Funkmaster General said
@Athesto
I'm a huge Castlevania fan, but the games aren't exactly known for their riveting stories. Man goes into castle. Man kills Dracula. Rinse, repeat. The only time that a Castlevania story ever surprised me was in Lament of Innocence.
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I'm a huge Castlevania fan, but the games aren't exactly known for their riveting stories. Man goes into castle. Man kills Dracula. Rinse, repeat. The only time that a Castlevania story ever surprised me was in Lament of Innocence.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 12:08PM chrisredfield31 said
I hate Igarashi. Ever since SOTN he's been running the series into the ground, releasing only for GBA and DS and now 360. It's clearly obvious he's avoiding the Sony platforms and without good reason. There is no reason why there shouldn't be a PSN version and there shouldn't be any reasons why there weren't any new Castlevania's on the PSP.
I'm glad they took the main series out of his hands. He doesn't even know what he's doing anymore. He would have ruined the HD game and he would have made it exclusive to 360 to boot.
I'm glad they took the main series out of his hands. He doesn't even know what he's doing anymore. He would have ruined the HD game and he would have made it exclusive to 360 to boot.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 12:24PM Jayzoos said
@chrisredfield31
I don't see where your hate for that guy comes from, a lot of the GBA and DS Castlevania games are great. Circle of the Moon is one of my top hand-held game of all times. I guess since it's not in your platform of your choice then he's obviously running it into the ground?
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I don't see where your hate for that guy comes from, a lot of the GBA and DS Castlevania games are great. Circle of the Moon is one of my top hand-held game of all times. I guess since it's not in your platform of your choice then he's obviously running it into the ground?
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 12:48PM chrisredfield31 said
@chrisredfield31 Obviously you haven't played any Castlevania games. None of the DS games have a classic CV feel to it. It's Metroidvania (not that there's anything wrong with it) but the characters just aren't Castlevania. Look at the difference between Alucard and the later ones like Johnathan and Soma. Alucard does not look/feel like an anime character.
So going back to console exclusivity, exclusivity is nothing but a Japanese trend/bandwagon that serves to do nothing for the industry. I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but they've made everyone see that there is nothing wrong with making games multi-platform (besides FF13, etc) That is something good they brought to the table in gaming. It is 2010. We shouldn't have to be forced to pick a platform we don't want to buy to play a certain franchise.
Certainly some companies are starting to pickup on this, such as Square Enix who have made 2 quality Kingdom Hearts games on both the DS and PSP. DS might not have gotten Monster Hunter, but the Wii got the next iteration and there's a PS3/360 game coming out which leaves nobody out. Of course, there is a time and place for 3rd party exclusives, however there are certain franchises that people love and should be made available to all audiences.
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So going back to console exclusivity, exclusivity is nothing but a Japanese trend/bandwagon that serves to do nothing for the industry. I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but they've made everyone see that there is nothing wrong with making games multi-platform (besides FF13, etc) That is something good they brought to the table in gaming. It is 2010. We shouldn't have to be forced to pick a platform we don't want to buy to play a certain franchise.
Certainly some companies are starting to pickup on this, such as Square Enix who have made 2 quality Kingdom Hearts games on both the DS and PSP. DS might not have gotten Monster Hunter, but the Wii got the next iteration and there's a PS3/360 game coming out which leaves nobody out. Of course, there is a time and place for 3rd party exclusives, however there are certain franchises that people love and should be made available to all audiences.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 12:27PM ZippyDSMlee said
Anyone got bored by the time they hit the second castle?
I liked COTM more and aria of sorrow was not to bad but gaaaa Dawn of sorrow felt like more generic BS, Order of Ecclesia is not to bad but they really need to get away from generic designs and get back to core CV elements.
LOI was not that bad but I liked the N64 games more and COD was just generic action game stuff really the thing to hurt LOI and COD is level design and maybe some power/ability pacing but mostly the boxy unimaginative level layouts were the worst and frankly it seems like LOS is going to have a god of war on the rails feel to it...... if powers are paced well(better than dantes inferno or GOW3) it should be a solid game.
I liked COTM more and aria of sorrow was not to bad but gaaaa Dawn of sorrow felt like more generic BS, Order of Ecclesia is not to bad but they really need to get away from generic designs and get back to core CV elements.
LOI was not that bad but I liked the N64 games more and COD was just generic action game stuff really the thing to hurt LOI and COD is level design and maybe some power/ability pacing but mostly the boxy unimaginative level layouts were the worst and frankly it seems like LOS is going to have a god of war on the rails feel to it...... if powers are paced well(better than dantes inferno or GOW3) it should be a solid game.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:07PM Brother Unit No 4 said
@ZippyDSMlee
We'll probably get downvoted for this, but I was just recently playing through SotN, and while I enjoyed going through the first castle which was designed extremely well, my enthusiasm dropped significantly when I started playing the inverted castle. It'd be nice if it was a completely new area...but it's not.
And even though I knew the moment was coming I didn't expect to be as disappointed as I was. :(
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We'll probably get downvoted for this, but I was just recently playing through SotN, and while I enjoyed going through the first castle which was designed extremely well, my enthusiasm dropped significantly when I started playing the inverted castle. It'd be nice if it was a completely new area...but it's not.
And even though I knew the moment was coming I didn't expect to be as disappointed as I was. :(
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:16PM Brother Unit No 4 said
I think the thing that disappoints me the most about this game is the reuse of sprites. It doesn't offend as much as that Castlevania puzzle game they're making but it's still pretty bad. They're being pretty SNK about all of this.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 3:04PM Jacksons said
I'd love to see a console game done in the classic style, much like what Nintendo's been doing lately with new super mario bros and the new DK.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 5:29PM cylet said
any offline co-op?
Posted: Jun 29th 2010 1:49AM golobulus said
the logic here is so stupid.
