a packaged title, so when they're looking at the bottom line and haven't actually had real success to NBA Live Mobile Coins speak of then everybody gets negative," he said. "If just one publisher would start making digital titles that would sell well in the West, then they would realize 'oh, these are very profitable and this is a very good business model that we can go after.'"Inafune attempted this himself with one of the last titles he worked on at Capcom: Mega Man Universe, a re-imagining of the franchise he helped
, which would be released exclusively through digital channels. That game was canceled shortly after his resignation."I was very disappointed at that outcome for several reasons," he said, chief among them that a digital game using a brand name that has value in the Cheap NBA Live Mobile Coins west, like Mega Man, could have been a "very important step" for Capcom to take toward embracing the digital market. "Now they're right back where they started a few years ago in not understanding digital content and not [
] able to keep up with the West in that area."Inafune has not yet announced what his next adventure -- digital game or otherwise -- will be, though he does say that there is one project he hopes to show at this year's Tokyo Game Show, due to be held in September."There's no promises on that," he added.This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Ben Abraham on topics including a world without Square Enix, "taking the shot" machinima,
more.]Okay, its that time to get this weeks most interesting bits of writing all in the MMOGO same room without them causing a fightAt the very new blog The Game Saver the author has a hugely provocative essay this week on games, art, etc. Its also problematic in a couple of ways, but Ill leave the interpretation of it up to you, dear readers. For now lets just say its worth reading. Heres the polemic opening:" what I am about to say is tragically controversial: there is an objectively