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[Jimrpg]

Fun fact: Metal Gear Rising is STILL not available in Asia/SEA. I don't know what's wrong with Platinum Games. The only way to get MGR is to use a VPN and activate a steam code purchased from a 3rd party store. Ridiculous! This is why piracy is rampant in SEA.

Guess NiER would be the same

It's super annoying that MGR is available on sale for $5 in every other part of the world but SEA.

Btw I wouldn't use a VPN to activate a steam code, in the off chance you get caught you could get blacklisted. My account is really too precious to have anything happen to it.

Also to add to your point about piracy, it is rampant because people can't afford games here. When the minimum wage is Rm1000 and most people are on RM2000-3000 per month spending rm250 on a game is really for the diehards only.

 

[Jimrpg]

Why is that game not available in 90% of asian regions???

Sometimes they just forget I think.

Though this time it's probably a case of not having finalized some details I suppose. Coordinating between all the SEA countries is not an easy job.

 

[spiritfox]

Region locking games already with drm is not the way to combat piracy.

 

[Bowl0l]

To continue my whining about SE regional pricing: Atelier Firis' preorder also came up on Steam today.

They're both $60 games.

Thanks for sharing. I will just preorder Atelier to show my appreciation of S. Enix thorough world wide release.

 

[longdi]

Why is that game not available in 90% of asian regions???

Asian pirate more games 'duh.

 

[dr_rus]

Why is that game not available in 90% of asian regions???

Local distribution deals which prevent SE from putting the game on sale via Steam on their own?

Although this makes little sense for Japan.

 

[GHG]

Why is that game not available in 90% of asian regions???

It's obviously Sony's fault! Duh.

Spoiler

/s

 

[retardedrockstar]

Not available for Saudi Arabia .. fml

SQENX hasnt been selling anything in KSA recently... not even on the psn store

 

[Sora2k7]

SQENX hasnt been selling anything in KSA recently... not even on the psn store

Their games keep getting banned
It used to not effect steam

 

[Kenstar]

Doesn't Prime discount only apply to physical games?

I double checked and it seems it was an auto applied gift card for 19.something bucks, that's why I thought it was the $20 preorder discount

 

[okita]

Yeah, don't preorder games unless the discount is there to hedge your risk. If there is no discount, you lose nothing in waiting for release.

You can refund the game on Steam if there is a problem with it, why wait?

 

[kewlmyc]

Yeah, preordering on Steam in case the port is shit.

 

[Anteater]

apparently they removed "worldwide" from the title (never looked at the page before so not sure if it's true)

 

[Dream_Journey]

Atelier Firis vs Nier regional price difference for Turkey. Nier 54$, Firis 24$.

I say to fuck off SE, will support TK. (hope for good port)

 

[GoodMorningPluto]

It's even more funny in Russia.

Twice the difference.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

apparently they removed "worldwide" from the title (never looked at the page before so not sure if it's true)

In the german translation its still there.

 

[Rudimental]

Squaaaaaare

The pricing for South Africa is weird. The MSRP for the day one retail version is ZAR599, while it is on Steam for ZAR699.

 

[sheaaaa]

Fuck this shit, no reason it shouldn't be on sale in SEA.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Fuck this shit, no reason it shouldn't be on sale in SEA.

There is (mostly) no reason at all to lock games, especially Nier. With Naruto, One Piece, Attack on Titan or so you might understand, because different publishers might hold the rights in Asia.

But Nier...
Whats the reason they kill their biggest (potential) market?

 

[KainXVIII]

It's even more funny in Russia.

Twice the difference.

Yeah, this is bullshit, most expensive game by S-E so far 😢

 

[sheaaaa]

There is (mostly) no reason at all to lock games, especially Nier. With Naruto, One Piece, Attack on Titan or so you might understand, because different publishers might hold the rights in Asia.

But Nier...
Whats the reason they kill their biggest (potential) market?

Yeah, I get the practicalities of licencing in different territories for the games you mentioned, but from a principled standpoint there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to buy a piece of software in 2017 because of the country I'm in.

And that's not even talking about Nier, which frankly has zero reason to!

 

[duckroll]

Square Enix always finds a way to turn satisfaction into bitterness. Even when they have a game which by most accounts is one of the best action RPGs of its class ever, and even when the PC release of the game is mere weeks after the console release, there's some way some how that they'll make some fans feel like they got kicked in the balls.

BASED SQUARE ENIX!

 

[Blitzhex]

Not available for Saudi Arabia .. fml

Notice: Gift purchases for NieR: Automata™ Day One Edition can only be added to the gift recipient's library if they are in United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.
Click here to review your cart

I'm in Dubai I can send it to you if you like.

 

[addik]

I don't know if SE has a deal with Sony, but my Asian copy has a "Published by Sony" logo on its disk. Maybe it's that?

 

[Cannon Goose]

I'm kind of annoyed to hear that it's apparently locked at 1080p 60fps. The frame rate lock isn't the worst but I really hope there's a way around the resolution cap.

 

[Sad Affleck]

Will the steam version display PS4 button prompts if I hook up my PS4 controller? I'm actually fairly new to steam.

It depends on whether the developers support it. It's likely but not confirmed until someone tries it.

 

[daitoqu]

Yeah, this is bullshit, most expensive game by S-E so far 😢

It's because SE was quite generous so far. New price is in line with other publishers. No bullshit here.

 

[KainXVIII]

It's because SE was quite generous so far. New price is in line with other publishers. No bullshit here.

Nier is not AAA (and FS17 price is also bullshit &#128563

 

[Durante]

I'm kind of annoyed to hear that it's apparently locked at 1080p 60fps. The frame rate lock isn't the worst but I really hope there's a way around the resolution cap.

