How popular is PSO2 in Japan now?

[Achelousaurus]

It sounds good on paper, but no competition means they don't have to try as hard to keep players, which is part of the reason they can get away with a lot of stuff they wouldn't otherwise. :/

Yeah =/
I wonder if pso2 gets a strong competitor, will Sega actually make an effort for once?
Not just add new content and maybe tweak that a little, but do something about all the real problems?

I hope and therefor I hope there will be a strong rival soon.

[Touka]

I thought the rival was supposed to be Monster Hunter.What with the MH elements they added to the game which is stupid imo,PS is PS.

[yoshiblue]

Maybe if Kingdom Hearts went online, since I feel KH is the closest in combat system.

[strikerhunter]

I thought the rival was supposed to be Monster Hunter.What with the MH elements they added to the game which is stupid imo,PS is PS.

Both games aren't really competitors since they both come out on different platforms thus the different targeted audience. PC/Vita for PSO2 and Wii U/DS for MH (ignoring Frontier and MHO since they're not apart of the main games).

One could say they're indirect rivals.

[landman]

Monster Hunter moved fans to the 3DS, Phantasy Star Zero did not... In fact I wonder how many Vita pso2 players are compared to PSP2 players... Nova didn't do too hot either...

[[Ayumi]]

Monster Hunter moved fans to the 3DS, Phantasy Star Zero did not... In fact I wonder how many Vita pso2 players are compared to PSP2 players... Nova didn't do too hot either...

I can tell why Nova didn't do well.
I really want Nova. Badly.
But it and PSO2 are the only 2 games I want on the Vita and I'm not owning a Vita just for 2 games.
I'm sure there might be some people like that out there as well or just didn't like the Vita at all and got rid of theirs.

[Du1337]

I've been in Japan in march this year and in the bigger cities PSO2 is promoted on large scale. There's PSO2 booths in stores where they have big LCD screens that play the trailers. Also on tv they have allot of PSO commercials.

Even though I've seen allot of it around me, I don't know how good it does on the market...

[ShinMaruku]

That's also cause Sega sucks at the whole business thing :P

Sega has 2 billion dollars in the bank. These losses are recent.

[Sizustar]

Sega lost some revenue. Let that be as you will.

And Konami rose in profit by 160% after getting rid of their console gaming department.
Take that as you will.

[TaigaUC]

SEGA losing revenue probably has something to do with the long string of super boring AC scratch that almost nobody cared about.

they have big LCD screens that play the trailers

Which look nothing like the game itself.

And Konami rose in profit by 160% after getting rid of their console gaming department.
Take that as you will.

That makes me sad.