I'd be pretty surprised to see anyone doing a port of the PS2 Ibara. Pink Sweets may be somewhat more likely though, given the many ports of 360 Cave games from City Connection (Deathsmiles I&II, Akai Katana) and Live Wire (DDP Daifukkatsu, Espgaluda II, Mushihimesama). Probably behind the more commercially viable Mushi Futari and DDP Saidaioujou though.cfx wrote:While I don't hate CityConnection as some do, here I certainly hope not, as wouldn't that mean it would just be the PS2 port converted?
For some reason, I also don't see M2 doing a package of Ibara + Pink Sweets. I think it would be more likely that M2 eventually does a ShotTriggers release for Ibara + Ibara Kuro (which is quite a substantial revision), and I hope they do that some day.
Totally agreed. These aren't games that are going to be breakout hits for anyone who isn't already a serious STG fan. But to look at that through a different lens, companies like M2 and City Connection can probably do a much better job of accurately gauging sales numbers, since the games will sell to the hardcore fanbase at what I would imagine is a pretty consistent and predictable rate. Really helpful for budgeting and planning purposes when they have a good handle on costs versus revenue.cfx wrote:As for these selling outside the hardcore fan base, do you really think many of the existing ones have done that? I bought the Aleste Collection and love it, but I can't imagine that having a wide appeal.