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Mobile is a huge market, yes because so many people will play games on their phones because they are inexpensive and accessible, but the problem is that it's a VERY fast paced market. You have to constantly be making new games to keep in business because that casual market does not stay interested in a game for too long and they are always ready to move onto the next big craze game. So many game companies that focused heavily on these types of games which started only a few years ago are not struggling just to stay relevant.
 
The mobile casual game market is moving so quickly that it's really only a market that is going to be around for a little longer because once this next big thing in smartphone tech comes around and changes the game again, it will force all devs to start over on a new platform. Remember when iOS was "the future" for all devs? Android was "no threat". Fast forward only 2-3 years and then more Android phones exist than iPhones. Who is to say someone else isn't going to break the trend again and change everything all over again? Phones are a CONSTANTLY advancing market. They have a VERY steep learning curve because they are always changing. If you want to go into phone development for software then you need to accept the fact that the moment you get out of college that everything you learned may already be irrelevant.

In order to give people a visual idea of Konami's vision of the future, I have prepared this visual aid. Behold the future!
 

I feel like saying you're pursuing mobile games aggressively is kind of an oxymoron. That's basically like saying you are going for the hardcore casual market.

Mobile is a huge market, yes because so many people will play games on their phones because they are inexpensive and accessible, but the problem is that it's a VERY fast paced market. You have to constantly be making new games to keep in business because that casual market does not stay interested in a game for too long and they are always ready to move onto the next big craze game. So many game companies that focused heavily on these types of games which started only a few years ago are not struggling just to stay relevant.
 
The mobile casual game market is moving so quickly that it's really only a market that is going to be around for a little longer because once this next big thing in smartphone tech comes around and changes the game again, it will force all devs to start over on a new platform. Remember when iOS was "the future" for all devs? Android was "no threat". Fast forward only 2-3 years and then more Android phones exist than iPhones. Who is to say someone else isn't going to break the trend again and change everything all over again? Phones are a CONSTANTLY advancing market. They have a VERY steep learning curve because they are always changing. If you want to go into phone development for software then you need to accept the fact that the moment you get out of college that everything you learned may already be irrelevant.

In order to give people a visual idea of Konami's vision of the future, I have prepared this visual aid. Behold the future!
 

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I'll never really acknowledge genderfluid as a thing. "Oh today I am feeling male, but tomorrow, I could feel female." I feel a lot of this kind of stuff is just being made for special snowflake status because we're getting more and more ridiculous with pronouns, to the point where I have seen people literally tell me that I should only refer to animals with gender neutral pronouns because animals can't tell you what gender they wish to identify as.
 
That's where I draw the line. Animals don't give a crap.

I'll never really acknowledge genderfluid as a thing. "Oh today I am feeling male, but tomorrow, I could feel female." I feel a lot of this kind of stuff is just being made for special snowflake status because we're getting more and more ridiculous with pronouns, to the point where I have seen people literally tell me that I should only refer to animals with gender neutral pronouns because animals can't tell you what gender they wish to identify as.
 
That's where I draw the line. Animals don't give a crap.

First of all, you should re-read the rules of the thread. You're not supposed to try and dispute people's opinions here.
 
The thing is though, the clopping thing is not funny. It's gross, and in many parts of the world, it's illegal. I am appalled about stuff in my fandoms that is that gross and the moment I see it, I speak out against it. The problem is, a lot of bronies don't. And saying that yiffing exists isn't much of a saving grace. Yiffing is also gross, and in my opinion wrong as well. So saying because one existed prior doesn't suddenly make clopping any better. This is what I hate about bronies too, their defending of clop. But most of all, I hate the mentality you are putting out the most. Why? because the brony fandom is CONSTANTLY trying to give itself a free pass for all the dumb shit it does and make excuses for it.
 
Look, if you see people in your fandom doing something stupid, you should speak up, not go "oh well they don't make up the majority" and let them continue. Know why a lot of other fandoms who are even bigger than bronies manage to keep better reputations? Because they discourage behavior like that.
 
 
 
I'll quote you both since you're both talking to me.
 
Let's just set the record straight: I was not only in the brony fandom, but I was on a lot of their major hubs and even ran one with over 10,000 users at one point. So I am not basing this on small incidents. Look, you may find a few good people, hell I have too. I got a few buddies I grabbed out of the fandom that I held onto, but you want to know what the rest of my experience was like?
 
