There are quite a few fans of Valkyria Chronicles on the Destructoid staff, myself included -- solid gameplay, breathtaking art and a beautiful story is the kind of combination in a game that's hard to beat. At the $59.99 price point, however, the game suffered a little saleswise in the states. After a price cut, however, things have been looking up -- and recently Sega announced a 400% sales increase for April (as compared to March). What a pleasure to see such a worthy game performing so well!
I personally purchased the game at the $59.99 price point and feel that it's more than worth it, but perhaps the current economic climate simply outweighs the human desire to buy every game that strikes one's fancy. At any rate, the price drop is not a permanent one, so if you haven't gotten a copy yet you should do so now while you still can.
[Via Joystiq]
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8:30 PM on 06.09.2009
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If they only sold 5, then 20 copies is a 400% increase.
Just being an ass.
Anyway, it's good to see this selling better, maybe I'll finally pick it up myself.
I bought it when it came out too. Probably at $70 up here though.
Also can be said if 5000 were sold, then its 20,000 now.
I was watching an old Valkyria Chronicles game review and decided it was worth a purchase in the (eventually inevitable) event that I fork out the bucks for a PS3. The $40 price was a very welcome surprise.
For those frightened that it's a JRPG, I can assure that it's NOT. It's a wartime strategy game, akin to Advance Wars or Fire Emblem (only really, really pretty). It's one of THE reasons to own a PS3.
That said, I'm still waiting to pick my copy up! I can't find one.
This after I tried for WEEKS to get SOMEONE to honor that stupid Circuit City add where it was $40 a week after launch.
CC didn't even have a LISTING for the game in its system and as such, other stores wouldn't price match a game that CC couldn't confirm they actually had AVAILABLE on sale.
sorry.... :D
Word.
It's faster than the average SRPG battle, right? Part of my problem with the genre is how freakishly slow the combat tends to go.
i thought you said 400% price cut, i got all excited
Best Buy doesn't seem to carry it at all. Target doesn't carry it. $39.99 at Wal-Mart but it's sold out online and only one store within 100 miles has a copy. Toys R Us doesn't carry it.
In short, if I wanted to go out and buy the game in-person I'd be paying $59.99 at the local gamestop.
I have to admit that the game's weird mechanic of being shot at only as the character that you're controlling is fairly odd though.
And lol, %400 discount. They'd be giving YOU money ;)
Everyone should own "Behind Her Blue Flames." The Edy mission is a different ball of wax, since - while I found it fun and hilarious - opinions about it are pretty mixed. And the Hard EX mode is only for the most hardcore of VC nerds (of which I would count myself). But yeah, "Behind Her Blue Flames" is easily worth the extra five bucks.