News: Canned Dogs operational

March 12, 2007, 07:59 PM

by brandon, via various -
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Zepy's site Canned Dogs is up and running again. He used to talk about doujin software, but has turned his focus mostly on eroge for the new iteration of the site. In his recent posts, two are particularly interesting. The first post, the contents of which simon alluded to some time ago on Gamesetwatch some time ago, is the top 20 eroge sales for 2006. Zepy adds a bit of context and compares to the top 5 of 2005, which was pretty much the genre's best year in terms of having high-selling titles.

Remember that these games are done by teams of very few people, and sell for just under $100 each, more in limited versions. This is the situation with most PC software in japan, and used to be, as the head of NEC Interchannel america told me before they closed, a license to print money.

The other interesting bit is that Studio Miris (splash page work safe...after that you're on your own) is closing down. The company was best known for its game Tsukikagerou according to zepy. They were adventure game developers by trade, but dabbled in the action and ARPG genres (neither link is worksafe if you navigate away from the main page). Aozora Gakko no Senseikun will be the company's final game.

Anyway, zepy seems to be updating regularly now (though that statement is often the kiss of death), so check it out from time to time if the subject matter interests you. Be aware that most of the time even I, who can recognize a voice by a song they did for a famous h-game (see the update), have little idea what he's talking about.