SEGA Replies to the Console Petition

yep, trust L_A. Oh wait, what?

 

You know you're going to have a lynch mob after you if you're wrong.

 

I knew it. The last time it was just a lucky guess, wasn't it?

 

I'll protect him even if he is wrong! L_A for CEO? Yeah I kind of like the sound of that.

 

Everyone get your petition pens out. We've got something new we want!

On topic however, I think that Sega's message is a start. Who knows, they may do a Capcom and give us what we want.

 

you mean the item packs and costume swapping? No, that was insider info. Relax, fs is coming to console and if you don't hear about it at e3, it will bd announced on the 4 year anniversary or tgs at the absolute latest. Really all depends on the arcade timing. 5 and 5r had early summer releases while fs looks to be aiming for late summer. That is the main influencing factor for a console announcement right now.

 

Can you give dates on those events? Im not so knowledgeable..

 

"Yes we can" - Borat Yomama

 

So in other words by Sega the reply was something like. "sorry guys the game does not meet the correct conditions for a home console release so it wont be coming but you will enjoy the new VF game we are bringing out on console instead! Thanks for supporting us by buying our games!" lol

 

When I read this..It makes me think they are going to make a whole new console only version. It will be called.

VF5 STFU Already

 

All this talk is nice but this reply doesn't sound assuring to me at all. I just want to see Sega follow through with this and not only announce something but actually do it as well. I really hope LA is right because I would like to see a new version of VF on console in the next year or so.

 

Thank you Sega. You had me at "but".

 

I like the idea of VF5: Simulation Team Final Unit (S.T.F.U.)

 

sad....only folks that care about VF are die hard fans...most game sites don't even post VF info (gametrailers,ign,n4g and so on)and even when they do (like on giantbomb.com) read some of the comments. Non fans don't give a fuk about VF. SEGA releases so much bullshit that doesn't sell well anyways so I don't get why they can't just put out VF5FS...

 

Well , when VF4 Evo came out in arcades , Ign and Gamespot posted news announcing it, videos screenshots and all. Same with final tuned.

VF5:R , however, never got that treatment by the US gaming press, and so far neither has VF5:FS.

A sign of the times, especially since VF5 isnt in American arcades I guess.

In the debut issue of the relaunched EGM, they had a feature on the Street Fighter 2 legacy. They interviewed devs from every fighting game from Mortal Kombat to Soul Calibur. But the pricks left out VF. Only Itagaki paid respect to VF by saying Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter were true innovators .

 

lol, it's the same old thing they always say "virtua fighter is the best blah blah blah" anyone that knows fighting games will acknowledge it is, but never play it on account that it's "too damn hard", even ign said so when VF5 came out, that it was innovative, and advanced and stuff, but the problem still remains, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE BALLS TO PLAY VF

 

UMMMM, hello , EGM has cover Japanese games since it's inception. Why? Well for the uninformed people I guess I'll have to explain that Japanese games tend to be localised for the US market. The first issues of EGM covered the Mega Drive and PC Engine , which then became the Genesis and TG 16.
And if you actually read the article , it was covering all fighting games after SF2, from both active series and inactive.

Even up till the end of EGMs 20 year 1st run , they had a section called "Foreign Object" where they covered new Japanese games . EGM mentioned they contacted Arc Systems Works and SNK, who declined to comment. If not for Itagaki there would be no mention at all of VF. They left AM2 out, that's criminal . It's EGMs first issue back in print in a year so I'll cut them a little slack.

 

Not really. VF4:EVO wasn't really covered that much in arcades in Western media. When it was announced for consoles then the media storm happened. Videos of the 10th anniversary mode. Videos of the hyper fighting mode or whatever that was called. Videos of Goh and Brad. Once the console version of EVO was announced then the magazines and websites went to town.

I don't remember 4FT getting more than a few screenshots on most gaming sites. And IGN and Gamespot's sections of 4FT are less than barren.

http://cheats.ign.com/objects/661/661428.html
http://www.gamespot.com/arcade/action/virtuafighter4finaltuned/index.html?tag=result;title;1

Once Sega of Japan wakes up and announces 5FS for the PS3 and 360 then you'll start seeing press releases, trailers, screen shots, and everything else.