GhostTrick
Banned
Which basically just further confirms the PR answer. Has any PR ever said or announced something because of a leak or anythinf that hasn't be formally announced by PR ?
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Yakuza 0 shows "PS4 Console Exclusive". Coming to PC? (Nah)
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Which basically just further confirms the PR answer. Has any PR ever said or announced something because of a leak or anythinf that hasn't be formally announced by PR ?
LordRaptor
Member
Glossing over the inane platfom wars bullshit you're squirting out for the time being, if you own a PS4 and you want to play Yakuza 0, how would it being ported to another platform in addition to the one you want it on affect you in the slightest?
oh noes people playing a game in another platform thats terrible
Jawbreaker
Member
Well, at least Yakuza 0 runs at 60 FPS.
atlusprime
Atlus PR
While I appreciate the eternal optimisim, I just wanted to be perfectly clear about expectations for the pc gaming crowd. Chiefly that there shouldn't be any expectation for a PC release of Yakuza 0.
I don't know whatever criteria went into determining the box label, but I am telling you definitively to not get your hopes up for anything other than a PS4 release.
I don't know whatever criteria went into determining the box label, but I am telling you definitively to not get your hopes up for anything other than a PS4 release.
I see , It could just be a contract thing then.
Sega usually announce and release a PC port around this time of the year. I wonder if a Yakuza 0 PC announcement is coming soon.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
welp how unfortunate
Mumble mumble TO THE METAL UNIQUE POWER OF THE PS4 mumble mumble.
purseowner
Member
Well damn. Thanks for bringing it over for PS4 though, and hopefully we'll see Kiwami and 6 in due course.
JB2448
Member
Thank you for coming in here to confirm that.
zxcv11223300xi
Neo Member
Thanks for confirming although I already finished Chinese version last year. So I am waiting for Yakuza 6 Chinese version now.
texhnolyze
Banned
No one actually gives a shit and there's no risk of a lawsuit whatsoever. There's several dozens of games that had a "Only on Playstation" label that got released on PC anyways. No one got sued.
It's a SEGA game. From a series that really needs sales.
It's coming. It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when".
GhostTrick
Banned
Let's be fair though, even if you knew, as a PR, you can't announce what hasn't been announced.
You just won't quit huh?
OmegaDL50
Member
Not out of the realm of possibility, I mean if you consider Yakuza 1 and 2 HD got released on the Wii U, of course if such a release happened on the NX, I wouldn't expect it to be localized to the West much like how the Yakuza 1 and 2 HD Wii U release wasn't either.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
well atlusprime has been wrong before...
I'd be curious to see the EU boxart. Mostly because some games, like Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, have "Only on PlayStation" in Europe, but there is no such labelling at all in the United States.
In the current market, the only way they can be sure that it's Only on PlayStation is if they develop it themselves.
In the current market, the only way they can be sure that it's Only on PlayStation is if they develop it themselves.
CertifiedFP
Member
These were also the same words out of Namco's mouth after Zestiria leaked on SteamDB for months before they decided to announce it.
Everything is "Impossible" or "Not currently in our plans" until it suddenly is.
GhostTrick
Banned
I'm just stating facts though. PR coming to say "It's only announced for PS4" is basically PR's job. Have you ever seen a PR comes out and say "Yes, it's happening even though I'm not allowed to say so" ?
And he wouldn't have said anything if he knew otherwise....
No point letting people get hyped over NOTHING and then get disappointed and mad at the publisher.
BigEmil
Junior Member
DryvBy
Member
No, but PR usually keeps it a lot more vague than atlusprime was being. Or they give a no comment. The statement there is about as close to a "never going to happen" as you'll get, because PR also rarely say "it's absolutely never going to happen".
GhostTrick
Banned
Yes, the same way Square Enix's PR kept mentioning Nier Automata being exclusive and then Square Enix later revealing the game was planned for PC since the begining. All I'm saying is that PR can't get out of the road. They can only say what has been said already and what informations they're allowed to say, if they know about it.
The same way Atlusprime was also clear about Persona 5 being a 2015 release. PR say what they are told to say. PR rarely say it's asbolutely never going to happen, yet we had this some many times.
