Video games in Pelinai (Pacifica)

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The Video games industry of Pelinai is one its most influential and fastest growing industries, representing a significant portion of the Pelinese entertainment sector and domestic economy as a whole. The total value of the Pelinese video game market was worth approximately ◎4.3 billion hana (~int$14.1 billion) in 2022.

History

1980s

1990s

2000s

The 2000s saw significant expansion of the developing Pelinese video game industry in terms of employment metrics, number of releases, and total revenue. Multiple major native Pelinese video games and franchises such as Labyrinth and Pacifica Protection Platoon also launched their first releases during this decade, helping to facilitate long-term stability in the following decades. The decade would notably see the release of the most popular video game in Pelinese history, Hyper-Radiance: Fuyuko Vs. the Blue Slime, in 2002, beginning the long-running Hyper-Radiance series and marking a landmark development in the Pelinese role-playing video game industry with its highly complex and innovative combat mechanics.

Pelinese MMORPGs Hanariku Online and Feudal Wars were both released on March 16, 2007, beginning both the rise of the genre’s popularity in Pelinai and the Pelinese MMO Wars that immediately followed. A total of 3 additional MMORPGs and similar online games would later be launched by the end of 2009 as the MMO Wars began to intensify; Hanariku Online held the largest active playerbase at this time, followed closely by Feudal Wars and then by other competitors.

2010s

2020s

Reach

Video game conventions

The largest video game-related convention or trade fair consistently held in Pelinai is the National Pelinese Video Game Expo, which occurs every summer and is supported by the Pelinese Ministry of Culture. In addition to functioning as a centralized time for Pelinese video game companies and publishers to announce new releases and other major actions, the event also features industry seminars and exhibition booths that may be attended by the public. NPVGX’s high attendance and industry media coverage makes it one of the most important annual dates for Pelinese video game producers, and release schedules for new titles are commonly structured around it.

Cultural influence in Pelinai

Cultural influence abroad

Impact on other gaming industries

Industry

The Pelinese domestic video games industry as a whole is well-established as a growing sector of the economy, covering developers, hardware suppliers, and distribution channels. A burgeoning electronics manufacturing & software industry as well as rising household incomes have increased the video games industry’s access to affordable equipment, qualified developers, and a large domestic market, and these factors are forecasted to produce further industry development in the future.

Developers

Glass Diamond Software

Seikokashi Software

Seikokashi Software is a video game development company headquartered in Shizukaiyō, Pelinai, notable for producing popular Pelinese P-RPG franchises Hyper-Radiance and Starry Lance. Entries from both franchises are on the list of ten best-selling Pelinese games of all time, and Seikokashi is the fifth largest development studio in Pelinai by yearly revenue and number of employees.

Seikokashi Software as a video game developer specializes in producing Pelinese-style RPG titles for PC and Sakanoba consoles, typically with a humorous theme. Its two most notable franchises are P-RPG series Hyper-Radiance and tactical RPG series Starry Lance, followed by Reverie of the Lake; it also develops the Yumeko and the Wraith series of dungeon-crawl RPGs for the Setako Fold2.

Publishers

Setako Game Studios

Setako Game Studios is the video game development and publishing arm of Pelinese game console manufacturer Setako PKB. It operates three different development studios in Stelossia and Yukisora, with its primary studio and headquarters both located in Hayatsu, Stelossia, and produces first-party franchises for Setako consoles in addition to publishing games. Many of its more popular in-house franchises, such as Color of the Sea and Silent Forest, are significant sources of launch titles and console-selling games for the Setako consoles such as the Fold series.

Hardware

Sakanoba

Sakanoba is a video game console manufacturer and first-party video game developer, and is the largest producer of video game consoles and peripheral hardware in Pelinai by units sold. It primarily manufactures home consoles for the Pelinese domestic market, including some of the most successful ones by sales volume such as the Clara of the early 2000s, the Tyr, and the current-generation Tillsi.

Setako

Setako PKB is a Pelinese electronics hardware company headquartered in Dainēsa that manufactures primarily handheld gaming devices. Its main line of consoles starting in the seventh console generation has been the Fold series, including the original Fold, the Fold2, and the current Fold3.

Statistics

Employment

Demographics

Best-selling video game franchises

Below is a list of the top 10 best-selling video game franchises in Pelinai, according to statistics collected by the Subdirectorate of Media Industry Statistics under the Pelinese Ministry of Economics.

All-time best-selling individual video games in Pelinai
Rank Title Genre Publication year Sales Platform(s) Developer Publisher
1 Hyper-Radiance P-RPG 2002 X PC; Sakanoba Clara Seikokashi Software X
2 Hanashi III TPS 2014 X PC; Sakanoba Porea Molniya Studios X
3 X X X X X X X
4 X X X X X X X
5 Starry Lance 2 P-RPG 2007 X PC; Sakanoba Tyr;
rereleased on Setako Fold2
Seikokashi Software X
6 Hanariku Online MMORPG 2007 X PC Meteru Software X
7 Pacifica Protection Platoon 4 TPS 2023 X PC; Sakanoba Porea Glass Diamond X
8 Labyrinth III: the Tower to Heaven P-RPG 2009 X Setako Fold X X
9 Hyper-Radiance VIII: Sweets in the Sky P-RPG 2022 X PC; Sakanoba Tillsi Seikokashi Software X
10 Yukihana Dogfighter 2023 X X X X
All-time best-selling video game franchises in Pelinai
Ranking Title First Pelinese publication year Franchise owner
1 Hyper-Radiance 2002 Seikokashi Software
2 x x x
3 Pacifica Protection Platoon 2008 Glass Diamond
4 x x x
5 x x x
6 x x x
7 x x x
8 Hanashi 2009 Molniya Studios
9 x x x
10 x x x

Ratings and government oversight