Junker_05 wrote:Getting back to the point, Kojima would've had more fans, more cash and yet another smash-hit on his hands, like the Metal Gear series.
Do you really think the number of English speaking people who would import the game on on the basis that it was subtitled would justify the costs of such a translation? Policenauts is nothing like the MGS series; it has a much more limited appeal (how many people do you know that are into graphic-novel esque adventure games?), and was designed with a specific audience in mind.
The game was designed entirely for a Japanese audience; if Konami had wanted to market it worldwide, they would have localized and released the game in different regions. From a business standpoint, subtitling a game on the off chance that fanatics would import it makes absolutely no sense.
Kojima games owned: Metal Gear Solid (PSone) Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (PSX) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP) Policenauts (PSone) Snatcher (Mega CD)
It's only in Japanese and it was released only in Japan. Does that not qualify it as being intended for Japanese? Of course people from other countries will import it, but when the staff were making the game, I don't think they were imagining that legions of foreigners would import it.
Kojima games owned: Metal Gear Solid (PSone) Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (PSX) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP) Policenauts (PSone) Snatcher (Mega CD)
Kojima games owned: All major Metal Gear Solid Games & MGA's, and other spinoffs. Policenauts for Playstation, Saturn and 3DO. Snatcher for PC Engine, Saturn and Sega CD. Zone of the enders games for PS2. Boktai games and Lunar Knights.
Junker_05 wrote:Was Hideo Kojima not a big name at the time?
At the time of Policenauts? Well, of course he wasn't big name as now.
But yeah, i think he was pretty well known in gaming industry, since almost every of his game was succes.
Kojima games owned: Metal Gear Solid (PSone) Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (PSX) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP) Policenauts (PSone) Snatcher (Mega CD)
Kojima games owned: Snatcher Pilot Disk - PCE (NTSC-J) Snatcher CD-ROMantic - PCE (NTSC-J) Snatcher - SS (NTSC-J) Policenauts Pilot Disk - 3DO (NTSC-J) Policenauts - 3DO (NTSC-J) Policenauts - PSX (NTSC-J) x2 Policenauts Limited Edition - SS (NTSC-J) Zone of The Enders - PS2 (NTSC) Metal Gear - NES (NTSC) Snake's Revenge - NES (NTSc) Metal Gear Solid - GBC (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid - PSX (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid GH - PSX (NTSC) sealed Metal Gear Solid VR Missions - PSX (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid Integral - PC Metal Gear Solid Integral - PC (Sealed) Metal Gear Solid - PSX (PAL) Metal Gear Solid Special Missions - PSX (PAL) Metal Gear Solid Integral The Best - PSX (NTSC-J) Bleem!cast for Metal Gear Solid - DC (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - PS2 (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - XBOX (NTSC) Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - XBOX (NTSC) sealed Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - PC Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Limited Edition - PS2 (NTSC) Metal Gear>>Solid Snake OST Metal Gear Solid OST Metal Gear Solid 2 OST Metal Gear Solid 2 The Other Side OST
Kojima games owned: Metal Gear Solid (PSone) Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (PSX) Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (PSP) Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d (PSP) Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP) Policenauts (PSone) Snatcher (Mega CD)
Oh, shit, I forgot about that... It costs $35 over here to get the Australian dollar converted into the American dollar... Sorry, Dave, I think I'll pass on this one... Maybe I'll get an oshanka off of eBay.com.au though... Man, I've been hankering for one of those things for ages
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