All PlayStation Fans Need to Buy the Latest Famitsu Magazine

@somnambulance Literally exactly what I was thinking. Pretty sure a lot of PSone franchises have potential in Japan, and could be sold to a global audience with the right appeal.

I mean, s***, just do Rhythm Heaven but with PaRappa and a cohesive story. I'd buy that.

If only a sequel had been announced alongside it.

@somnambulance they have to find out how to turn it into a cinematic third person action game with light stealth and rpg mechanics first

I would buy the magazine if i can read and understand kanji / hiragana / katakana.

@somnambulance

if it’s still so popular in Japan, make a new one!

They tested the water with Parappa remastered and it only sold 16K copies in Japan. I doubt a new game would sell well or give significant boost for PS sales in Japan.

I think there's nothing Sony can do to change PS brand position in Japan. The market only care about Nintendo and mobile.

@PuppetMaster They should try harder.

Make a new game that appeals to modern sensibilities and explicitly capitalizes on the enduring legacy of the IP. Hell, put it on Switch if they have to; even if it doesn't sell PS5s, they can at least do everything in their power to strengthen the IP into something that eventually can be a system seller.

@RoomWithaMoose > They should try harder
> Put the game on Switch

Lmao 🤣

@PuppetMaster Make a cheap PaRappa game that appeals to Japanese children, all of which own a Switch, to make the IP a household name. Once that demo is older, a bigger PaRappa game can be made into a system seller.

Don't see the issue there.

I never bought a Famitsu magazine, but it's cool that Parappa is on the cover. Crazy that the game will be 30 this year.

@get2sammyb My plan entails a decade-long, multi game effort to revitalize the franchise.

Not exactly easy. Simple, is more apt.

EDIT: And while I would love for Sony to do this with a bunch of their old franchises, probably the only two worth the effort are PaRappa and Ape Escape. Maybe Boku, just because it feels like a cozy Japanese nostalgia game would've been more successful in the last 5 years than ever before. All 3 of which could be a boon in Japan, which is a market worth appealing to.

It’s actually sad how small PlayStation’s stable of actively worked on properties has gotten. I hoping that Sons of Sparta sets a precedent of working with smaller studios to release smaller games quicker and cheaper.

Luckily I am in Japan next month, so I will try and hunt this down!

@RoomWithaMoose You're free to fantasize whatever strategy that you see fits. But i'm sure Sony knows a lot more than you when they received Japan sales numbers for Astro Bot and Parappa remastered as well Freedom Wars HD, Patapon 1+2, and Everybody's Golf for Switch. They knew the cold hard truth about Playstation IP's value / popularity in Japan market.

@PuppetMaster Markets aren't static. And PlayStation losing its grip on the Japanese market is neither set in stone nor beyond their control.

Dunno why you pseudo-realists think making Uncharted, The Last of Us, and Zero Dawn ad nauseum is the only logical future for PlayStation and will continue being financially viable for decades to come. Sounds to me a lot like what destroyed Ubisoft... At least PlayStation's games are better; we'll see how far that gets them.

EDIT: It's also weird you're putting so much faith in the decision making of a company you consistently criticize whenever there's a layoff or closure.

@get2sammyb I dunno, maybe that's all Sony will see. But I think there's a lot of reasons Sons seemingly didn't resonate (like it being an average game) that should be considered when thinking about doing a similar project in the future.

Also, 100k sounds like a modest success for what was presumably a very cheap game with no marketing budget. I doubt Cadence of Hyrule — the best comparison I can think of — sold much better.

I live in Japan and buy famitsu occasionally. It really is nice. I’m not a fan of PaRappa though so I’ll skip this one

Unfortunately, due to tariffs, that $9.99 Famitsu magazine becomes $27.89. Not really worth buying at that point.

Weekly Famitsu July 2 & 9, 2026 Combined Issue No (1952) (Japan): $9.99
Economy - Delivered Duty Paid: $17.90
Total: $27.89

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