Great Headline or Greatest Headline?

Great for Atlus.

So...Persona 5?

I wonder how many of those 200,000 people purchased it on the strength of Catherine disrobing on the box art.

My guess would be: not insignificant.

Well Atlus has learned their lesson. In P5 you will summon persona via unprotected sex with ghosts. No word yet on whether it is consensual.

I don't care about the game itself at this point. Atlus getting dat western money is A VERY GOOD THING FOR VIDEO GAMES.

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

I was going to say you are a bad person, but then I looked at your profile and saw you've been playing a bunch of DW Gundam 3. So it turns out you just don't like games.

Unfortunately, as we all know, cakes are by far the most unreliable of all dessert treats, known for providing consistently apocryphal information and constantly double-dealing for the pursuit of their own nefarious gains. Perhaps if this information had come on some manner of pie, or spelled out in chocolate chip cookies, then we could rely upon it. But a cake? They're like the Robert Ford of desserts.

I'm not a fan of quoting whole blocks of text for the sake of it, but Alex you are a genius for writing this paragraph.

Bothers me when games like this do well.

The cake isn't lying.

Great news.

I am 1 of the 200,000. Feels good, even though my copy is still sitting in the shrink wrap it came in.

I'm recently finding out that I really enjoy the way Alex writes. Really unique style of crazy. That Rage preview is excellent, and even this little bit of info is awesome to read.  What I'm trying to say is that I love Alex.
 
Call me...

The fact it sold more than Shadows Of The Damned is a crying shame.

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT
 
 
THAT IS MORE THAN P4 DID IN ITS LIFETIME IN NA

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

That's pretty silly, but whatever man. GRR I HATE THINGS BEING SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS A DETRIMENT TO MY LIFE EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY KEEPS PEOPLES JOBS AND DOESN'T AFFECT ME WHATSOEVER. I mean regardless of your opinion on a game, being bothered by it being successful? Pretty dumb.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

I was going to say you are a bad person, but then I looked at your profile and saw you've been playing a bunch of DW Gundam 3. So it turns out you just don't like games.

A cunning rebuttal from no doubt an equally cunning human being. Let's break it down just to confirm how cunning you are.  First, the part where you assert you *were* (past tense for dramatic effect; nice) going to call me a "bad person." For what, exactly? Not liking a game that insists it's about morality but is actually about a) tits and b) seeing how little a budget one can make this sort of game for? Damn, I didn't know these things made me a "bad person"; next you'll be calling me a monster because I think the Scott Pilgrim movie was wildly overrated (PROTIP: it totally was) and Bastion is infinitely superior to the majority of JRPGs released in the last 10 years. Ooga booga; I'm a beast.   Second, the part where you call me out for playing Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3. Oh snap! Good on you! I mean, when I want to win an argument on the internet, the first thing I do is look at profiles for dirt, instead of actually addressing the topic at hand (PROTIP: it's Catherine, smart guy). Though since you're bringing it into the discussion: yes, the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games are, despite some fun qualities, awful, awful games, but there's more actual gameplay in them than 10 copies of Catherine. Growl; I'm like three cheetahs taped together.

BEWBZ sell!

That said, I like the game- not my goty but a very different experience.

@Ygg said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

Tell me why that even remotely matters. Good luck with that.

@Ygg said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

Tell me why that even remotely matters. Good luck with that.

@Ygg said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

Q-bert.

Congratulations for Atlus.

Good for them. I really like Atlus, always bringing quality titles to the US and EU... though I'll never see the appeal of this particular game.

"Animumblecore". Gonna keep that one in the brain box. Thanks, Alex!

mature themes 

treats the players like adults  

vaguely original                                         

@DonutFever said:

@Axelhander said:

@Ygg said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

Tell me why that even remotely matters. Good luck with that.

Because you said "Games like this". If there isn't anything like it, that category doesn't exist.

Boom.

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

That's pretty silly, but whatever man. GRR I HATE THINGS BEING SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS A DETRIMENT TO MY LIFE EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY KEEPS PEOPLES JOBS AND DOESN'T AFFECT ME WHATSOEVER. I mean regardless of your opinion on a game, being bothered by it being successful? Pretty dumb.

@Axelhander said:

Tell me why that even remotely matters. Good luck with that.

Because you said "Games like this". If there isn't anything like it, that category doesn't exist.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT   THAT IS MORE THAN P4 DID IN ITS LIFETIME IN NA

Though since you're bringing it into the discussion: yes, the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games are, despite some fun qualities, awful, awful games, but there's more actual gameplay in them than 10 copies of Catherine. Growl; I'm like three cheetahs taped together.

I'm recently finding out that I really enjoy the way Alex writes. Really unique style of crazy. That Rage preview is excellent, and even this little bit of info is awesome to read.  What I'm trying to say is that I love Alex.  Call me...

Some of you people are retarded, this game isn't about tits at all.

@lordofultima said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

That's pretty silly, but whatever man. GRR I HATE THINGS BEING SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS A DETRIMENT TO MY LIFE EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY KEEPS PEOPLES JOBS AND DOESN'T AFFECT ME WHATSOEVER. I mean regardless of your opinion on a game, being bothered by it being successful? Pretty dumb.

