rashonmon
01-13-2005, 12:35 AM
Middle aged Japanese women may push system over the top.
By Anoop Gantayat
January 11, 2005 - The name Fuyu No Sonata ("Winter Sonata" in English) may mean little to the American public, but in Japan, the Korean television series has been a sensation. In addition to seeing huge ratings in its television airings and massive sales on DVD, it's caused a surge of interest in all things Korean, from Korean language books to trips to Korea, particularly amongst the middle-aged women who've grown attached to the series' star, Bae Yong Joon. Some industry watchers have valued the economic impact of the series at over 500 million dollars.
And now, the PSP may be getting a scoop of this particular brand of highly profitable kimchee. A major Korean newspaper reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Korean is in talks to release the Fuyu no Sonata series on UMD as part of a game/video combination disk. The report indicates that SCE hopes to have the series available simultaneously both in Japan and Korea. Timing for the release is not mentioned in the report.
The series' production company, KBS, hopes to expand to a new age group with the release on UMD, but we expect that, instead, Japanese soccer moms will provide competition for a future wave of PSP units once they learn that they can take Fuyu No Sonata with them wherever they go. Why, Sony? Why?
http://psp.ign.com/articles/578/578720p1.html
By Anoop Gantayat
January 11, 2005 - The name Fuyu No Sonata ("Winter Sonata" in English) may mean little to the American public, but in Japan, the Korean television series has been a sensation. In addition to seeing huge ratings in its television airings and massive sales on DVD, it's caused a surge of interest in all things Korean, from Korean language books to trips to Korea, particularly amongst the middle-aged women who've grown attached to the series' star, Bae Yong Joon. Some industry watchers have valued the economic impact of the series at over 500 million dollars.
And now, the PSP may be getting a scoop of this particular brand of highly profitable kimchee. A major Korean newspaper reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Korean is in talks to release the Fuyu no Sonata series on UMD as part of a game/video combination disk. The report indicates that SCE hopes to have the series available simultaneously both in Japan and Korea. Timing for the release is not mentioned in the report.
The series' production company, KBS, hopes to expand to a new age group with the release on UMD, but we expect that, instead, Japanese soccer moms will provide competition for a future wave of PSP units once they learn that they can take Fuyu No Sonata with them wherever they go. Why, Sony? Why?
http://psp.ign.com/articles/578/578720p1.html