Re: (Nutaku) Milenium War Aigis (English Version)
You do realise how stupid this sounds, right? I mean it's not Nutaku who is controlling the English content, but the devs. And the devs apparently don't give a shit about the English version, since the Japanese version makes more money. By withdrawing from paying for the English version and putting that money in the Japanese version, you are essentially proving their point.
It's your money, you do what you want with it. Just don't pretend that you are sticking it to the man, because you really don't.
Sort of depends on who the man is here, does it not. Your reference has Aigis dev as the man, but for him it is probably Nutaku since he is playing the game just on DMM.
So yes, he may in fact be sticking it to the man. and since he is a heavy user putting money into the game, which Nutaku wants, he is doing the sticking rather well.
And as for proving the point, thats a self-fulfilling prophecy if there ever was one, the developer does not support the game (possibly because it does not generate money, who knows /shrug), and it does not generate money because the developer does not support it (or maybe it does generate money and the developer is simply treating it as a cash cow, again, who knows /shrug).
But regardless of either, It is not for the player with the money to take a leap of faith and spend the money in the hope the developer will do something. The ball is at the developer, it is for them to provide content people will pay for, goes for any game in the world.
Also If the
payer is cool with cutting out the middle man (Nutaku) and the developer is cool with the
payer cutting out that middle man in favor of another one (DMM), it is pretty difficult to see why Aigis on Nutaku exists at all or what the dev even wants with it. Localize it on DMM in English and be done with it, it could be argued, discussions over and done, last man standing can throw his tantrum and close the door.
Anyways, my 2 worn out cents is that it is a legitimate tactic to threating to vote with the feet and wallet. Whether it is tasteful is a matter of perspective.
Personally, I'll look to the anniversary, if they dont go big there, they never will and it'll be time to pack up ... whether DMM side or out, i dont know, have not decided yet, I have put (a little) money into Nutaku version and am willing to continue to support them, but I need more content, much more and much more often (personal preference)