I'm not saying it's obviously happening or whatever. I'm saying you won't get a PR talk because of a leak, rumour or whatever. PRs can talk only after it's formally announced.
Haha that means its done. We all know that Sega Talk for a game that isn't coming out is " We are investigating it"
Steve Youngblood
Member
No, but he could also just not respond at all or be more coy about the status. You know, something like "no plans now but who knows what the future holds!?" that leaves things more open-ended.
DryvBy
Member
Welp, that confirms it for me. Thanks for crushing dreams, dream crusher.
Thanks for the clarification.
GhostTrick
Banned
Yes, but not all PR have the same answers
I mean, Aaron Greenberg said Quantum Break wasn't coming to Steam. Phil Spencer said they wouldn't put money in a title that would release elsewhere, when speaking about RotTR. We all know how it ended.
OmegaDL50
Member
Yup. It's always good to keep your options open but be vague enough for no concrete confirmation either way.
That way you cannot get in trouble if a confirmation later on is debunked or turns out to be true. At least that is what I'd think be the right way to do things if I was a PR guy.
*loud groaning exhale*
In an ideal world I would hope this was just some PR obfuscation to keep the PC version a secret for a bit longer, but the statement seems a bit too pointed and direct for that.
DeathSparks
Member
Well that's a shame
We heard the same answers about Nier. Today we know the game was planned for PC since the beginning.
XANDER CAGE
Member
People who are still clinging to the nebulous sense of identity console exclusives give platforms are really not going to enjoy the next few years. Regardless of whether or not this particular current exclusive is coming to PC or not right now, people are going to need to get used to the idea of games appearing on more platforms. The more expensive games become to develop and the more iterative these platforms get, the less monolithic exclusives become.
I'm not even sure where to start with this one.
I'm not even sure where to start with this one.
It would be great if it went to PC, Yakuza needs more support in the west to even get Sega to consider localizing these titles.
While true, its only to a point, as MS still would have to pay Japanese devs out of their own pocket to support them, and maybe not even then would they bother.
PC is just the right open platform that would secure the best type of sales success potential.
While true, its only to a point, as MS still would have to pay Japanese devs out of their own pocket to support them, and maybe not even then would they bother.
PC is just the right open platform that would secure the best type of sales success potential.
Primethius
Banned
Seriously. Put Yakuza on as many (relevant) platforms as possible to have it get sales success.
*Really, this means mainly PC and PS4. Other's probably aren't going to do jack shit for the game.
Yeah, but it's probably a better idea to take this stuff at face value until something concrete like a Steam registry entry leaks.
Steve Youngblood
Member
Yes, but not all PR have the same answers
I mean, Aaron Greenberg said Quantum Break wasn't coming to Steam. Phil Spencer said they wouldn't put money in a title that would release elsewhere, when speaking about RotTR. We all know how it ended.
Sure. Things change all the time. I'm just cautioning that there's a difference between cautioning that PR shouldn't always be taken at face value and coming off like Jim Carrey with a "so you're telling me there's a chance!?" response and I fear you're coming dangerously close to the latter.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Or they can put Yakuza 1 and 2 on mobile surely.
Not sure if port begging territory
GhostTrick
Banned
Yes, but that's what I'm arguing about after all, where people claims "confirmed to not be happening because PR said so". I'm not saying there's more or less chances. I'm stating PR isn't a fact or a confirmation of anything for the simple reason they're not allowed to state more than what's already formally announced.
Now unless SEGA PR said "The boxart label is a mistake on our end" now that would be a fact. But people expecting PR to deny or confirm a leak/rumour or a piece of clue are likely to get the wrong answer.
Has there been a case where shutting down a rumor or tempering expectations negatively affected a company? It makes more sense to temper expectations than to let a rumor/speculative piece linger and get everyone's hopes up for an extended period of time only to disappoint. Right now, my expectations of a PC port are low, but neither Sal or atlusprime's post completely shut down the possibility. Sega is now free to plan out a PC release down the line and get everyone hyped "out of nowhere" so to speak.
MaximumSpider
Banned
Sucks because this could have gave Yakuza more exposure.
You guys abandoned me by not releasing the PS3 version in the West, so I am abandoning you right here, right meow.
I will probably still play Yakuza 0 someday though.
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