PS3 Patapon... please?
Wow, blogging. Haven't done this in a while... excuse me if I'm a bit rusty.
Now, I have a question for you to ponder, that I myself have been pondering since FrugalGaming put it into my mind on Twitter about 15 minutes ago.
The Patapon series is a relatively new excursion by SCE Japan, who bought us the Ape Escape and LocoRoco series that I'm sure you'll all be familiar with, as well as Siren: Blood Curse, EchoChrome and the upcoming White Knight Chronicles. So already they have a track record of introducing the world to some pretty awesome handheld and console games. Patapon itself is great, but now, it begs the question. Why is it still only available to the handheld market?
We've seen two brilliant installments to the series so far, both on PSP. The original was unlike anything many gamers had experienced before, especially on handheld consoles, and the second one was a great sequel that continued to keep it fresh. However, I don't know if SCEJ could keep the interest of much of their audience if it doesn't make the jump.
I mentioned LocoRoco, a game that, like Patapon, started life on the PSP. We did, however, see a PSN installment, despite it being primarily nothing more than an interactive screen saver. It was, however, pretty fun and had a fair bit of replay value.
Now, I realise it's not yet 2 years since the first Patapon installment, and just 5 months since Patapon 2, but I think it's only a matter of time until we have it on PS3. I'd be surprised if SCEJ hold off for much longer though; I think it's an opportunity to increase the reception of this game in ways that they'd be missing out on by not doing this.
I'd be extremely taken aback if SCEJ did this and went for an on-disc release; not only do they tend to favour the PSN for console releases nowadays, I really don't think Patapon is the sort of game to warrant a full blu-ray disc. I would call a PSN release much more likely if we do ever see Patapon hitting the PS3.
Seriously, though. SCEJ are missing out on a MASSIVE opportunity available on consoles, what with Six-Axis, easier multiplayer, trophies, DLC... the list goes on. It can't be much longer until we get a PS3 Patapon.
...Can it?
Now, I have a question for you to ponder, that I myself have been pondering since FrugalGaming put it into my mind on Twitter about 15 minutes ago.
The Patapon series is a relatively new excursion by SCE Japan, who bought us the Ape Escape and LocoRoco series that I'm sure you'll all be familiar with, as well as Siren: Blood Curse, EchoChrome and the upcoming White Knight Chronicles. So already they have a track record of introducing the world to some pretty awesome handheld and console games. Patapon itself is great, but now, it begs the question. Why is it still only available to the handheld market?
We've seen two brilliant installments to the series so far, both on PSP. The original was unlike anything many gamers had experienced before, especially on handheld consoles, and the second one was a great sequel that continued to keep it fresh. However, I don't know if SCEJ could keep the interest of much of their audience if it doesn't make the jump.
I mentioned LocoRoco, a game that, like Patapon, started life on the PSP. We did, however, see a PSN installment, despite it being primarily nothing more than an interactive screen saver. It was, however, pretty fun and had a fair bit of replay value.
Now, I realise it's not yet 2 years since the first Patapon installment, and just 5 months since Patapon 2, but I think it's only a matter of time until we have it on PS3. I'd be surprised if SCEJ hold off for much longer though; I think it's an opportunity to increase the reception of this game in ways that they'd be missing out on by not doing this.
I'd be extremely taken aback if SCEJ did this and went for an on-disc release; not only do they tend to favour the PSN for console releases nowadays, I really don't think Patapon is the sort of game to warrant a full blu-ray disc. I would call a PSN release much more likely if we do ever see Patapon hitting the PS3.
Seriously, though. SCEJ are missing out on a MASSIVE opportunity available on consoles, what with Six-Axis, easier multiplayer, trophies, DLC... the list goes on. It can't be much longer until we get a PS3 Patapon.
...Can it?
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it will be 45 minutes
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Posted 11-01-2009 at 01:10 PM by TomCoopz
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Patopon on PSN will come soon enough we will hear about it by e3 at most
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Posted 11-07-2009 at 02:45 AM by Cam-Dog
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