texhnolyze
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"See? There's no audience for Japanese console games on Steam. Told you so."
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Nier Automata Steam - Schrödinger's Release Date
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"See? There's no audience for Japanese console games on Steam. Told you so."
Not sure if serious...
Exentryk
Member
Well, if it is indeed 10th Mar and SE just can't talk about it until PS4 release, then that is at least better than a delayed release for PC.
Lol.
Poor Platinum.
Lol.
He used "XD".
It's as serious as it gets.
There is no such thing as "ps4 release".
The game is out in english TOMORROW. (or 23th)
March 10th is EU date. Every single mulitplatform game gets the EU date on steam, it's always been like this.
America (not the only english version) is 7th.
Glorious and very fitting illustration of this inane roller coaster ride.A friend made this summary.
That's not actually true, not the least of all because Steam supports country-specific unlock times. RE7, for instance, wasn't playable in Japan until the 26th.
Namco does it for their games because I think it's the EU branch that is handling their PC versions.
That's not common at all. (safe for timezones stuff)
Japan and steam have a weird relationship. I'm sure some small country might have issues sometimes. The majority of the EU and NA don't run into those.
The fact that the date in NA is "the date it releases on steam" is, to quote you, in "90% of cases" because the games have WW releases. They're the same in EU.
Bandai Namco alone (and they output a LOT of PC ports) always release their steam version on EU date.
Other games I checked had WW releases (or came out much later, not simultaneously).
I haven't found a single example of a game coming out on Steam before it came out in EU. I'm sure there has to be one or two, but it's not any game in my library. Still, I highly doubt this would be a majority of titles. Or maybe I'm really avoiding them all ahah.
DalikSkywing
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Even if he buys it there for 40 platinum still gets more money from him than you buying your 60 retail copy. Amazing isn't it?
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Member
If its true, then its the most pitiful deal I've ever heard of.
I don't think they get his money off cdkeys sites.
It's the EU release date, not a "money hat", this is a really dumb theory. Don't believe it.
MetalliCabombination
Member
are people being willfully ignorant or are they not reading the thread?
godammit SE, how hard can it be to post an official tweet or something?
godammit SE, how hard can it be to post an official tweet or something?
AlfredX1990
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Why would you play a character action game with an Xbox Controller? Do you hate yourself? Do you think these kind of games always sell more on Sony consoles just cause?
DalikSkywing
Member
I thought that too. Does Sony have to kiss its business goodbye if it's just a 3 days delay?
It actually is common among titles with region-specific release dates, which is most big-ticket releases from larger publishers, most of which I pre-order as they tend to have some sort of content-related incentive and pre-load as they're generally games that could do with a PC performance thread. It's just not standard as it is on consoles owing to the fact that release state changes aren't automatic, which is why you occasionally see an unreleased game appear in the New Releases list -- Steam assumes that the game is supposed to be playable but the developer/publisher is late with flicking the switch.
NippleViking
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Is this a joke-post?
Excuse you?
Heh, I wonder. PSN releases their best selling titles, and every time they have good titles that are heavily discounted, they reach decent positions. Even months after release.
I guess they have less sales and discounts as a whole. But on the other hand, Steam has the crazy discounts (5 to 10 bucks) and bundles, as well as keys resellers going on.
I'm sure both platforms are very profitable, and that's cool.
But it's true that right now ps4 users are busy (GR2, yakuza, nioh, Horizon...) and zelda is coming for "console enthusiasts".
But Japan will also contribute to Nier's sales on console. I really hope the game sells well on both. It deserves all the love it can get in this hell of a release date. (sandwiched with horizon zelda and mass effect+kingdom hearts)
Yes why would Japanese developed games sell better on a Japenese system ... Hmmm surely it's the controller preference!
Come on brah
Mr. Smiley
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SchrodingerC
Member
Oh thank god PC finally got a release day!
Still need to decide to use either K+M or controller...
Still need to decide to use either K+M or controller...
arts&crafts
Member
May or may not have got one.
Ricky Ricardo
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SchrodingerC
Member
Goddamn it, knew I should've read the rest of the thread.
I'm sure the fact that it was a garbage port on a struggling console had nothing to do with it.
Good point. Bayo came out in time where the 360 was bangingI'm sure the fact that it was a garbage port on a struggling console had nothing to do with it.
RampagingSoul
Member
Yep, these games have always sold better on Sony consoles because of the controller. How was I blind to that until now?! /s
People prefer certain controllers. Most character action games are from Japanese companies so they are more likely to sell better on Japanese consoles and sometimes they are only on that console and you have no choice anyway.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I've used both controllers for these kinds of games and they're both just fine not sure what you're talking about.
lmfao
He specifically mentioned cdkeys, a site which buys retail, that's already paid for. So they do get money, just less then they would obv.
His real mistake was even replying to the dude.
Japan knew what was up.
Well, he did say "his money", so technically he's correct.
Edit: Oops, quoted the wrong person. Fixed.
Head.spawn
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I can wait 3 days. I hope they support uncapped high refresh rates.
And by support I mean, don't fuck it up.
And by support I mean, don't fuck it up.
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