User blog comment:Seieireppa/Why God Eater 2 Rage Burst and God Eater Resurrection will NEVER BE LOCALIZED, so all of you can STOP BEGGING/@comment-5905591-20151011143652/@comment-1419424-20151011162507

Yakuza's sales might not have been top-tier, but at least they were consistent. Its fanbase might not be large, but it's incredibly dedicated. People had been pushing for a Yakuza 5 release for YEARS. It's a classic series with, again, a dedicated following.

And yeah, GEB was a lost cause in the west to begin with, but there's WAY more reason to look at that and say "bringing over future GE games is a bad idea" than there is to say "maybe we should give it a chance since GEB didn't really get a fair shot," you know? It's all about risk-reward, and in this case, the risk for Bamco FAR outstrips the reward.

And about your VC point? The first game was a revolutionary installment in the SRPG genre. The second... not so much. It's not nearly as important to the genre OR to the VC series, and the fact that it was released on PSP pissed a LOT of people off. The original VC is another game that's a deeply entrenched modern classic, so of course people would be ecstatic that it got a Steam release.

As for me? Why do i like GE even though I know it's garbage? Because I enjoy the fast-paced nature and the thrill of the hunt without having to deal with the technicality, difficulty, and micro-managing of MH. Toukiden feels empty, RO Ace is completely substanceless, and SSD is just... weird. I like GE's aesthetic and the difficulty balance of GEB and GER (not GE2 or RB, those are easy modo). I'm aware that the setting is ill-defined, the characters are laughable, and all that, but... idk, there's something about GE that draws me to it in a way no other hunting game does. Toukiden 2 might change that, though, so we'll see. For now, though...