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    Veshurik reacted to Natsuyoshi in Noratoto - 18+ Restoration Project   
    Alright so I read that the patch is done since they restored all the CGs but only thing missing is the english translation but I don't really care about it. Does someone have the patch or a way for me to contact the team ? Since I can read japanese and I bought Nora to Oujo recently i'd just be glad to restore all the CGs !
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    Veshurik reacted to snowbell55 in Recent (Japanese) Things You Have Purchased   
    It's here!

    I'm SO GLAD to finally have this. I'd been wanting to buy the physical copy for some months now, but it was kind of hard to justify seeing as I've already read the VN (on Steam), and the asking price was kind of high wherever I could find a copy. However, I started to reconsider, but by then the copies had already begun to run out everywhere I could find them, and I just barely managed to miss the chance to get one when they were being advertised a few weeks ago. I managed to find a copy, though, and jumped on it as quickly as I could, and now it's finally here! . 
    I'd been planning on rereading the common route (as well as the Rise route) before jumping in to W Happiness as an end-of-year treat so this just makes me want to do so even more. The really nice part, too, is that it's not just the VN - there's the artbook and soundtrack as well (two aspects of the VN I really enjoyed): I get the strong feeling that even if Mangagamer do reissue hard copies of PE (like for Kara no Shoujo and ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two), they won't include the artbook and soundtrack. Princess Evangile is my third favorite VN, and one I have a lot of happy memories reading, and I'm really really glad to have it physically. It makes for a great start to my burgeoning VN collection. The next step is to acquire what will most likely be the pride of my collection. 
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Erogamer in Massive Sale on Fanza Games   
    Nice sale! I purchased "Royal Garden", played trial version long time ago, and it was interesting! Also, append DLC, woohoo! 😀
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    Veshurik reacted to marcus-beta in Noratoto - 18+ Restoration Project   
    They're all waiting for me, since I got a job my time is gone, at least for now.
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    Veshurik reacted to Formlose Gestalt in Getchu Bishoujo Game Awards 2019 are out   
    There has been no official confirmation, but the game has been found in the Steamdb as Meteor World Actor here. (Including a complete english opening here.) The translation company behind it is most likely ShiraVN (https://twitter.com/shira_vn) since they are partnered  with or a part/subsidiary/western publishing arm of DMM. Since the game hasn't been official announced they can't really comment on it, but I would be pretty sure that they are behind it.
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    Veshurik reacted to meru in Lamunation Release   
    Thanks to everyone who has bought the game! The release is going really well so far!!
    Regarding the price, we set it so low for two reasons. 1) As adamstan said, we're hoping to appeal to the Chinese market, as well as to more casual fans/newbies to visual novels who are more likely to buy at a lower price point. 2) We ported the game to a new engine, which meant some of the QOL features had to be cut from the original version, so we thought it was fair to reduce the price accordingly.
    If anyone has any questions, drop them here and I'll do my best to answer
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    Veshurik reacted to Novel21 in Lamunation! [OUT NOW!] by Love Lab   
    I can't wait myself, I'm looking forward to 22 now and I'm excited for to play Lamunation. 
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Novel21 in Lamunation! [OUT NOW!] by Love Lab   
    Sugoi! Can't wait!
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    Veshurik got a reaction from alien51 in How to extract music from new/rare Visual Novel ?   
    PFS files fully supported in GARBro.
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Formlose Gestalt in Nexton asking your opinion about localizing titles in English   
    If you don't know, Nexton company asks your opinion about localizing their titles in English.

    Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7IzCIx0bNv5208-akYxzrf-DmX9MuWbKZCVRtrZLccIGA4Q/viewform
     
    They have official site and English Discord, when you can discuss their titles and ask questions. And also Facebook!
     
    Nexton plans to localize their games with Mangagamer and "one else localization company" (Nekonyan, maybe?)
     
    If someone of you don't know anything about Nexton company, you can see their site and information on VNDB.
     
    What you expect from them? 
    And yes, all their titles will be uncensored in English, so don't worry about that.
     
    P.S. I voted for Amakano series. And you?
     
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Mr Poltroon in Nexton asking your opinion about localizing titles in English   
    If you don't know, Nexton company asks your opinion about localizing their titles in English.

    Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7IzCIx0bNv5208-akYxzrf-DmX9MuWbKZCVRtrZLccIGA4Q/viewform
     
    They have official site and English Discord, when you can discuss their titles and ask questions. And also Facebook!
     
    Nexton plans to localize their games with Mangagamer and "one else localization company" (Nekonyan, maybe?)
     
