So says Sony Computer Entertainment VP of international software Yeon-kyung Kim, according to 1UP’s account of his GDC appearance. “It should have come out as a first-party title,” Kim said. Sony expected initial shipments of 15,000, but the game has since gone on to see impressive sales in the US.
Sony Computer Entertainment America may take comfort in the fact that it wasn’t the only publisher to take a pass on Demon’s Souls, but chances are looking good that, if Demon’s Souls II comes to be, it will have publishers lining up to grab distribution duties.
Frankly, though, here’s one vote for Atlus bringing us the sequel and strongly supporting that one too.
Aaron Clement
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2:04 PMKind of sad we didn’t get an Australian release, but as (I think it was?) David said – Those who want to play it would’ve already imported it to play.
Sounds promising though!
legless joe
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2:34 PMIf atlus took the effort to release the original when everyone else passed on it, i think they should get first dibs on the sequel. But i suppose that won’t happen.
Justin Robson
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 2:55 PMThis mean they’re gonna bring it out here?
Stone
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 5:23 PMSure support the little guy that took a chance, I get that but come on Atlus bring it to Oz have the heart, courage and brains to please us Aussies too.
Jamie Thomson
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11:36 PMAtlus doesn’t have a publishing arm in the PAL territories. In fact Square Enix published Persona 4 last year
plmko
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 6:21 PMAtlus have been much better at bringing us this game with giving good pre-order bonuses and constant game events throughout the year.
David Zhu
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 9:54 PMRead on a few sites that a Spainish (PAL) version is slated for a June release. I think this pretty much means a June release for Australia. Fingers crossed!!
Nicolai Parsons
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 9:43 AMYou can get it in Australia, thanks to the PS3 not being region-locked. It just means you get a US version and pay on US servers, it doesn’t cause any trouble. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the 1 1/2 playthrouughs I’ve been through so far, I’m wondering if I have the stamina to do the 4 playthroughs required to get a Platinum trophy for the game.
Nicolai Parsons
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 9:43 AMDungeon Crawl has copies, among other outlets.