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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Centrale on December 05, 2015, 12:53:52 pm
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Gio Corsi just announced Yakuza 0 is coming West for PS4!
Also, Yakuza 5 is out on PS3 on Tuesday Dec. 8. ;-D ;-D ;-D
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Day 1 for Yakuza 5. looking forward to 0
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Good Good.
Time to show hopefully(again) that Yakuza can receive new life in the west.
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Good Good.
Time to show hopefully(again) that Yakuza can receive new life in the west.
I hope it will. It was real unfortunate to see such a great franchise unappreciated. Japanese games renaisance is hopefully real instead of just a huge effort. Would be fantastic after last gen.
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Calling it, SEGA will pretend it doesn't exist because it's not a Sonic game.
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I just cant believe im gonna play a new yakuza game in a couple of day.
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John Hardin confirmed that it'll have both a physical and digital release: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188036476&postcount=115
Also, it looks like only the PS4 version will be released. That being said: they called it a "console exclusive" at the keynote, which they usually only do if there'll be a PC version...
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John Hardin confirmed that it'll have both a physical and digital release: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188036476&postcount=115
Also, it looks like only the PS4 version will be released. That being said: they called it a "console exclusive" at the keynote, which they usually only do if there'll be a PC version...
That's interesting... I do hope it will come to PC, as it would likely find a decent-sized audience there. I'm glad to hear it will have a retail version for PS4, as well... although retail games are a lot less interesting now that they don't have instruction manuals.
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So about SEGA saying on Twitter that they can't confirm if the game will be released in Europe yet: the end of the trailer says that it is coming to Europe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAqu49B-as (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAqu49B-as)
So it seems like either the community manager or the video editor fucked up.
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I think it might be poor communication.
Which, with SEGA, is nothing new.
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I just wanted to post that I'm so happy I get new Yakuza in a few days, and I'm so happy that I can look forward to more Yakuza afterward. Beyond excited/relieved.
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Calling it, SEGA will pretend it doesn't exist because it's not a Sonic game.
Don't piss on the parade dude! Know when to give credit. SEGA America have been doing some pretty great live streams for Yakuza 5.
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Yay! day one for me :)) and so cool we get Zero as well!
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Today is your last chance to get the 15% discount by pre-ordering Yakuza 5. Tomorrow's the big day!
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It's almost surreal to me that Sega decided to announce a localization before they get any numbers on 5. Don't seem like the conservative approach they tend to have these days.
Anyway, Yakuza 0 is easily the best looking game in the series, it's awesome how good the artstyle is, which is one of the reasons why I'm slightly worried about 6 since that tease with Takeshi Kitano simply didn't look as good. As far as gameplay goes, the real time style switching allow the devs to make both Majima and Kiryu much more mechanically engaging and create a combat system with much more flow since the fighting styles aren't migitated by several different characters, which reminds me a lot of Devil May Cry.
Fuck, I really want this game. Those assholes better announce a European release soon.
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Hopefully they realize that it will benefit the series sales in the West if they pick up the pace of the localizations.
I think it'll be an interesting story, although I must admit, seeing a younger, meaner, more ruthless Kiryu is a bit off-putting. But it's cool that the series' longevity has allowed for a grand character arc.
As for the European release... I think it's in the best interest of all of us Western fans of the series that Europe gets in on the action ASAP.
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A lack of a European release would only lend credibility to the rumors that Atlus, not Sega, is behind the sudden push for Yakuza in the West.
Hopefully this is disproven soon with the announcement of a European release.
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A lack of a European release would only lend credibility to the rumors that Atlus, not Sega, is behind the sudden push for Yakuza in the West.
Hopefully this is disproven soon with the announcement of a European release.
As SEGA of America and Atlus USA basically operate of out the same building now I think they are, name aside, basically the same company sharing assets and workers but as far as I know the translation is done by SEGA's side. They have no reason to say otherwise, they let Atlus handle Stella Glow and made no effort to hide it.