    If someone of you don't know anything about Nexton company, you can see their site and information on VNDB.
     
    What you expect from them? 
    And yes, all their titles will be uncensored in English, so don't worry about that.
     
    P.S. I voted for Amakano series. And you?
     
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Dreamysyu in Nexton asking your opinion about localizing titles in English   
    If you don't know, Nexton company asks your opinion about localizing their titles in English.

    Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7IzCIx0bNv5208-akYxzrf-DmX9MuWbKZCVRtrZLccIGA4Q/viewform
     
    They have official site and English Discord, when you can discuss their titles and ask questions. And also Facebook!
     
    Nexton plans to localize their games with Mangagamer and "one else localization company" (Nekonyan, maybe?)
     
    If someone of you don't know anything about Nexton company, you can see their site and information on VNDB.
     
    What you expect from them? 
    And yes, all their titles will be uncensored in English, so don't worry about that.
     
    P.S. I voted for Amakano series. And you?
     
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    Veshurik got a reaction from SaintOfVoid in Nexton asking your opinion about localizing titles in English   
    If you don't know, Nexton company asks your opinion about localizing their titles in English.

    Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7IzCIx0bNv5208-akYxzrf-DmX9MuWbKZCVRtrZLccIGA4Q/viewform
     
    They have official site and English Discord, when you can discuss their titles and ask questions. And also Facebook!
     
    Nexton plans to localize their games with Mangagamer and "one else localization company" (Nekonyan, maybe?)
     
    If someone of you don't know anything about Nexton company, you can see their site and information on VNDB.
     
    What you expect from them? 
    And yes, all their titles will be uncensored in English, so don't worry about that.
     
    P.S. I voted for Amakano series. And you?
     
