Marketing Campaign
Konami and Amazon Japan are having some sort of aggressive marketing campaign, and sent e-mails to registered members of Konami of Japan's website telling them that they should order Love Plus at Amazon Japan. Things get even better or worse (depends on situation), that Amazon is also initiating this campaign on other games especially on Idolmaster, It's pretty much preorder city now. I think they're trying to be the Sony or Microsoft of gaming retailers in Japan.
Pricing: Amazon Japan vs Play Asia
Another thing that's really messed up is the pricing for the games, Amazon's price for Love Plus is insanely cheap for a new game at 4498 yen ($46 US), that's messed up because the Play Asia charges full price for the game, Idolmaster: Dearly Stars has a 1000 yen ($12) price cut at Amazon with the price on Play Asia being a little above full price. I'm also seeing this pattern of selling way below retail price on Amazon US as well, is this even legal in any region period.
Impressions and Preview of Love Plus
I'm actually surprised at Konami on their marketing of Love Plus, they aren't really marketing it for otakus like I thought it was, after I seen the web ad on the official site, it pretty much seems to be marketed to men (25-30) instead of younger persons, which pretty much denotes this game will contain mature themes, situations, and options but nothing too risque and definitely nothing H-worthy (it's a C rated game). Also, I'm noticing the more I look into the game and when a news update appears, the more psyched I am to play this game, and I have never been this hyped for any dating simulation game ever. If anyone else is experiencing similar hype for Love Plus, please post your feelings and opinions.
My Dilemma
Finally, I wonder why the Konamistyle edition of the game hasn't appeared in any online store except for their own, not even Amazon Japan has it for preorder. How the heck are you going to sell a bundle like that when you restrict it to only Konamistyle, they're practically driving customers away telling them to buy the game on Amazon for a reduced price. Amazon and Konami need to do something about this, and put that bundle in stock even if you limit it to 20-100 in stock.
