Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4715:BAA2:883E:A54E:6D4A:1171-20191012111127

Eh, still sounds like the official gameplay/attract feed. I guess one would need to compare to actual arcades then.

I'm pretty sure if you are just there for the 9 months which it used to be here, you don't have to go into any warzones. That's for the people doing it professionally. Honestly, getting paid for physical exercise is absolutely great. Free food and such as well. Just during the winter, it wouldn't be as fun.

Yep, there is a pretty large difference between city dwellers and people from the countryside. Being way more relaxed and not as aggressive is what I experienced in the latter. There also wasn't as much smartphone usage several years ago but maybe that has become worse as well. So it's more of a website where people have more personal contact (and Ebay is just the platform that connects seller with potential buyer)? At least that's what "Ebay Kleinanzeigen" is. The anonymous part of Mercari would go against that though. Doesn't seem they have much either. No adult stuff from Alicesoft and it's also just mostly telephone cards.

I technically started in 2012, buying some games but not really old ones. Buying from third-parties started at the very beginning of this year...but I'm generally fine with prices at the original retail price, as long as it's in excellent condition. But yeah, with traditional collectors also entering the games market, prices have skyrocketed across the board. Likely the mail order pre-order bonus. There are also general mail order boni. It's pretty funny how different the variations can be, even if it's from the same company. Japan is extremely good when it comes to side-material. They have tons of extra content regarding your favorite series/franchise. Back in the 80s, there were sophisticated "choose-your-own adventure" books for instance. Of course, apart from that, visual novels, small games, drama cds, mobile phone stories, books etc. Meanwhile, here, at best we got books...and that was only for pretty popular series (Warcraft) or for games in the 80s and early 90s. They are usually just larger versions of already existing art. So nothing much would be gained even.

Yeah, you can let DHL handle it too...for 28.50€ which is absolutely insane. I would rather pay 8€ for a ticket and waste several hours of my life instead. Still, costs way too much. So it's likely the same here. The difference is that I rarely buy anything below 22€ and that I basically always put two or more items in a package. For above 22€, it seems that it's the same here, minus the charge for dealing with customs, we don't have that.

Uh oh, that's a really tough question. Alicesoft has moved away from the 2800 Yen cheap games they used to release this decade. Additionally, the eroge market has shrunk/diversified (lots of doujin works) and also all the smartphone have eaten into the revenue. Alicesoft itself is also developing games outside of the traditional PC games, so resources are going that way too. Due to that, they did close the Tokyo studio in...2014(?) IIRC. To be honest, from a financial standpoint I say that they won't do it and as mentioned, they are basically already over the announcement deadline for a December release. However, from a company ethics standpoint, I think they will release something. While they have closed their member club, they still have that spirit that deals with fair pricing, made a bunch of their catalogue freeware and is generally pro-consumer. They likely also made a bunch of money with the release of Rance X. Since they are releasing that series without voicework, it was way cheaper to produce and as such, the profit margins were higher. So they should be good on money for the moment. So I do think it will come, either with a belated announcement in December, January or next year December. Also, with finally having a somewhat direct connection to Japan, I should be able to pre-order it...and get all the goodies.

Regarding Tsuma-tachi no Sakuragai, has there been a copy of the trial found? Still on completing my collection of Alicesoft works and that one seems one of the easier ones to get. Apart from that, still have to rebuy 8 1/2 games that were damaged in some way...which is annoying, especially because I have already rebought four...I think. Apart from those, I still need like 35 more games, lol. Out of those, there are three categories: The ones being available for a reasonable price which I will ideally buy over the coming few months. The ones being available for an unreasonable price (like the 2800 Yen games that are being sold for 9880 Yen -.-) which I won't buy like that and the biggest group, the games that aren't available at all, which are mostly 90s and very early 00s games. Some will be pretty hard to get, like the games that were only sold at specific events (Ningyo -Tsutako-, Edo Ranze ~Come on! Mito Hime-sama~, Ultra Mahou Shoujo Manana vol.2 and vol.4) and I think that Pascha C++ Supplement Appendix Edition.