I am going to lay this flat out: bronies do not actually get that much hate. Most people want to ignore them. I very rarely got people joining just to troll bronies. On top of this, if bronies shut up about being bronies everywhere they went, they wouldn't have an issue. Many people believe it or not didn't know what bronies were and would have been content with that. The problem is bronies (now remember I am using bronies as a general term here for lack of a better word and I understand there will always be exceptions) have a victim complex. I have seen many of them liken themselves to homosexuals coming out of the closet and others acting like the whole world hates them. Here's the truth: neither of those two things are true. There are actually no where near as many brony-haters as there are bronies. How can you possibly take that much offense to a group that hates you when you drastically outnumber them? No, the reason why people get mad at bronies on other sites is because bronies have a habit of trying to take over non-brony spaces and not leaving well-enough alone.
 
But I digress, here is what I got to endure in the brony fandom:
 
Death threats. Sexist and racial slurs. Constant organized revenge schemes against me for banning people for legitimate reasons. Rumors being spread about me and my loved ones. Threats so bad that I literally had to delete my accounts and change my skype. JUSTIFICATION of those threats. (Yes, groups of people on these sites literally tried to tell me that "maybe you deserved those threats".) Theft of my art, my friends art, and even my girlfriend at the time's art. Blatant disregard of that theft. Found a girlfriend in the fandom, ended up cheating on me (and no not an internet girlfriend a real life one) A guy marrying a Twilight Sparkle plushie. Threads literally almost every day about clopping despite being against the rules. Porn posted on a regular basis on a site made for kids 13+ People literally complaining that their porn was taken down. Lazy co-worker staff members who don't do their job. Backstabbing left and right. 3 pedophiles roaming our site. When I stressed the need to report it to the authorities, literally people were too worried about if bronies would look like pedophiles for reporting them if they made the news. YES, people were more worried about bronies looking bad than stopping known pedophiles. This is only on one site too. The issue is that bronies want too hard to be known they are bronies. If bronies donate to charity, they have to make sure it's under the brony umbrella and make sure everyone knows it was them. Bronies want to be recognized so badly that it makes me sick.
 
You can say what you want about that fandom to defend it, but after what that fandom has done to me, and the example it has set, it's going to take more than "not everyone is like that" to convince me to give them another chance. The sad part is, this is the THIRD time I had given them another chance because they have done stuff like this to me before, and I am at the point where I see little reason in giving them more chances. KH fans have never done this to me, Nintendo fans haven't, not even Homestuckians (which apparently people hate quite a bit). Only fandom I have ever had this happen was bronies.
 
Sorry if it comes off as "closed minded" to just lump them all together, but really in my situation, can you blame me? I can not even go to certain places because there is a crazy guy who was stalking me because he was out to get me and harm me, and for what? Because he got fired from a pony website. A lot of the people in the brony fandom, let's be honest: are not exactly there socially. Many of them seem to lack proper social etiquette.
 
At the end of the day, here is where I stand on them:
 
If a brony is at a non-brony con and people are giving them shit just because it's not a brony con, I will gladly defend said brony. Only because I believe people can share space. Just like if there are bronies here, I will not assume you are instant assholes. So long as you're cool with me, I'll be cool with you. And you respect that I do not have a good opinion of the fandom itself, but that doesn't mean I will not have a good opinion of you. There is more to you than belonging to a fandom and you should recognize that. However if I see bronies in non-brony spaces attempting to take over said spaces, I step in. This is a KH forum for example, you shouldn't yell to get an MLP board added, etc. There are sites for you and sites for KH fans, use them. I don't want to hear about clop. Period. If you don't bring it up, I won't criticize you for it. Because really, I shouldn't be able to criticize anyone for clop, because I shouldn't know you do it because it shouldn't be publicly discussed. No one wants to know what you are pleasing yourself to, so if you are upset that I am criticizing you for liking clop, you have only yourself to blame for that, because the only way I could know you're doing it, is you. I will treat every brony as everyone else upfront, until they give me reason to be weary of them. Granted, I can admit that when I first meet someone and the most important thing they feel to tell me when first meeting them is "I'm a brony", that can be a little bit of a caution flag. I intend on being "fair" to bronies as much as I can, but I certainly will not stand up for their fandom. I'll tolerate them, and I'll be willing to look past them being bronies at points, but I am not touching their fandom with a borrowed pole, and I am not about to stand up for them except in incidents of shared spaces.

