Japanese men play a lot of Love Plus, start pissing their wives and girlfriends off
Oops. It seems like Konami's inventive marketing campaign for the DS dating sim Love Plus may have been a little bit too successful. Moving an impressive 46,426 copies in its first week (beating out Idolm@ster-killer Dream C Club), the game apparently captured married and other attached men in its high-school-aged snares. And the men are eating it up, some hooked so thoroughly that they're sleeping next to their DS's and taking them into the bath. Forums have been set alight as to whether lavishing more attention on one's cartridge-based girlfriend is considered "cheating." To me this whole thing is a tiny bit overblown, in part thanks to the relatively unique circumstances of the game itself. I imagine these complaints would sound less interesting if Love Plus' virtual girlfriends appeared more along the lines of an inhuman pet ala Tamagotchi, etc. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)My wife actually told me that she would buy a male version of this game and properly cheat on me with it. I'm so proud of her. My wife actually told me that she would buy a male version of this game and properly cheat on me with it. I'm so proud of her. I would be proud too, Tim Sheehy. Tim Sheehy you are married!? And here i thought the japanator staff consisted solely of available bachelors and bachelorettes. 10:00 AM on 04.19.2013 Review: Devil Survivor OverclockedDevil Survivor Overclocked has certainly seen a rocky release here in Europe, finally landing in the laps of desperate Atlus fans well over a year after the rest of the world. What's more, the eventual launch was hampered wit...
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