As interesting as it may seem, a Japanese RPG flops in Japan because it is exclusively on Xbox One. The game Chaos: Child, which was released as an Xbox exclusive last Dec of 2014, flopped miserably in Japan. Today, the 5pb game Chaos: Child will finally be released on the PS4 in hopes to redeem its failure with Xbox.
The Chaos:Child is within a genre called "visual novels." These are games mostly composed of images and videos that drives the story to players. It is basically a story-telling platform with player interaction. Chaos: Child was first announced as a Xbox one exclusive, mainly because of the console's parity clause.
However, after its Xbox release in Japan, the game didn't catch on, in fact, it was almost like it never existed.The failure was a surprise as the game was geared to Japanese anime fans. Though the reason is not specific, the game being released in the Xbox, which is not that popular in Japan may have caused the flop.
The visual novel game is about a High school newspaper reporter investigating a series of disappearances caused by a so called "new generation madness." The game revolves on a mystery/sci-fi plot in an adventure type theme.
Currently, 5pb have already released an amazing Chaos: Child Japanese demo with almost seven hours of gameplay. Screenshots of the demo were released online showcasing the artwork and style of the game. Though most of the demo is the story-telling part, fans have seven hours to decide whether to start a pre-order or just close the novel and start emptying disk space.
The game will be released on the PS4, PS3 and vita on June 2015. Alongside this, 5pb also announced that Chaos;Child will also get its own anime. One can only hope how things will work out once the Playstation version of the game hits the market.
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