I don't know why people are afraid of this so much! It could be done well. :I

I don't know why people are afraid of this so much! It could be done well. :I

I really do want Marvel and Star Wars in KH.

Yeah me too, people wanted to believe, but when you looked at it from a logic standpoint, it made no sense.

Well I saw that coming from a trillion lightyears away. 

Okay, I would first like to go on record saying that I actually switched to vapor because I actually don't like smoking that much and I am trying to quit, as is my wife (who still smokes). Also that my father died because of smoking, so I do not really like the long term effects of smoking. That being said:
 
I feel that anti-smoking laws are not protecting non-smokers anymore. I understood not smoking in public areas, and I understood not smoking in closed spaces due to second hand smoke, but really a lot of the recent things regarding smoking I do not believe are to protect other people from second hand smoke, they are pushed by non-smokers to police other people's lives. For example, the recent increase on taxes for cigarettes is bull. In my old state (NY) cigarettes could cost as much as $14 a pack. This tax hype was only introduced because no one feels sorry for smokers. If smokers speak against it, they are instantly met with "well it's bad for you anyways, and second hand smoke!" It's just being used to justify charging smokers more  money for something they enjoy doing.
 
Let's get this out of the way: if you preach anti-smoking to smokers, you're an asshole. I am not going to sugarcoat that. I am sorry, but I can not tell you how many people come up to me and my wife and go "you know how bad that is for you?" NO WAY!? All this time I thought it would give me super powers! Not a single smoker is unaware smoking is bad for you. Smokers know it's bad for you, but it is their choice what they want to do with their bodies. Why is it not rude to come up to smokers and tell them what they shouldn't do, but it is rude to go up to fat people and tell them the dangers of diabetes and being overweight? It's a stupid double standard and it doesn't help anyone. You are not going to convince people to quit smoking by shaming them.
 
However, FINALLY we get vaporizers and E-cigs which literally ELIMINATE SECOND HAND SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF CIGARETTES. So you'd think we finally have a good balance? Smokers can now enjoy non-smoker areas without the need to expose everyone to the smell of cigarettes and second hand smoke. Everyone's happy, right? Well not so much. Now people want to push to ban vaporizers and E-cigs from the same places as cigarettes. There isn't a lot of definitive proof that e-cigs or vaporizers cause second hand effects because they don't burn tobacco. I find the push to ban them pretentious. It has nothing to do anymore with protecting non-smokers and has everything to do with that non-smokers just don't want to see smokers.

Bronies are killing society.

Actually 2K only published Bioshock. The company that made them (Irrational Games) announced they would not be developing more Bioshock in 2014, and the company has since become defunct. They laid off a majority of their employees, closed the company down and they are going off to go back to doing smaller titles as a small group again.
 
Also guys, 2K is MOSTLY A publisher, and they have locations all over the world. This is just them trimming the fat. Considering how long games take to get to Australia, and how low their sales are because of censorship (some of the heaviest in the world) I imagine 2K just didn't see it as profitable to keep doing business there.

Actually 2K only published Bioshock. The company that made them (Irrational Games) announced they would not be developing more Bioshock in 2014, and the company has since become defunct. They laid off a majority of their employees, closed the company down and they are going off to go back to doing smaller titles as a small group again.
 
Also guys, 2K is MOSTLY A publisher, and they have locations all over the world. This is just them trimming the fat. Considering how long games take to get to Australia, and how low their sales are because of censorship (some of the heaviest in the world) I imagine 2K just didn't see it as profitable to keep doing business there.

We used to play this one a lot on many of the old forums I used to be on. The concept is very simple, you say what the person above you receives from the vending machine (note it can be items that people have not already put in, as the vending machine was already full before we all arrived). Then you place an item into the vending machine.
 
Example:
 
Poster 1: *Starting Post*
 
Poster 2: ^Receives Donuts
< Puts in Eggs
 
Poster 3: ^Receives puppies
<Puts in flesh eating virus.
 
