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Metal Gear Rising demo up on JP PSN [Region Locked. No US/EU/Asia. Snake? Snaaaaake!]
- Thread starter ezekial45
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It did have it there.
EDIT: Beaten. It was indeed just not on-disc like the Western PS3 release.
SolidSnakex
Member
Wow. I... I don't even see the point.
It's not like the game is terrible; hell, it's quite the opposite, as even the slightly rough ZOE2 HD Collection demo showed a ton of promise. So it's definitely not like there is something to hide.
It's not like more people downloading a JPN demo as opposed to an eventual Western demo is going to affect western sales, like at all.
Are they trying to increase sales for the ZOE HD Collection abroad? Well that would be nice if they actually had High Voltage comeback in and fix most of the framerate issues that have fans across the globe have been complaining about instead of trying to bleed out a mediocre HD Collection with a straight face.
If ZOE HD Collection was as good as it deserved to have been, then maybe, maybe I could see some faint justification in this ploy. But it wasn't (and boy, ZOE fans know this more than anyone).
Basically, if we are at the point where we are region-locking demos for illogical reasons, boy, I would hate to see how devs can top this in the future.
It's not like the game is terrible; hell, it's quite the opposite, as even the slightly rough ZOE2 HD Collection demo showed a ton of promise. So it's definitely not like there is something to hide.
It's not like more people downloading a JPN demo as opposed to an eventual Western demo is going to affect western sales, like at all.
Are they trying to increase sales for the ZOE HD Collection abroad? Well that would be nice if they actually had High Voltage comeback in and fix most of the framerate issues that have fans across the globe have been complaining about instead of trying to bleed out a mediocre HD Collection with a straight face.
If ZOE HD Collection was as good as it deserved to have been, then maybe, maybe I could see some faint justification in this ploy. But it wasn't (and boy, ZOE fans know this more than anyone).
Basically, if we are at the point where we are region-locking demos for illogical reasons, boy, I would hate to see how devs can top this in the future.
Exclusive to ZoE HD Collection.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
it's usually for financial reasons, which doesn't explain a demo.
LiquidSolid
Member
So instead of not buying the ZOE HD Collection, people won't buy both the ZOE HD Collection AND Metal Gear Rising? Genius!
Konami are so amazingly dumb.
Selling ZoE HD!
Well, I mean there is a myriad of problems with this approach. Mostly including how people who were not interested in ZOE are not really going to buy it now, that most people already know about the technical issues the game has (and they have to know now that High Voltage Software and Konami haven't said jack shit about the game's performance issues or even fixing graphical glitches that were not in the original despite inquires lodged on twitter, facebook, etc), and if they truly decide to skimp out on a western demo before the game's release, they'll only be hurting the game's chances on the market more than otherwise.
Konami might as well be like "We're holding the demo hostage behind a niche, but well-regarded HD duo despite how we refuse to fix glitches and technical issues of said HD Collection (and said issues even managed to piss off the die-hard fans of this niche series in a lot of ways)."
And that's the part that baffles me about this whole situation; it's like Konami wants to have their cake and eat it too (by trying to bleed out ZOE sales with absolutely no effort). I guess if the game gets sold, it doesn't matter if ZOE1 or 2 are played, but why even take a risk off pissing of the public (and if there is no western Rising demo before its launch, possibly jeopardizing early says) so needlessly?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Btw duckroll on a totally separate topic just what is your avatar from? Looks familiar but cant place a name
It's already out. You just have to buy Zone of the Enders HD Collection to play it.
One Punch Man.
So no psn release announced?
zerokoolpsx
Member
This software cannot be started due to region restrictions.
Damn, lol.
Damn, lol.
For just the demo? No. I don't believe they'll ever release the demo for free in the west, on account of it being tied to the ZOE HD Collection (which costs money, of course).
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Spring-Loaded
Member
Whew, thank goodness. We'll be able to go into this fresh when we buy the actual game 
Konami saw it cratering and destroying years of good will and thought "If we want to compete with capcom, we need this"
mind you I'm getting an error trying to download ANY japanese demo right now
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
Member
Well... The Japanese ZOE HD Edition version of the demo through the download code wasn't retroactively region-locked. It also wasn't patched at all, so any problems that people ran into are still there I guess.
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
I wish I knew what some of those reasons were (besides "localization costs"). I feel like a lot of companies are being either childish or lazy when it comes to certain releases - in some cases - both.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Don't import it? it's not rocket science.
Yeah that's what I thought. Fuck it's like every developer whose games i'm interested in loves fucking over australia.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Awesome, thanks for the reply Duckroll!
Castor Krieg
Banned
Is Asian FFXIII PS3 out of question as well?
LiquidSolid
Member
I sure as hell wouldn't buy it, even though I really want to play it and was going to get a PAL copy anyway.
GoncaloCCastro
Member
I'm going to buy Rising day one, but I really wanted to try the demo
It's a pretty sad situation, if they are region locking a demo because the same version is being sold with a game in western territories. This is almost like Konami saying that the ZOE HD Collection is only worth buying because of the Rising demo.
I was waiting all week for this...
It's a pretty sad situation, if they are region locking a demo because the same version is being sold with a game in western territories. This is almost like Konami saying that the ZOE HD Collection is only worth buying because of the Rising demo.
I was waiting all week for this...
doniewhalberg
Member
How disappointing. So many games are out at the same time that I know I'll like, this was one of those few occasions a demo literally was going to determine whether I tried to fit the game in or not. Guess they made it easy.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
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slaughterking
Member
Thanks, Atlus!
Why not limit it to Royal blood Japanese bald males owned ps3s?
harrypmgaga
Member
Do some of you honestly not know the demo is available with the ZOE HD collection?
Gouda Jouji
Member
Some of us have no interest in ZOE, or don't want to support mediocre HD Collections.
I find this kind of meltdown-y. I laughed, though.
No...no....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
CosmicGroinPull
Member
^Ehh. Not really. WHen I think meltdowns, I expect essays.
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
So did you come in here just to make a condescending drive-by post and do nothing else?