• Konami Announces New Silent Hill. It's a Pachinko Machine.
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[QUOTE=WaffleCopter;48377466]I don't understand how you can possibly try to hype people up over a dumb pachinko machine. Look at this dumb teaser what the fuck [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ht4dbyPIcM[/media] RANK UP! HIT THE LEVER! CHANCE! +300G what the christ[/QUOTE] "What, exactly, is a nightmare?" this fucking video
Pachinko machines are basically a meme at this point in FA and /a/ Remember kids- the more excited you are for that one particular sequel the more likely it is that the next announcement will be a pachinko machine. The lesson here is to never get your hopes up.
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;48377797]Pachinko machines are basically a meme at this point in FA and /a/ Remember kids- the more excited you are for that one particular sequel the more likely it is that the next announcement will be a pachinko machine. The lesson here is to never get your hopes up.[/QUOTE] I have to admit, I've already been getting hyped for MGS VI. Hopefully it will be a mobile Pachinko machine game so I can still play because I live in the US :'(
Remember how they teased Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 2? It will probably make for a fine pachinko machine... Imagine the barely audible Rules of Nature playing amongst the infernal mechanical noises!
Fuck Konami.
Silent Hill is all about exploring the fucked up parts of inner psyche, right? Maybe the falling balls represent Konami's struggle for popularity, with each peg a company decision that only moves bounces them lower in an entirely different direction.
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[QUOTE=Water-Marine;48377895]Silent Hill is all about exploring the fucked up parts of inner psyche, right? Maybe the falling balls represent Konami's struggle for popularity, with each peg a company decision that only moves bounces them lower in an entirely different direction.[/QUOTE] I don't know what you're talking about but my memory of Silent Hill 2 is electric guitars and RANK UP +200G
How long until this shit company dies? I really want it to happen.
So whats next? A Gradius pachinko? Oh wait...
In the words of a wise man, Fuck Konami.
[QUOTE=SnakeHead;48378003]How long until this shit company dies? I really want it to happen.[/QUOTE] No time soon. They've got so many other things they've got going for them.
It's really cool to watch one of my favorite series, an icon of gaming and a benchmark of video game storytelling having its corpse dragged on stage to dance
firebomb pachinko parlors
[QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;48378219]It's really cool to watch one of my favorite series, an icon of gaming and a benchmark of video game storytelling having its corpse dragged on stage to dance[/QUOTE] This still isn't as tasteless as what they did with Castlevania. They practically fucked its rotting corpse.
Bah missed this thread when I made mine. Still laughing at the horrible generic spooky stuff followed by heavy guitars and a giant beefy fist smashing the machine. It's so amazingly terrible
I don't really understand who this is supposed to be marketed to. I'm pretty sure middle aged men won't bother looking at a pachinko machine that's all about psychological horrors, or horror in general. And if they were familiar with the series, wouldn't the themes of Silent Hill games make them think twice about even using the machine in an effort to not gamble, especially if it's an addiction? At least Castlevania has "HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE" that's bound to catch eyes and succubi titties.
One day, when a competitor completely fucks them over in the pachinko machine business, Konami will look back on 2015 and go "we really fucked up" That day will probably be sooner rather than later, but who knows.
[QUOTE=WaffleCopter;48377466]I don't understand how you can possibly try to hype people up over a dumb pachinko machine. Look at this dumb teaser what the fuck [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ht4dbyPIcM[/media] RANK UP! HIT THE LEVER! CHANCE! +300G what the christ[/QUOTE] this is like a fucking satire holy shit
Konami please go.
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;48379720]Pachinko is like a 200 billion dollar industry that's infinitely cheaper to invest in than AAA.[/QUOTE] The issue that Konami has is with investing in Pachinko is that they're deliberately stepping backwards. Video Games are Konami's only real international business venture, and consequently the most profitable one they have ever made (and keep in mind: that's in terms of net profit, not gross), not only is actively screwing over their games division going to seriously hurt them, it's basically completely shutting them down from the American and European markets, and Pachinko is definitely not something that they can sell to Americans and Germans, bringing them back into just being a Japan only business, and nowhere near the size of what they are now.
[QUOTE=Ripper Roo;48377868]Remember how they teased Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 2? It will probably make for a fine pachinko machine... Imagine the barely audible Rules of Nature playing amongst the infernal mechanical noises![/QUOTE] All the more reason to go Patrick Bateman on the blackguards and retrieve the IPs as Hip To Be Square blares in the background.
The castlevania trailer was physically painful for me to watch. I feel empty now.
What if at the last second MGSV is turned into a Pachinko machine?
[QUOTE=Vipes;48384406]What if at the last second MGSV is turned into a Pachinko machine?[/QUOTE] Riot.
[QUOTE=Vipes;48384406]What if at the last second MGSV is turned into a Pachinko machine?[/QUOTE] Literally just a bunch of shots of Quiets boobs and ass surrounded by explosions and raiden cartwheeling naked in the background. WOAH SKULL FACE BONUS LEVEL UP POISON ZANZIBAR HAMSTERS RANK UP All while suddenly flashing big boss getting 30 eye patches all over him.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;48379748]The issue that Konami has is with investing in Pachinko is that they're deliberately stepping backwards. Video Games are Konami's only real international business venture, and consequently the most profitable one they have ever made (and keep in mind: that's in terms of net profit, not gross), not only is actively screwing over their games division going to seriously hurt them, it's basically completely shutting them down from the American and European markets, and Pachinko is definitely not something that they can sell to Americans and Germans, bringing them back into just being a Japan only business, and nowhere near the size of what they are now.[/QUOTE] It's possible rest of the world won't miss out. Spending hundreds on in-app purchases for addictive mobile games is pretty much the same thing, so that's why Konami's turning to taking their properties for the mobile world. Tap the screen to escape Pyramid Head and his army of undead nurses! Fight back with the UFO-flying dog for only $7.99!
[QUOTE=WaffleCopter;48377466]I don't understand how you can possibly try to hype people up over a dumb pachinko machine. Look at this dumb teaser what the fuck [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ht4dbyPIcM[/media] RANK UP! HIT THE LEVER! CHANCE! +300G what the christ[/QUOTE] There goes my fucking childhood. My memories of completing Silent Hill 2 with my dad. Fuck this so bad holy shit.
Wait Silent Hill is your own personal hell so Konami is making real life our own personal hell by taking a beloved franchise and reducing it to slots? MEH GAWD THIS IS SO META
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