 
Generally the format goes ^ for telling the person above what they got, and < for stating what you are putting into the machine.
 
Since I am going first, I can not state what the person above me receives, so I just put something in. I'll start us off
 
 
< Puts in risk-y photographs of Rosie O' Donald.

Well keep in mind, at the TIME it was released its resolution was amazing. The system was way ahead of its time, but unfortunately smartphones became a big thing shortly after, making everything the PSP could do obsolete. However I still keep on because of the fact that it's an amazing system to mod. It supports so much in terms of emulation. It's probably the best portable emulator you can get.

That is one thing I like about the PS3 theme builder over the PSP, it supports more dynamic themes and gives you a little more control over them. The PSP theme builder is rather primitive, and the PSP's resolution is soooooo tiny that it makes all those nice high res icons look like crap. :c

Yeah, for fun I am going to make a PSP theme to go with it. It really sucks though that Sony kind of killed the customization of their systems with the Vita and PS4... I miss being able to do this. :c

So I have been fooling around with the PS3 theme builder after I was messing with my PSP theme, and I decided I wanted to try my hand at making a full theme (and put my degree in graphic design to work, I suppose). I am still in the very early alpha stages, because building an entire theme is a lot of work, and I'm only a few hours into designing the icons and such. The final product is going to have a complete icon set, cursors, sounds, and the works.
 
I'll probably update this thread later on with what build it is currently on, and eventually I think I may remake the KH2 Final Mix theme because really, the theme they gave us for completing the game is just kind of a wallpaper... But this theme is Starcraft 2, particularly Heart of the Swarm.
 
Below is a current preview of what it looks like,  followed by a download link, and if I get time, a video of what it looks like on your PS3 (but I'm sure many of you can check for yourself).
 
As I said, this is a VERY early alpha, intended only for testing purposes for those willing to try it, and will hopefully lead to me making future themes if I feel it's well received.
 
Last Update: 1/31/2015 8:55PM
Preview Image:
 

 
Note: the little white dots do not appear on the actual theme, for some reason the preview generator does that!
Download Link:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wbh17q6hgrwt7j/Kerrigan.p3t
 
How to Install:
 
First you're going to need obviously:
-A PS3 and dualshock 3 controller (duh)
-A flashdrive that is formatted and compatible with your system
-A computer to copy the files to the flashdrive from
-The theme file itself.
 
1. Create a new folder on the root of your flashdrive called "PS3"
2. Inside that folder create a secondary folder called "THEME" (both of these are important, as the PS3 won't recognize the theme without these!)
3. Paste the .p3t into the "THEME" folder
4. Insert the flashdrive into your PS3
5. Under Theme Settings go to install, and the flashdrive should pop up with the theme
6. Install the theme, then select it from the menu
7. Enjoy!
 
Changelog:
 
v0.1Alpha: Initial version. Background, Users, and power icons added, also test for custom cursor (appears to still be broken) added.
v0.2Alpha: -Added settings, music, video, tv/video services,  and network icons.
-Modified Power icon's appearance to clean it up a bit. -Changed all Icons colorscale to purple to match theme. v0.3Alpha: -Added game icon and friends icon
v0.4Alpha: -Added system update, game settings, bluray settings, music settings and chat settings icons
-working on adding PSP support v0.5Alpha: - Added system settings, theme settings, time settings, accessory settings, and printer settings icon.  
Other Info:
 
Will this mess up my PS3?
No. Creating custom themes is completely supported by Sony, and they even offer guides on how to install and create them. It is completely safe to install.
 
Are you going to make other themes?
Possibly.
 
Can I make a theme request?
Possibly in the near future. Though keep in mind these take a long time to make, so I won't be doing a ton of requests, but I may accept commissions to make some.
 
Where did you get the icons?
I borrowed some of the border from the actual game and modified it myself, so more or less, they are custom made.
 
Can I modify this theme?
Yes, so long as I am accredited for my work.
 
How do you make these?
A full fledged tutorial would be tedious to explain, but here is the abridged version: I use a program for creating PS3 themes, which is free to download combined with photoshop, a cursor editor, a sound converter and more. There are a number of programs required to make PS3 themes in full, but there are a number of tutorials and guides online on how to make them. The annoying part is that the PS3 is VERY picky about file formats, sizes, etc. It has to be EXACTLY as the system wants it or it won't accept it. For example, the preview icon MUST be 64x64 saved as a 8bit png with 128 dither for web format. If it is ANYTHING slightly different from that, the program will return an error and won't accept it. It requires a lot of patience.
 
