If you haven’t bought the digital versions of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception or Mask of Truth for either PlayStation 4 or Vita, you’re out luck. Atlus has delisted the games without warning because, according to a representative, the license ran out. The games still seem to be up on Steam, but those versions were published by DMM GAMES
While it does suck, it seems the physical versions are priced pretty fairly (Mask of Truth on Vita costs $25 bucks). To be honest both of these titles released in the West in 2017 and haven’t really heard too many people talking about them to the point of actually asking, do you think its worth it for a company like Atlus to update licenses for games that might not be selling so hot? Also shouldn’t these companies give us an advance noticed that these games will be delisted to see if any consumers want to add it to their library?
[Via Gematsu]
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It’s probably not worth renewing the license, but yes, I definitely think a license holder should let people know, just out of common courtesy if anything. Sure there was plenty of time to buy them, and I’m sure most that wanted them have, but I can only assume there’d be a sales spike with people impulse buying before a game gets pulled.