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Canicheslayer in Conjureror's sister has made a public statement about what happened with Conjureror on Twitter   
    To be honest, I don't even understand what happened. That's so sad, anyway. 
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Fred the Barber in Majokoi aka Witch's Love Diary Release by Sekai Project [UPDATED]   
    Unfortunately, such behaviour in prologue can give wrong impression of game for players (by the way, that's why we need demo versions of game to test it before buying).
    My friend also dropped that VN and even didn't finish prologue, and my words about "please, read next" don't convince them to continue. Eh... That's minus of that game.
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    Veshurik reacted to Clephas in How do you guys feel about the JVN industry right now?   
    This is my impression of what the state the industry is in right now (some of this is repeated from previous posts I've made here on the forums).
    Just to get this out of the way, the VN industry (non-nukige) is currently in the process of contracting and changing priorities.  The industry has long relied charage/moege to keep sales up, which has ironically led to most of the writing talent fleeing to other mediums.  This wasn't really a problem until the last six years or so.  Why has it become a problem?  Because my generation in Japan has less money for spending on high school nostalgia than it did back in 2014.  At the same time, the younger generation of otakus in Japan is far less interested in standard charage (high school situations, predictable romances, etc), so this means that the industry is not set up to compensate for the demographic changes in its consumer base.
    To be blunt, more and more VN consumers want something with an actual story.  Unfortunately, due to the trends of the last decade, writers who can actually produce what they want are in short supply.  As a result, the VN industry is contracting as companies find they can't replace the talent they abandoned during the charage boom as easily as they could the random ero-writers they've been using up until now. 
    A few pieces of evidence (that don't involve hearsay).  The relative number of plotge to charage made in the last two years (regardless of quality) has tipped toward plotge significantly... though most of those are of lower quality than in the pre-2015 years due to the aforementioned lack of talented writers.  Navel and the other major names in particular are aggressively testing the waters, as is evidenced by their releases in the last few years (fewer FDs, more new IPs, resurrection of IPs with a differing atmosphere than previously seen, etc). 
    A few hiccups:  Overcompensation... the fondness of the younger generation for the consumption of escapist material has led to a string of low-quality fantasy VNs in the last couple of years (Digination being the source of many of them).  This would normally be a good sign, but it is troubling that the new writing talent that is emerging isn't leaving much of an impression on someone who is as much of a fantasy addict as I am.  The flow of money into these 'experimental' games (lol) has diverted funds that probably would have normally been pumped into charage developing, which has caused the actual number of non-nukige VNs released to fall overall. 
    A key statistic drawn from my experiences over the past decade...  Until the last two years, it was normal for 6 or more non-nukige VNs to be released each month on average.  However, increasingly we are seeing months where only three or four releases are seen... and those releases differ significantly in nature from previous years (and are even spottier in quality). 
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    Veshurik reacted to ChaosRaven in Majokoi aka Witch's Love Diary Release by Sekai Project [UPDATED]   
    Hmm, started this at the weekend and so far it seems to be a pure nukige. Alice finds a diary where a scum protagonist pretty much bangs every female being that can't run away fast enough. But naturally, everyone of them is willingly spreading their legs as soon as he gets in range of 5 meters. I've rarely seen such an unlikable protagonist. If it continues like that I'll definitely drop it.
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Silvz in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Why most of people here thinks that Newton is strange title? I knew about that game and was surprised about localizing... And that game seems good with nice art and story. I don't understand, what is wrong... 
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    Veshurik reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Then you definitely don't want to play Moe! Ninja Girls or any of those dozens of mobile otome it shares its business model with.
    Edit: I'm actually playing one ATM, just testing how unbearable it is without paying. I recetly had to farm the in-game currency for three days to clear a roadblock that literally prevented me from reading the story, despite having enough story tickets to cover two full chapters. It would cost $5 in premium currency to skip it (plus I would get a "premium version" of that story bit). I still somehow can't help but be amazed with how scummy these games are, literally the worst of the worst in mobile gaming.
    Sorry for OT.
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Kenshin_sama in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Oh my God.  If this article is true, and the Sol Press CEO did not give an interview in a bad mood ...
     And the VN market in the West is so saturated that players simply have no money to buy novels ...
     What to say about the countries of the second and third world?
     I live in Russia.  And honestly, I can call this country the third world country.  I never hope to see official translations of VN into Russian, this is just a useless idea.  Once in the West, where everything is bad, and if the English language (the main language of the world) novels do not pay off... What to say about other countries and translations into other languages?
    Only silent...
     I don’t want to talk about my life and expenses (I was politely asked to shut up when I started doing this on the forum), but if I can, I buy games, although I know perfectly well that I don’t have time or energy for them.
     I do not think that +1 copy, especially for the Russian regional price (1/4 of the original price) can solve something, but I am happy to support those VNs hat interest me.
     Sol Press pleasantly surprised me by picking up the great Witch's Garden, as well as Happiness 2.
     But Windmill and other companies are so little known among all the others... Niche eroge studios...
     That I have a feeling that these VNs are needed only by 2.5 anonymous.
     This is sad.
     And, apparently, the employees of Sol Press themselves really like these VNs, which is probably why they are working at a loss just to see their favorite title published officially.
     Thank you, Sol Press.  I would cry if I were you.
    We have very, very similar tastes.  I am glad that you have the means and opportunities to localize VN in the West, and ... Those who, let's be honest, are not needed by anyone (almost).
     So I will support you to the end.
     (I bought Majo Koi Nikki on the first day of release and am very happy. And you?)
    Sorry for my English.
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Oh my God.  If this article is true, and the Sol Press CEO did not give an interview in a bad mood ...
     And the VN market in the West is so saturated that players simply have no money to buy novels ...
     What to say about the countries of the second and third world?
     I live in Russia.  And honestly, I can call this country the third world country.  I never hope to see official translations of VN into Russian, this is just a useless idea.  Once in the West, where everything is bad, and if the English language (the main language of the world) novels do not pay off... What to say about other countries and translations into other languages?
    Only silent...
     I don’t want to talk about my life and expenses (I was politely asked to shut up when I started doing this on the forum), but if I can, I buy games, although I know perfectly well that I don’t have time or energy for them.
     I do not think that +1 copy, especially for the Russian regional price (1/4 of the original price) can solve something, but I am happy to support those VNs hat interest me.
     Sol Press pleasantly surprised me by picking up the great Witch's Garden, as well as Happiness 2.
     But Windmill and other companies are so little known among all the others... Niche eroge studios...
     That I have a feeling that these VNs are needed only by 2.5 anonymous.
     This is sad.
     And, apparently, the employees of Sol Press themselves really like these VNs, which is probably why they are working at a loss just to see their favorite title published officially.
     Thank you, Sol Press.  I would cry if I were you.
    We have very, very similar tastes.  I am glad that you have the means and opportunities to localize VN in the West, and ... Those who, let's be honest, are not needed by anyone (almost).
     So I will support you to the end.
     (I bought Majo Koi Nikki on the first day of release and am very happy. And you?)
    Sorry for my English.
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    Veshurik got a reaction from Fred the Barber in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Oh my God.  If this article is true, and the Sol Press CEO did not give an interview in a bad mood ...
     And the VN market in the West is so saturated that players simply have no money to buy novels ...
     What to say about the countries of the second and third world?
     I live in Russia.  And honestly, I can call this country the third world country.  I never hope to see official translations of VN into Russian, this is just a useless idea.  Once in the West, where everything is bad, and if the English language (the main language of the world) novels do not pay off... What to say about other countries and translations into other languages?
    Only silent...
     I don’t want to talk about my life and expenses (I was politely asked to shut up when I started doing this on the forum), but if I can, I buy games, although I know perfectly well that I don’t have time or energy for them.
     I do not think that +1 copy, especially for the Russian regional price (1/4 of the original price) can solve something, but I am happy to support those VNs hat interest me.
     Sol Press pleasantly surprised me by picking up the great Witch's Garden, as well as Happiness 2.
     But Windmill and other companies are so little known among all the others... Niche eroge studios...
     That I have a feeling that these VNs are needed only by 2.5 anonymous.
     This is sad.
     And, apparently, the employees of Sol Press themselves really like these VNs, which is probably why they are working at a loss just to see their favorite title published officially.
     Thank you, Sol Press.  I would cry if I were you.
    We have very, very similar tastes.  I am glad that you have the means and opportunities to localize VN in the West, and ... Those who, let's be honest, are not needed by anyone (almost).
     So I will support you to the end.
     (I bought Majo Koi Nikki on the first day of release and am very happy. And you?)
    Sorry for my English.
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    Veshurik reacted to Clephas in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Newton was a poor choice overall. 
    From what I've seen of their releases, their choices for localization are almost exclusively mid to low quality charage, with the only significant announcements (from the games I've played, anyway) being HHG, Irotoridori, and Witch's Garden.  All three of these are also listed as TBA, so who knows when they will come out... and they are also ridiculously long and thus expensive to translate.  
    The Western market is currently on a SOL craze, but the market is already saturated.  While there isn't a variety, there is enough SOL localized to get thoroughly sick of the genre if you don't have a natural aptitude for reading that stuff constantly.  Sol Press's poor sales are occurring because they've made poor choices of games to localize (the ones that have already been completely localized).  To be blunt, none of the games they have completed localization of so far were pushed by the community before they were announced, and none of them were anywhere near the top of anyone's list to try. 
    While picking titles by little-known and low-budget companies, as well as old titles that are immensely forgettable probably let them keep the money they shelled out to the Japanese side to a minimum, the titles they chose weren't titles that could compete with the higher-end SOL titles already available here in the West.  As such, Sol Press doesn't really have my sympathy.  Their own poor business practices are what are killing their profits, not piracy, though piracy does harm the industry as a whole (though not nearly as bad as companies say it does). 
     
