God of War: Chains of Olympus is on its way to Japan on July 10. To help get the game into the minds of PSP gamers -- and peel them away from Monster Hunter -- a special event was held last Friday in Tokyo. There were 15 booths where people could try out the game, tons of free swag such as keychains and t-shirts, and specially crafted drinks As Chains of Olympus devs Ready at Dawn have let their sun set on the PSP, this summer's release for Chains will be the final game on the system from the crew. In that respect, this event was not only the celebration for kicking off the PSP God of War game in Japan, but also, an unintentional farewell. We only hope the game does well in Japan because it really deserves the love.
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6-23-2008 @ 9:43AM
Duff_B said...
It's such a shame that SCEE doesn't learn a lesson or two from SCEJ about how to release games, build up huge amounts of interest, and interest people in buying a PSP and games. It would be wonderful to see something like this in Europe... A Crisis Core special event in London for instance! What I wouldn't give to see something like that over here.
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6-23-2008 @ 8:44PM
shaffy_oppa said...
Well you can't have it for all games but there was a release event for MGS4... 2 kinda there was one for FFXII theres been one for KHII and one for God Of War 2 I'm pretty sure there might've been others too.
6-24-2008 @ 3:19AM
Duff_B said...
Fair enough; the PSP is the only console I have owned though since a Sega Saturn, so I haven't really been paying attention to PS2 game-release parties. Still, I can't remember ever seeing a PSP game-release party in the UK, and surely that sort of thing would help to reinvigorate the PSP market? (At least it couldn't hurt...)
6-23-2008 @ 12:04PM
Otsego_Undead said...
Even though it was fairly short and didn't add anything new to the game mechanics, I enjoyed every minute of the game. An excellent portable addition to the franchise. Hopefully our Japanese friends will enjoy it as well! SO stoked to hear more on GOWPS3.
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6-23-2008 @ 12:21PM
Smokey said...
They obviously have taste over there so it should do fine, I think the psp should be blitzing here too honestly...
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6-23-2008 @ 12:41PM
H@CK3R said...
About time a game releases here first, i just wish they would get on the ball with, kingdom hearts, i think there taking so long because of piracy, Sony is going to stop realising games, just because of all the games, being pirated.
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6-23-2008 @ 1:03PM
rockeranimefreak said...
I think the Japanese are probably going to buy more copies of Persona 4 on July 10. Just my opinion though. I know I want to import it. >.< Play-Asia here I come!
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6-23-2008 @ 1:09PM
cafecito said...
The japanese don't dig western-style games for the most part, but I hope GOW does OK over there.
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6-23-2008 @ 3:31PM
Chris G said...
I wonder where God of War got most of it's inspiration...
6-23-2008 @ 7:53PM
cafecito said...
Greek mythology? =P
6-23-2008 @ 8:29PM
Chris G said...
Wrong! God of War is a Devil May Cry clone first with Greek mythology second.
6-27-2008 @ 8:27AM
Emophia said...
No, as a hardcore DMC fan I can safely say that GoW 1, 2, or CoO are NOTHING like DMC 1,2,3 or 4.
6-23-2008 @ 2:28PM
Alien said...
In Japan GoW sold 20k copies , while GoW2 did 40k copies . Seeing the fact that PSPs popularity has risen in Japan , I could see it doing anywhere from 20-80k . But thats still nowhere near the amount it already , whitout the help of a bundle , did in the US ( 500k + ) .
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6-23-2008 @ 9:05PM
cafecito said...
Is it? Oh well, if you say so. I don't like DMC at all.
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6-24-2008 @ 3:15AM
Dustin said...
BRING ON TEH GOATS!
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6-24-2008 @ 5:35AM
Dr Haisook said...
I don't think the Japanese will like it that much. They generally like long tough games.
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6-24-2008 @ 1:41PM
ultra lucky cat said...
Does a free "special drink" and cute asian girl ship with each order of the game? In that case i'll be ordering a copy shortly. :D
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