Nov 24, 2008 -- 10:08AM, AkuKnives wrote:

Hey Sven, I was just wondering how it feels to sometimes be "that guy"? You know, the guy who is responsible for having to sometimes change the name of certain game titles or characters for the American audience. The one who has to make decisions based on market data as opposed to fan demand.

Actually, I make recommendations and influence outcomes but marketing makes the decision ultimately on these matters. I try not to override what they come up with and I can't think of an occasion where that's really been necessary. I just happen to be one of the more visible people in our organization (something I'm trying to change by making others visible too).

You're a brave soul, and I'm sure you must have to eat alot of fan backlash at every turn regardless of any decision you make. So how do ya cope on those tough days?

I play games as stress relief/to blow off steam from 10PM to 2AM at least 4 days week. That and scotch... lots and lots of scotch.

Nov 26, 2008 -- 6:27PM, hellhound wrote:

In accordance to sales what is capcoms top 10 ip franchises?

Thank you in advance.

Check these links:

By IP: http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/salesdata.html

By title: http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/million.html

So they announced part 3 of yakuza by sega.  That got me curious of what this game is all about.  As you probably already know I am a final fight fan.

After looking at clips of the yakuza series it looked like the path that final fight streetwise was going towards. 

Would you say that the yakuza series is the competition of final fight streetwise?  The way the yakuza series was made, was that the style and direction that you wanted to take finalf ight streetwise?

Thank you in advance.

What do you think of Ben Judd's outspokenness? Especially his quote about making b@lls pucker :lol, and saying certain words we're not allowed to on this forum.

Why isnt there a PSP release of Neopets Puzzle Adventures? Seems like it wouldnt be that hard to do. Should we read the prospects of future PSP support into this?

Nov 28, 2008 -- 10:07PM, hellhound wrote:

After looking at clips of the yakuza series it looked like the path that final fight streetwise was going towards. 

Would you say that the yakuza series is the competition of final fight streetwise?  The way the yakuza series was made, was that the style and direction that you wanted to take finalf ight streetwise?

I'm not sure anyone really knows what Streetwise was supposed to be.

As for Yakuza, it's an interesting series with a cool take on the brawling genre. Shame it doesn't sell as well as it deserves to.