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    Veshurik reacted to sanahtlig in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Think of it this way: who is the audience for English eroge?  Young males (mainly in the US).  What is the situation of young males with time on their hands these days?  Usually buried in student loan debt trying to get through university.  Do you honestly expect these people to buy eroge on credit?  As for the population that doesn't go through university, their wages are generally lower and they have less time--also not a recipe for spending on high-priced time-consuming entertainment that you can only enjoy alone.  Simply put, this is a demographics issue that doesn't have an easy solution.  A pirated copy isn't a lost sale.  Limiting piracy isn't going to increase their entertainment budgets.  They'll just find their porn somewhere else.
    As for why Sol Press specifically might be having profitability issues: just look at their game lineup.  They're selling a bunch of medium to long length games that are expensive and time-consuming to translate (and consume).  They're all moege, appealing to more or less the same restricted audience.  It's one thing to be a developer and stick to what you're good at (creatively).  But sticking to one genre or game type doesn't do you much good as a publisher.  Diversification spreads your risk and drives traffic from different audiences.  That's good for business.
    It's also important to point out that Sol Press is relatively new and doesn't have much of a following or brand recognition.  In addition, VN sales have a long tail in the West, and they don't have enough titles or sales history to benefit from that just yet.
    As for the article itself, it seems to stumble from one bit of nonsense to another.  In what reality is releasing games sooner after the Japanese release going to decrease piracy?
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    Veshurik reacted to bakauchuujin in Western Visual Novel Publishers Often Release Games at a Loss Due to Piracy (ft. words from CEO of Sol Press, Xeviax)   
    Btw can anyone think of any ways we as fans can try to increase the numbers of people buying things legally rather than pirating? Like trying to make publishers of VNs and their financial situations more known or adding where to get things legally when recommending things especially for people new to the medium or any smart ideas anyone can think of?
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