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   LRussolo
   Member

   I know that Cave has released a few of there Arcade shmups on the Xbox 360. But sadly there is a large audience of PS3 owners missing out on the action. I can understand why Cave would gravitate toward the 360, since most Arcade games nowadays run on PC hardware the porting job would be pretty easy.

   My main question is if a publisher such as Aksys could even port a game like DeathSmiles to the PS3, or if that is completely up to the developer. My gut tells me that the decision would be entirely up to Cave as to which platforms the game is released for, but I guess I'm making a last ditch effort to retain hope for Cave PS3 releases.

   I'm going to have to start a petition, and contact Cave so they know that the PS3 crowd wants their games too. I mean, almost all of Cave's shooters were released on the PS2. Why no love for the PS3? My only thought would be that they don't want to fuss about with the architecture of the system. Oh well.

   Maybe it is possible for a publisher to port a game... maybe? ... Please...

   Posted 7 months ago #
2. 

   Belisarius
   goes ding when there's stuff.

   I can't speak to Cave's reasoning re: consoles, but I can tell you that Aksys is simply not capable of creating a port on its own. Since our focus is on localization and publishing, we don't have the equipment or personnel required to port any game to or from any system. Sorry. :(

   Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay.

   Posted 7 months ago #
3. 

   LRussolo
   Member

   Ya. I guess I should get to google translating the Cave Co website to get a contact e-mail. While I'm at it, I probably should learn some Japanese so I can properly communicate to them why they should consider porting their games over to the PS3.

   Thanks for the reply Belisarius. I was pretty sure that Aksys wasn't capable of such a thing, but being the giant bucket of naivety and unabashed hopefullness that I am, I just thought I'd try.

   On the upside, I might be picking up Cho Aniki Zero to fill in my need for SHMUP action. Is the gameplay more akin to an old school Psikyo title a la Gunbird? Cheers!

   Posted 7 months ago #
4. 

   rev
   Member

   Cave have stated they only plan to support the Xbox 360, emailing them or starting a petition will not change this (people have already tried). As their games are niche, almost everyone really interested in them buys them on the X360, so they would not gain anything by porting them to the PS3. Their ports on the Xbox 360 have actually sold more than the ports they did for the PS2, which shows the size of the installed user base for a system in Japan doesn't matter that much for these games.

   Bottom line: if you really want to play their latest and greatest games, buy an Xbox 360. That's your only option.

   Posted 6 months ago #
5. 

   telepathy
   Member

   It wouldn't be bad if it wasn't the fact that some of their titles are not region free. It's the fact that you have to import a JAP 360 to play 100% of their games.

   Posted 6 months ago #
6. 

   xKonsentox
   Member

   I think Cave is being exclusive to 360. There are really no bullet hell or other arcade games even released on the PS3 in Japan for some reason... They are being all ported to 360.

   http://www.youtube.com/user/xkonsentox

   Posted 6 months ago #
7. 

   matty
   Yes.

   ^There may be some truth to that.

   http://www.siliconera.com/2010/02/11/cave-making-another-xbox-360-game-this-one-isnt-an-arcade-port/
   

   “We are also currently working on a brand-new game for 360 which we haven’t released much information about yet,” Asada revealed to Siliconera. “This is not an arcade port, but it is being designed with worldwide release in mind.”

   
   Sounds interesting! Wonder what they have in mind.

   

   Posted 6 months ago #

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