Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! | Launching February... Closing May

Last edited by jawa_ on Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:53 am, edited 1 time in total.

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I saw this story and... well, it sure is odd.

VG247 wrote:The global release date for Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! has been revealed. But before you get too excited, the game's global closure date was also announced in the same Twitter post. Launching in February 2024, the game will be supported for a whopping three months, before closing its doors in May 2024.

What that actually means is that you'll be able to download and play the game to your heart's desire starting from next month (with an exact release date to be determined), but when May 31 rolls around you'll no longer be able to download it or buy any in-app purchases. This is a gacha game by the way, with new idols being acquired through in-app purchases.

Source: vg247.com

So... a game is launching globally in February but will then close down in May. And it's a live service game, which means players pay real money to make progress.

The game launched in Japan last year but is closing in March.

I don't get it. Why would anyone pay out money when they know the game will only be available for a few months? Gaming is getting crazier.

People are strawberry floating idiots.

EDIT: Not you jawa. Not this time.

I was cackling at that tweet when I saw it -- going straight for the "however..." is such a funny way to phrase it. The social media intern definitely knew it would it be a hit tweet.

It really is spectacularly odd. I get that much of the X/Tweet is to get people talking about it... but will people really spend out on a "live service" game knowing that it's around for just a few months?

Or maybe this is some weird scheme to draw interested people in and, later, the publisher will announce that - "due to demand" - the game will carry on?

I saw this and couldn't believe what I was reading. Announcing they're going to release it in Feb... then close it three months later. My ex was playing Japanese version and it was already translated was very frustated with this too.

jawa_ wrote:I get that much of the tweet is to get people talking about it... maybe this is some weird scheme to draw interested people in and, later, the publisher will announce that - "due to demand" - the game will carry on?

Worth a punt I suppose!

(By them, not by me, obviously)

Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! | Launching February... Closing May

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