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Sony will be publishing Nioh in both Europe and North America
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sixteen-bit
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Not making that Demon's Souls mistake again I see
Newtype-001
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Coolioo.
Nice to see sony supporting it.
Nice to see sony supporting it.
Jarod McChicken
Member
While it's a great news... Persona 5 needed it more than Nioh, from a french/italian/spanish/german point of view 
That whole situation shook the western branches to their cores. Even as much penance they've paid for that mistake, it was still one of the most remarkable misreads in the industry.
Mass Effect
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lol yep. They're like "we're not going to fuck this up again!"
Mikey Jr.
Member
Pretty much.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
It was bizarre. I only had to see footage of DS at TGS running at about 12FPS and just had to get the Asian version. I don't know how they thought it wouldn't appeal.
AsylumBlue
Member
Great news. I want this to grow into a successful franchise like the "Souls" games so we can get great sequels.
Still so crazy they let it go like that in the first place...
I wonder how the Souls series would have been like (at least console wise), had Sony gone all in with Demon's Souls.
AsylumBlue
Member
Shuhei Yoshida is a big fan of the series and feels responsible for that unfortunate misread, so I imagine this has been him making amends (again).
While it's a great news... Persona 5 needed it more than Nioh, from a french/italian/spanish/german point of view
It's also a lot more work for something with (what Sony see as) a lot less sales potential. I'm not really surprised.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
.. Across the world? Or was this like a stealthy way of port begging
mejin
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#4thePlaystationplayers
I think they just mean they're leveraging Sony's marketing power.
Anyway, I was wondering why the Nioh website's western links were all updated recently: http://teamninja-studio.com/nioh/
All the western links were changed to:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/nioh-ps4/
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/nioh-ps4/
https://www.playstation.com/fr-fr/games/nioh-ps4/
https://www.playstation.com/de-de/games/nioh-ps4/
https://www.playstation.com/it-it/games/nioh-ps4/
https://www.playstation.com/es-es/games/nioh-ps4/
Nioh used to have a dedicated website on Team Ninja at links such as:
https://teamninja-studio.com/nioh/us/
But now they just redirect to PlayStation.com.
Did you miss and part where it says "working with Sony". Sony has more marketing muscle in West than KT. They put marketing for this game on Sony's shoulders in exchange for full exclusivity.
AsylumBlue
Member
Is this new, too?
I don't remember seeing it on the official pages before. I think we can now safely say it's a full exclusive.
TimeEffect
Member
I thought this was coming to pc?
Sony better advertise it like a big game, I enjoyed this more than Bloodborne!
Sony better advertise it like a big game, I enjoyed this more than Bloodborne!
Newtype-001
Member
Possible forever exclusive.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
They never once said it would. Been exclusive since it's ps3 days
Lol where have you been
Confirmed we already have the details
Shadylunchbox
Member
Hopefully with pro enhancements. 😆
I dunno why anyone ever doubted that. Every press release I've received from Koei Tecmo about Nioh has included "exclusively for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system."
Yes. Koei Tecmo is a pretty weak publisher overseas, so this would be a large step up for them.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
They're also banking on this to be their next big Ip right? Think I read that somewhere, so it makes sense
Acquiescence
Member
It'll be nice to play a Souls game with an actual story for once.
Over compensating is more like it. That burn still hurts.
What's considered big for them? Is Dynasty Warriors their current biggest franchise?
AsylumBlue
Member
Hope springs eternal for people hoping to skate by this generation without having to buy a "proprietary black box."
Kou Shibusawa made an appearance on Sony's conference and now they're publishing this game overseas for them. I wonder if we'll see more Sony/Koei collaborations in the future
Yup, my thoughts exactly. Good to see they're learning from past mistakes.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I suppose like dynasty warriors(9 hype st psx yeaaaaaaa baby) mmm idk lol not familiar with their other ips. Probably on par with how ninja gaiden use to sell?
If Sony wants to make Nioh a series or give us Ninja Gaiden 4 I'd be more than fine with that.
Ghost Slayer
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I hope someone at Sony remind them that they have a franchise called Ninja Gaiden.
makingmusic476
Member
It still doesn't appear to be up for pre-order on Amazon. =(
AsylumBlue
Member
Eh, Ninja Gaiden can do with the extended vacation.
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