Why are you posting this?
To give my work away, and to sort of keep a record of my changes, so I can see my progress.

So I have been fooling around with the PS3 theme builder after I was messing with my PSP theme, and I decided I wanted to try my hand at making a full theme (and put my degree in graphic design to work, I suppose). I am still in the very early alpha stages, because building an entire theme is a lot of work, and I'm only a few hours into designing the icons and such. The final product is going to have a complete icon set, cursors, sounds, and the works.
 
I'll probably update this thread later on with what build it is currently on, and eventually I think I may remake the KH2 Final Mix theme because really, the theme they gave us for completing the game is just kind of a wallpaper... But this theme is Starcraft 2, particularly Heart of the Swarm.
 
Below is a current preview of what it looks like,  followed by a download link, and if I get time, a video of what it looks like on your PS3 (but I'm sure many of you can check for yourself).
 
As I said, this is a VERY early alpha, intended only for testing purposes for those willing to try it, and will hopefully lead to me making future themes if I feel it's well received.
 
Last Update: 1/31/2015 8:55PM
Preview Image:
 

 
Note: the little white dots do not appear on the actual theme, for some reason the preview generator does that!
Download Link:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wbh17q6hgrwt7j/Kerrigan.p3t
 
How to Install:
 
First you're going to need obviously:
-A PS3 and dualshock 3 controller (duh)
-A flashdrive that is formatted and compatible with your system
-A computer to copy the files to the flashdrive from
-The theme file itself.
 
1. Create a new folder on the root of your flashdrive called "PS3"
2. Inside that folder create a secondary folder called "THEME" (both of these are important, as the PS3 won't recognize the theme without these!)
3. Paste the .p3t into the "THEME" folder
4. Insert the flashdrive into your PS3
5. Under Theme Settings go to install, and the flashdrive should pop up with the theme
6. Install the theme, then select it from the menu
7. Enjoy!
 
Changelog:
 
v0.1Alpha: Initial version. Background, Users, and power icons added, also test for custom cursor (appears to still be broken) added.
v0.2Alpha: -Added settings, music, video, tv/video services,  and network icons.
-Modified Power icon's appearance to clean it up a bit. -Changed all Icons colorscale to purple to match theme. v0.3Alpha: -Added game icon and friends icon
v0.4Alpha: -Added system update, game settings, bluray settings, music settings and chat settings icons
-working on adding PSP support v0.5Alpha: - Added system settings, theme settings, time settings, accessory settings, and printer settings icon.  
Other Info:
 
Will this mess up my PS3?
No. Creating custom themes is completely supported by Sony, and they even offer guides on how to install and create them. It is completely safe to install.
 
Are you going to make other themes?
Possibly.
 
Can I make a theme request?
Possibly in the near future. Though keep in mind these take a long time to make, so I won't be doing a ton of requests, but I may accept commissions to make some.
 
Where did you get the icons?
I borrowed some of the border from the actual game and modified it myself, so more or less, they are custom made.
 
Can I modify this theme?
Yes, so long as I am accredited for my work.
 
How do you make these?
A full fledged tutorial would be tedious to explain, but here is the abridged version: I use a program for creating PS3 themes, which is free to download combined with photoshop, a cursor editor, a sound converter and more. There are a number of programs required to make PS3 themes in full, but there are a number of tutorials and guides online on how to make them. The annoying part is that the PS3 is VERY picky about file formats, sizes, etc. It has to be EXACTLY as the system wants it or it won't accept it. For example, the preview icon MUST be 64x64 saved as a 8bit png with 128 dither for web format. If it is ANYTHING slightly different from that, the program will return an error and won't accept it. It requires a lot of patience.
 
Why are you posting this?
To give my work away, and to sort of keep a record of my changes, so I can see my progress.

I definitely was not as thrilled about 1.5 in America that's for sure. I mean these numbers make sense for those places, but as it states above these are North American sales, so it kind of still doesn't make sense how Re:CoM and KH1 which definitely were not as loved as 2 and BBS sold more.