Team NINJA loves to watch us beg from what I can tell. Even the whole localization of DOAX3 is a good example of how business is done at TK.
Ehhhhhh, the decision about DOAX3 wasn't because of fans not/wanting it or anything. It wasn't the fans that decided that, and I believe their outcry won't change anything.
I will not fault Team NINJA for all of it. But in the end they are the ones who chose to team up with the creators of Dynasty Warriors. You see a lack of quality in Koei's work these days (and years before that I suppose). They probably want TN to follow them in their path of making mindless, repetitive trash that oblivious fans buy anyway.
Team NINJA didn't "decide" to join Koei. When Itagaki left, the Tecmo stock tanked, and since the management of the company laid in the hands of Yoshihito Kakihara's family, it was up to them to handle the business. Problem was, Kakihara's family had no clue how to run a game company, and with the stock in the toilet, there was no other choice but to sell. One of the Kakihara members basically knew someone from Koei and was like, "Y'all have a game company in your conglomerate, maybe you can take this off our hands?", to which the contact said, "Yeah, I guess, since it's cheap and all". Meanwhile, Square complained about them being ignored and the internet laughed. At no point was it Team NINJA's decision, and Team NINJA at the time was gutted with over half the staff leaving with Itagaki.
So now Koei runs things, and Koei doesn't give a
shit about any Tecmo properties. DOA's last game was supposed to be DOA: Dimensions. Wasn't until Koei noticed it got decent reviews (I.E. one of the best games on the 3DS at the time) and made good sales were they like, "Hey, this series might actually
be something... maybe.". So Team NINJA basically moved from shit-tier into bottom-rung-of-the-ladder tier on the Koei tier list. Slowly, they've been able to work up the ladder with the proven release of DOA5's versions and sales.
Really, have no clue how close we were to DOA
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being the final game in the series. Luckily, that didn't happen.
(This is going kinda ot, but for the people that still play Dynasty games... how do you do it? I played Orochi 3 for Hayabusa and gosh, it's like the graphics were still PS2 and running on the same mechanics of 2001. How do you people play this stuff again and again?)
There are even people in the company who get tired of it, but it's cheap and easy to make. And with the right skin on it people can believed shit is gold. Just look at Hyrule Warriors for example. I literally saw people in forums talking about how the game could be "GoTY" for the WiiU, or "Best game on the WiiU!?" discussions being had. All it took was them to take the DW engine and slap on a franchise that the West loves (Japan actually isn't a big fan of the Zelda series).
2. The online is still a thing for the steam version. Real lack of communication to the players on that as well. So severe that I would say they've alienated a crowd that has actually been trying to be fairly understanding when they don't need to be.
Yup.
3. God, Last Round is just full of problems. That video that
@WAZAAAAA posted to the front page was really just the tip of the ice berg.
Not like those problems didn't exist in vanilla... and really those problems that were shown were very situational in the grand scheme of things.
4. The balancing in the game hasn't been especially good and all we are really seeing is small damage changes; nothing that makes me say "oh well that clearly fixes this problem."
Yeah, they basically at this time I believe are just doing very minor things. They feel that the game is pretty well balanced overall, and it's been out for so long that DOA5 is DOA5. Of course, one could believe they are doing it to keep the Battle Royal series consistent overall, which is why the recent patch was primarily bug fixes and very little re-balance.
I would bet the West hasn't given up on the game, and they don't want to. Also I haven't seen the West bicker about new characters; but I have heard them BEG and BEG for stages. Most players realize the game has a character for everyone and that the focus shouldn't really be about that anymore. The focus from Team NINJA should be: Gameplay balancing, adding stages with costume DLC on the side; but instead we have costume DLC twice a month and one or two characters a year with a stage pack-in.
I obviously wasn't saying
everyone in the West, but I'm referring to their potential market base. Most of those still in it either just buy whatever they do release, or don't buy anything anymore because we believe they wouldn't listen to us anyways. Meanwhile, Japan, their home country, continues to support and grow the game both casually and professionally. Just saying.
And Christie still hasn't even gotten one nerf... I love Christie; but what the fuck is up with that?!?!? Obviously we have more begging to do.
Yeah, she hasn't gotten any buffs either. Honestly speaking, for me, the game is relatively balanced overall. Nerfing Christie would just put someone else up at the top of the chopping block (Gen Fu, Ayane, Leifang, etc.), and really I'd rather they buff the lower characters than dulling the game down by overnerfing some others.