So does anyone knows what happened with this VN? I remember getting excited when it came out god knows how many years ago and KEY themselves said that this game would expand the universe of the anime, since they had to cut corners because of the 12 episodes limitation, but after this was released nothing happened, no 2nd beat nor nothing.
Did this game did so poorly that they scraped the whole project?
The sales itself isn't that poor but i think it's lower than what they expect. Then Maeda actually got heart problem some years ago and had a surgery etc and in the end the whole project is in limbo. The only way to get the "full" story of Angel Beats are right now only from the manga. Though, if English release managed to sell really well then they might consider continuing it...maybe? Yeah, first sekai project need to move their ass lol
I still foolishly hoping for 2nd - 6th beat.
I don't think that was any accurate evidence about the sale, but personally, I feel they atleast made a profit considering how popular Angel beats, its predecessor and the quality of the VN is.
I know it is damm hard to make a sequel to a multiple ending VN so maybe that is one of the reason for the lack of 2nd beat. Like how does the sequel align with first beat if example, players played as an asshole and char X died?
This is indirect to Angel beats first beat, but angel beats is so well liked that Key is still monetizing Angel beats till this day. I have seen so many NSFW merch of kanade, yet they never sell stuff like a new figurine of all the cast, just more sexualized kanade...
The cast of angel beats are also appearing in Key's chibi anime S2, which got released recently. (Atleast this year)
For some reason they don't want to sell an English release or even a Japanese release on steam. While other older and newer projects gets english releases and are released on steam.