PS2: The Perfect Place for Niche Hardcore Games |
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| BY Korey McMurtrey Mar. 17th, 2008 | |
Recently, I’ve been paying more and more attention to new and recently released PS2 titles. Lo and behold, what article do I run across today but a GameSetWatch piece about the PS2’s second life as a home for niche hardcore games. With the continued popularity of the PS2, “we seem to be seeing SCEA relax its concept approval on casual titles and Japanese niche games alike,” the article writes. I personally have become very interested in last year’s Odin Sphere and Persona 3, as well as the soon to be released Mana Khemia.
Honestly, I’m amazed that the PS2 is still so popular. But I guess that’s what happens when you have a super low price point, dozens of quality titles, and a 100 million+ user base. Some of the other lesser-known games mentioned in the GameSetWatch article are Arcana Heart, Taito Legends 2, King of Fighters XI, and Heavenly Guardian. Everyone benefits from these unlikely U.S. releases. I say, keep ‘em coming.
March 17th, 2008
at 2:39 pm
The “Simple” series, of games, like Simple 2000 or whatever they called it, which is exclusive to Japan could probably do well in the states and Europe. A couple years ago they released a game in that series called Ambulance-something, I forget the name, but in the game you were an ambulance driver and you had to rescue people from a city infested with zombies and take them to the hospital. It was kind of like a warped version of Crazy Taxi…but with zombies. And lets be honest, what game WOULDN’T benefit from zombies… Bring it over here!!!
March 17th, 2008
at 3:00 pm
I think you’re absolutely right. Games like the Simple series are simply huge here, and I definitely think the market for those types of simple, easy to pick up and play games is only going to continue to grow in the future.