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While I think they are using Atlus staff and resources, legally they cannot say that Atlus proper plays a part. Those working on the game are being classed as SEGA staff as it is a SEGA game and falls under SEGA's umbrella. To say Atlus plays any role at all would mean a whole lot of things legally and logistically.
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John Hardin, Atlus PR guy, posted on a Yakuza 5 thread earlier this week in response to people complaining about SEGA using Atlus stratey and ignoring Europe. He basically said it's either this or things go back to the way they were before. Pretty much indicating this is all happening because of Atlus. I'll see if I can find the post, but theres been so many Yakuza threads on gaf recently, so no promises.
I guess Atlus just doesn't have the resources needed for a complete EU localization which is why they ever only do USA. Interesting snippets from a recent yakuza stream by SEGA and Gamesradar. I didn't capture these, @SSF1991 on Twitter did.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV5fWoaWEAEZ_Fv.png)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV5ig7bXAAAKJ7h.png)
Certainly leaves many questions. SEGA Japan has spoke in their financial reports how they want to localize games again, yet it seems SEGA West doesn't want to localize games still? So now it's happening through Atlus instead?
Atlus is the best thing that's ever happened to SEGA in a long time, if that's the case, IMO.
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I feel stupid after cheering for its release. Didnt know it was US only untill yesterday. Time to make a US account if that works
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I feel stupid after cheering for its release. Didnt know it was US only untill yesterday. Time to make a US account if that works
If your thinking of Yakuza 5, its been released in Europe. You can download it now if you haven't. It's Yakuza 0 that isn't coming to Europe as of now. PS4 is region free though, so you can always just import a disc copy if SEGA Europe doesn't want to localize it.
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Nah was talking about 0. Y5 already bought. Gonna play it tonight and maybe post some impressions
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While I think they are using Atlus staff and resources, legally they cannot say that Atlus proper plays a part. Those working on the game are being classed as SEGA staff as it is a SEGA game and falls under SEGA's umbrella. To say Atlus plays any role at all would mean a whole lot of things legally and logistically.
I only say that because typically Atlus hasn't had the best track record as far as releasing their games in Europe goes, something that Sega hadn't struggled much with in recent memory, especially with this series, which I thought did better in Europe than North America, honestly.
Seems strange to me to suddenly not have a European release.
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I am confident there will be a European release.
I think in the end this is kind of good news either way. I think SEGA America/Atlus USA are basically the same company now sharing the same business model, assets and staff and that bodes well for localization of more niche Japanese SEGA games in general. Even on the Yakuza 5 live stream the guy said he think's we're going to see a lot more of this sort of thing in the future.
SEGA Europe are obviously doing their own thing and are in charge of Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Hardlight and even Relic in Canada... But I think, Yakuza being already basically in English SEGA Europe wont have much trouble localizing it, but of course Europe has the added problem of multiple languages to cover.
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Reminder that the PS4 is region free, so even if the game isn't released in PAL regions you can still import the game with no catch.
It's basically a win-win situation in that sense.
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but of course Europe has the added problem of multiple languages to cover.
I understand that, but seeing as how this issue hasn't been a particularly big one for Sega in the past, I really hope it won't become one going forward, as the European SEGA fanbase has been quite good to the company over the years.
It's true that smaller companies like Atlus struggle to put out European releases for this reason, but Sega's a big enough company where it shouldn't be a problem for them to release games in the PAL market.
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Well don't quote me on it but I think Europe will still get these games, I think what this really shows is simply that unlike before when SEGA Europe and America were basically the same outfit doing the same things on different sides of the pond, they're now very different.
Still I think SEGA Europe will see the benefit of localizing these games, but it'll be their own decision on their own terms.
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I think what this really shows is simply that unlike before when SEGA Europe and America were basically the same outfit doing the same things on different sides of the pond, they're now very different.
Hmm. Yeah I s'pose that could be a possibility.
Guess we'll see.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_k3u7mdMds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_k3u7mdMds)
European release has been confirmed, also will be released in early 2017. Like in the US, it'll get a physical release.
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If nobody has any objections, I'd like to take credit for this.
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A little news with lot of (salty) comments :
(http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170105/bpmh8qli.jpg)