Comments on: flOw PSP Out Tomorrow

By: Ar-Pharazon

Ar-Pharazon — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:47:21 +0000

It was planned to come out on the 6th… but QA just needed more time with it than expected.

By: norbz

norbz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:11:26 +0000

I hope you’re right. I’m more pissed off because of the lack of communication, no release date was given for Europe so “we”, I mean, I, the magazine’s, people on forums, thought that it will come out on the 6th.

There is no big deal announcing that the european version will comme out one the [insert any date], we are used to it…

By: Ar-Pharazon

Ar-Pharazon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:53:49 +0000

Also, BTW, the European version supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and Japanese (well, really the US version does this too). I can’t attest to the quality of the translations, since I speak only English, but I can say that text is less important in this game than in most.

And, not to be misleading — when I say “not too much longer”, we are likely talking about weeks, but not months.

By: Ar-Pharazon

Ar-Pharazon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:27:21 +0000

It is on the way to both Europe and Japan. It is really regrettable it wasn’t ready in all three territories on the same date, but the QA departments outside the US have a slower turnaround time. The North American version waited for a while, after it was deemed ready, for the other territories to be ready too, but I think after a while Sony felt like enough was enough, and let it go to the US store.

It really shouldn’t be too much longer before it hits Europe.

By: norbz

norbz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:50:38 +0000

This game looks really great, I can’t wait any longer to play it… Oh but wait ! WTF ! I thought it should come on the 6th ! What ? Only for the US store ?

When will sony (and actually all the video game industry) consider to come the game out in europe as in usa ?

I’m really pissed off ’cause I have to wait until… ??? and I can’t create a US PS store account. I DON’T care to play a game in english so WHY should I wait for a bad translation to be made ?

By: Ar-Pharazon

Ar-Pharazon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:50:58 +0000

I think maybe it wasn’t clear to everyone what flOw PSP is, and that might be the cause of all the disagreement that’s going around in this thread. It’s a port of the PS3 game to the PSP. It’s not added value or new content — it’s flOw PS3 re-created as exactly as possible on the PSP. If you have already played the game to death on the PS3, then no one is holding a gun to your head to buy it for the PSP. If you had two PS3s, would you buy the original flOw twice, once for each machine?

However, there are actually people out there who have a PSP, but don’t have a PS3, and were never able to play flOw before. They might be interested in this download.

There’s also a simple reason why flOw PSP wasn’t built into flOw PS3 as a remote-play feature or whatever. When That Game Company developed flOw a year ago, they had their hands full making the game for PS3. I hope it doesn’t surprise anyone to hear that the PSP does not have a PS3 inside it. They are completely different machines. When flOw PS3 met with some success, Sony hired SuperVillain Studios to re-create the game on PSP. A whole staff of people worked for months and were paid salaries in order to make this happen. Thus, the game is sold as a downloadable game, rather than a free give-away. It would have been neat, yes, if they were developed at the same time as a unified package, but that just isn’t how it worked out in reality.

By: nabokovfan87

nabokovfan87 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:46:40 +0000

“By the way, this is much different and a much richer experience than the flash version, so to say that it’s just a port of the flash game isn’t at all accurate.”

well randy,

i appreciate you answering my post, but i dont think you understand what i mean. on the ps1 games that were “remade” for the ps3/psp the quality isnt really changed. the manual is added, but its the same basic game. Flow, is in that same boat. i swim around peacefully, eating things and mentally relaxing. the gameplay is the same, and the psp version will look pretty close to the ps3 version (not to the flash as you replied). it feels like i am paying twice for the same thing, just like echochrome, when really instead of segmenting your potential customers i think it is time to realise that people like me with both a psp and a ps3, telling our friends that the download games are good, isnt because we enjoy paying twice for the same content.

just because i can port my save doesnt mean a thing, flow isnt about saving or anything like that. take a look at the sales for the expansion pack of flow, i bet they sold miserably compared to the full game, ya know why, content. it wasnt a justified purchase, and its happening again. it seems like you all at sony want to milk us, and, well, we can tell.

-nabokovfan87

By: cappinkuts

cappinkuts — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:31:32 +0000

they won’t answer it.. i asked a question… i got ignored and then my comment was deleted. I ask again and still no answer.

By: KatanaKing

KatanaKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:13:17 +0000

The PSN is a joke, no content, how is this possible??? Could you answer that one pls???

By: Vip3r

Vip3r — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:56:02 +0000

I really like fl0w on the PS3 with its gameplay and music but I was wondering. When will this come to the PSP in Europe? Plus is there any chance you’ll be making more expansions for the PS3 version? I know you can’t say anything about it but just to give you a heads up, I’d love for fl0w.

;)