Try to follow along, however much it may hurt your tiny brain:
 
When poorly made games pandering to people who play games for animu boobs and poorly written narratives do well, more poorly made games get green lit. 
 
I'm not sure I can dumb it down any further than that.
 
@DonutFever said:

@Axelhander said:

Tell me why that even remotely matters. Good luck with that.

Because you said "Games like this". If there isn't anything like it, that category doesn't exist.

By "games like this" I meant "terrible games." Sorry; should have clarified. There, I just saved you hours of franger.

@Ygg said:

@Axelhander said:

Bothers me when games like this do well.

Name one game that is anything like Catherine. Good luck with that.

Q-bert.

Sex is not really all that successful for games. The amount of nudity in this game is comparable to Mass Effect. People are just misled by the cover and marketing, and think the game is catered toward, well, perverts. It's something completely new to the gaming market and the game itself provides a very mature topic and the theme is definitely common in everyday life. I don't recall another a Japanese title with suggestive covers ever selling well. If more than anything, Catherine sold well because of the Atlus fanbase, actual marketing (unlike EA), and reviews.

@Axelhander said:

Though since you're bringing it into the discussion: yes, the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games are, despite some fun qualities, awful, awful games, but there's more actual gameplay in them than 10 copies of Catherine. Growl; I'm like three cheetahs taped together.

There' s plenty of box-shoving in Catherine, and unlike "hit x a million times" it actually has depth.

There' s plenty of box-shoving in Catherine, and unlike "hit x a million times" it actually has depth.

Trying to make the case as to why Catherine is more "mature", serious and less ridiculous as Shadows Of The Damned makes absolutely no sense, and you should probably play more videogames, or something.

@Axelhander said:

By "games like this" I meant "terrible games." Sorry; should have clarified. There, I just saved you hours of franger.

When a game has gotten the critical response it has, there are clearly people who enjoy it, and therefore more games that people enjoy will be greenlit.

From now on, I want all my video game news in dessert form.

A cake once told me I was the World's #1 Dad and I'm not sure where it got its sources.

@mutha3 said:

@Axelhander said:

Though since you're bringing it into the discussion: yes, the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games are, despite some fun qualities, awful, awful games, but there's more actual gameplay in them than 10 copies of Catherine. Growl; I'm like three cheetahs taped together.

There' s plenty of box-shoving in Catherine, and unlike "hit x a million times" it actually has depth.

Hey, when attempting to get all "my game is better than yours" on people, spew BS about the other game. That'll show 'em.
 
Actually, again, while DWG games are horrible, there's way more actual game in them. And yes, they're deeper than just tapping one button, unless you like playing on Easy and/or losing every time. Yeah, they could (and should) have more depth, but that's not what I'm claiming here.

.
 
Actually, again, while DWG games are horrible, there's way more actual game in them. And yes, they're deeper than just tapping one button, unless you like playing on Easy and/or losing every time. Yeah, they could (and should) have more depth, but that's not what I'm claiming here.

@mutha3 said:

There' s plenty of box-shoving in Catherine, and unlike "hit x a million times" it actually has depth.

As deep as a glorified block-pushing flash game.

@Napalm said: 

Trying to make the case as to why Catherine is more "mature", serious and less ridiculous as Shadows Of The Damned makes absolutely no sense, and you should probably play more videogames, or something.

You should probably play Catherine before claiming to know what it's about.

Some of you people are retarded, this game isn't about tits at all.

Good to hear news like this but where is my slice of cake!?

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Napalm said: 

Trying to make the case as to why Catherine is more "mature", serious and less ridiculous as Shadows Of The Damned makes absolutely no sense, and you should probably play more videogames, or something.

You should probably play Catherine before claiming to know what it's about.

Or I can just read the fucking wiki and save my hard-earned twenty hours on something far more compelling.

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Napalm said: 

Trying to make the case as to why Catherine is more "mature", serious and less ridiculous as Shadows Of The Damned makes absolutely no sense, and you should probably play more videogames, or something.

You should probably play Catherine before claiming to know what it's about.

Or I can just read the fucking wiki and save my hard-earned twenty hours on something far more compelling.

@mutha3 said:

@Axelhander said:

Though since you're bringing it into the discussion: yes, the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games are, despite some fun qualities, awful, awful games, but there's more actual gameplay in them than 10 copies of Catherine. Growl; I'm like three cheetahs taped together.

There' s plenty of box-shoving in Catherine, and unlike "hit x a million times" it actually has depth.

Hey, when attempting to get all "my game is better than yours" on people, spew BS about the other game. That'll show 'em.
 
Actually, again, while DWG games are horrible, there's way more actual game in them. And yes, they're deeper than just tapping one button, unless you like playing on Easy and/or losing every time. Yeah, they could (and should) have more depth, but that's not what I'm claiming here.

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Napalm said: 

Trying to make the case as to why Catherine is more "mature", serious and less ridiculous as Shadows Of The Damned makes absolutely no sense, and you should probably play more videogames, or something.

You should probably play Catherine before claiming to know what it's about.

Or I can just read the fucking wiki and save my hard-earned twenty hours on something far more compelling.