Topic: The DraculaX Chronicles, Trounced by an old GBA game (Kotaku link inside)

[VampirehunterB]

A remake was not a necessity in the first place..however I liked the artwork and the soundtrack a lot!

[Ridureyu]

The remake was absolutely necessary for those of us who never owned a Japanese Turbo Duo.

[Puwexil]

DXC itself is a worthwhile remake, for the most part. The impact of being able to play the original Rondo has been lessened by its Wii Virtual Console release, which is practically perfect. The PSP port is certainly not.

[Ahasverus]

CV has never been very popular in Japan, but I'm kinda surprised that LoS sold 10 times that in its first week being a western game; I blame piracy or bad marketing :/

[Foffy]

I think Ashcraft once again confused games. I'm pretty sure he meant Lords of Shadow...

Just recently, he confused Mistwalker's The Last Story to Pandora's Tower with the whole stole Final Fantasy Versus XIII imagery thing.

He should stick to what he does "best" on Kotaku; talking about things that aren't video games.

[beingthehero]

DXC itself is a worthwhile remake, for the most part. The impact of being able to play the original Rondo has been lessened by its Wii Virtual Console release, which is practically perfect. The PSP port is certainly not.

Well that's just your opinion

[Ahasverus]

I think Ashcraft once again confused games. I'm pretty sure he meant Lords of Shadow...

It can't be because LoS sold 70000 there If I recall IGn correctly
Edit: Just confirmed, it was  47.574, pretty good! 
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/04/26/japans-500-best-selling-games-of-2010/

[Munchy]

It's too bad DXC never got a PS2 port, a la Silent Hill: Origins. Or, heck...screw the handheld platform altogether and just done it that way to begin with.

Yep. It's just not the same on a handheld.

I think it's also a shame Dracula XX wasn't also unlockable, just for completion's sake.

Though I do remember seeing a Greatest Hits version of DXC, so it couldn't have sold too poorly, at least in the US.

[GuyStarwind]

Well, lets look at the game DXC was compared to. I mean come on it's Pokemon!!! Of course Pokemon is going to sell more.

[JR]

Though I do remember seeing a Greatest Hits version of DXC, so it couldn't have sold too poorly, at least in the US.

I was thinking the same thing. I remember seeing it just recently.

He should stick to what he does "best" on Kotaku; talking about things that aren't video games.

Agreed. His articles are probably the biggest reason why I stopped visiting Kotaku.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Well, lets look at the game DXC was compared to. I mean come on it's Pokemon!!! Of course Pokemon is going to sell more.

Except that's an old GBA Pokemon in the year 2010.  The mere fact that it's still sold is... well it's pretty awesome for Pokemon, I suppose, but somewhat embarrassing for DXC.

[Maedhros]

PSP hacking was FAR more prevalent. Mainly because the PSP didn't require the purchase of additional hardware to hack (with some early firmwares excluded). Everyone I knew who had a PSP hacked it, and mostly on their own. All of which purchased the PSP with the intent of hacking it from the get go to never buying games. As for the DS, I didn't know anyone locally who did hack theirs, and only a few online. Reason? A 50$ attachment wasn't within their willingness to buy.

But coupled with that, as stated above, it just wasn't as popular with a much lower install base and an even lower install base who actually paid for the games.

Except it's still not a valid reason.

Also, many games sold well on PSP.

[Renonsgoods]

This is the Japanese gamer market we're talking about here.  You really can't be surprised when some 8 year old cartoonish creature collecting game like Pokemon sells better than, well, just about anything else over there.  As much as the western market is full of gamers that just suck up, swallow, and breathe just about anything gaming-related that comes from the island nation, the simple fact is that Japanese gamers' tastes in general tend to be far more eccentric than what most westerners could stomach over an extended period of time.

In short: color me not surprised.

[DoctaMario]

DXC itself is a worthwhile remake, for the most part. The impact of being able to play the original Rondo has been lessened by its Wii Virtual Console release, which is practically perfect. The PSP port is certainly not.

That doesn't really matter though. Before DXC, just about anyone in the West who'd played Rondo was playing what was most likely an imperfect emulation of it. And if you've never played it on a Turbo Duo, how would you know the difference anyway?

DXC is the star of the show on the UMD. That they put Rondo and SoTN (and those of you put off by having to unlock it should man up or just keep playing it on the PSX) on the disc was a bonus. They could have just released it with DXC on it. It would have been a stupid move, but they could have done that. 

Pokemon is more popular than just about anything. WHY it's popular I have no idea, but it is, and as such, this news should come as little surprise.

[crisis]

Pokemon is more popular than just about anything. WHY it's popular I have no idea, but it is, and as such, this news should come as little surprise.

You have to catch them all. Everybody should know that