It's seriously 1080p locked?

That would be incredibly stupid. I mean, not even K-T does that anymore.

Spoiler

Mostly.

 

[duckroll]

Nier is not AAA (and FS17 price is also bullshit &#128563

Come on, that's a stupid ass thing to say. It's okay to feel that the price is not competitive, but saying that the game is "not AAA" when compared to stuff like Dark Souls 3 and Civilization 6?

 

[Blitzhex]

Locked to 1080p on pc would be funny considering it's like 1600p or something on ps4 pro.

Edit: I might be thinking of another game actually, been watching a lot of digital foundry lately.

 

[Stromlord]

I'm kind of annoyed to hear that it's apparently locked at 1080p 60fps. The frame rate lock isn't the worst but I really hope there's a way around the resolution cap.

That sweet sweet negative mouse accel though

 

[Cannon Goose]

It's seriously 1080p locked?

That would be incredibly stupid. I mean, not even K-T does that anymore.

Spoiler

Mostly.

Locked to 1080p on pc would be funny considering it's like 1600p or something on ps4 pro.

I'm going off of this video which is the only source I've found for that information. They pretty firmly state that the PC version will "use the same specs as PS4."

Edit: I should mention that this video is from the middle of 2016, so things might have changed.

 

[hamchan]

I'm kind of annoyed to hear that it's apparently locked at 1080p 60fps. The frame rate lock isn't the worst but I really hope there's a way around the resolution cap.

Wouldn't be surprised. Seems to be a Plat games thing on PC.

 

[killatopak]

Locked to 1080p on pc would be funny considering it's like 1600p or something on ps4 pro.

Edit: I might be thinking of another game actually, been watching a lot of digital foundry lately.

Pro version is 1080p.

 

[InfiniteNine]

It's seriously 1080p locked?

That would be incredibly stupid. I mean, not even K-T does that anymore.

Spoiler

Mostly.

I don't believe so it'd be kinda weird for them to go backwards on resolutions when they've offered 4k before. I question more if they'll finally implement arbitrary resolution support into their engine finally instead of having a manual list of them to choose from.

 

[Durante]

I don't believe so it'd be kinda weird for them to go backwards on resolutions when they've offered 4k before. I question more if they'll finally implement arbitrary resolution support into their engine finally instead of having a manual list of them to choose from.

I'd hope so, but 3840x2160 support is around the level where I don't care enough to try and add higher resolutions. As long as you can also inject decent AA that is.

 

[A-V-B]

It's seriously 1080p locked?

That would be incredibly stupid. I mean, not even K-T does that anymore.

Spoiler

Mostly.

Looks like there's a new case to crack.

The game is afoot!

 

[InfiniteNine]

I'd hope so, but 3840x2160 support is around the level where I don't care enough to try and add higher resolutions. As long as you can also inject decent AA that is.

Well you can inject SGSSAA into MGR and Korra from my experience so I imagine that'd be just fine never tried to do it with Transformers since I played it away from home on my laptop but I imagine it uses the same bit as the former two.

 

[Blitzhex]

I'm going off of this video which is the only source I've found for that information. They pretty firmly state that the PC version will "use the same specs as PS4."

Edit: I should mention that this video is from the middle of 2016, so things might have changed.

Pro version is 1080p.

Ah, alright, that makes sense. I was thinking of cod mw remastered I think which is 1620p 60 fps.

 

[jrcbandit]

Ughh, if this game is locked to 1080p, I'll completely pass on it like all the Koei Tecmo and Bandai games I've skipped due to this idiotic oversight. Have more than enough games to play as is, I don't need to support sub-par PC ports.

 

[Omikaru]

Bought on Humble. I set £50 aside for it and wound up paying £36 with my Humble Monthly discount, so I'm happy!

 

[Sinatar]

Well you can inject SGSSAA into MGR and Korra from my experience so I imagine that'd be just fine never tried to do it with Transformers since I played it away from home on my laptop but I imagine it uses the same bit as the former two.

MGR and Korra are DX9, I can't imagine Automata is though, so no SGSSAA.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

New price is in line with other publishers.

Well, they can go ahead and buy the game from themselves in that case. And yeah, it's not AAA in any way, shape, or form.

 

[elixia]

what the flying fuck is this shit? does this mean I have no chance to buy this game ever since I'm in SEA. Really? Really?

 

[Tizoc]

what the flying fuck is this shit? does this mean I have no chance to buy this game ever since I'm in SEA. Really? Really?

Look up a trader via Steam trades etc. Some of them may be offering the ROW ver. of the game.
EDIT: Yeah saw some offering it for around USD 47. If mods are OK with it, I can link to the steam trades page.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's 1080p capped.

 

[elixia]

Look up a trader via Steam trades etc. Some of them may be offering the ROW ver. of the game.
EDIT: Yeah saw some offering it for around USD 47. If mods are OK with it, I can link to the steam trades page.

thanks. meanwhile they update their twitter saying they will release the JP version soon so hopefully that's also the case for SEA :/

source: https://twitter.com/NieR_JPN/status/837941373894455296

 

[NeoRaider]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's 1080p capped.

That's what they hinted even few moths ago. Maybe things changed. Because it would be really bad for those ppl having 1440p and 4K monitors/TVs. Let's hope it's not true.

 

[Genki]

thanks. meanwhile they update their twitter saying they will release the JP version soon so hopefully that's also the case for SEA :/

source: https://twitter.com/NieR_JPN/status/837941373894455296

Ok, so guessing I'll be fine. Hope it's the case for SEA too...