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[Lavalamp1138]

Reach out to the truth if old.

Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold has got a product page up on Play-Asia for the PS3. It's listed as "Compatible with PlayStation 3 (PS3) For JPN/Asian systems only". Pre-ordering hasn't opened yet. The placeholder (?) date is July 2014, which coincides with Atlus's tentative "summer" release.

Edit:

On the product description:

Though not confirmed yet, it has been rumored that this sequel might be region-free, as opposed to Persona 4 Arena which was locked.

There's been no official word for a console release yet.

 

[Soulflarz]

Region locked :/
WHY ATLUS WHY (i know why but still)

 

[SougoXIII]

Nooooooo.... Please noooo, not this shit again T-T

 

[Yawnier]

Oh come the fuck on Atlus, not again.

 

[baekshi]

thanks for region locking atlus again

don't forget to do that for persona 5

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

I started fucking dying as soon as I saw the thread title. Buwhahahaha

 

[Chavelo]

It begins... AGAIN.

 

[hohoXD123]

 

[NotLiquid]

Hi, we are Europe and Atlus. And welcome to Jackass. Fuck my face.

 

[JordanKZ]

If this happens with Persona 5, I'm going to fucking throw my shit.

 

[Coxy]

so much for "index made them do it"?

 

[macklelol]

Again? What the hell.

 

[Noi]

A little quick to the gun on the thread title? On the product description:

Though not confirmed yet, it has been rumored that this sequel might be region-free, as opposed to Persona 4 Arena which was locked.

There's been no official word for a console release yet. Calm yourselves.

 

[Omikaru]

...

I hope Play-Asia is simply assuming it'll be locked as a precaution when taking pre-orders, rather than having factual knowledge of such a lock.

 

[Huw_Dawson]

I bet it'll end up being a 2016 retail release in Europe by Zen. Can't wait to chronicle the hilarity.

 

[Sandfox]

If this happens with Persona 5, I'm going to fucking throw my shit.

Them doing this with Persona would be pretty funny.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

At least this means that it's coming to the US really soon(probably simultaneously)

 

[Soulflarz]

so much for "index made them do it"?

Sega made them do it.


^? Its not coming to the us at the same time. Thats highly unlikely

 

[hohoXD123]

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/06/atlus-explains-persona-4-arenas-region-lock-expresses-surprise/

"This is NOT the beginning of a new ATLUS policy, nor do we view it as a precedent or a slippery slope," Jabbari said. "If anything, your determination and dedication to what you believe in has certainly stood in the face of that. This is an isolated case, a situation precipitated by a number of factors, some of which are simply out of our North American hands."

Come on Atlus.

 

[witchedwiz]

...

I hope Play-Asia is simply assuming it'll be locked as a precaution when taking pre-orders, rather than having factual knowledge of such a lock.

This..
I'm not really interested in this port, but i'll buy it for Collection purpose.. But region lo king again?
Fool me One, shame on me..
Fool me twice? Fuck you

Plus smt4 for eu 3ds sooner or later?
Possibly before i die of old age

 

[Acid08]

A little quick to the gun on the thread title? On the product description:



There's been no official word for a console release yet. Calm yourselves.

shhhhhh way easier to be mad about it.

 

[buddha0991]

So what about all that talk that this was not some new policy?

 

[Lemstar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater

 

[Biker19]

Lame, Atlus, lame.

You'd better be bringing this out (& Persona 5) to the U.S. if anything.

Edit: Never mind, it was just a placeholder.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I'm going to get flak for saying this, but fuck it I'm gonna say it anyways:

I would be OK with Persona 5 being region-locked if it meant I could get dual-audio in the North American release.

 

[Dantis]

LOL.

I don't think this confirms anything, but it's hilarious if true.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

At least they have shown improvement to some extent, like a timely localisation of SMT4.

I'm going to get flak for saying this, but fuck it I'm gonna say it anyways:

I would be OK with Persona 5 being region-locked if it meant I could get dual-audio in the North American release.

FLAK FLAK FLAK FLAK, seriously dude FLAK

 

[Simzyy]

Isn't it Arcs doing? In house Atlus games tend to not be region locked right?

I swear if Persona 5 is region locked I'm going to write a somewhat angry email.

 

[Lavalamp1138]

A little quick to the gun on the thread title? On the product description:



There's been no official word for a console release yet. Calm yourselves.

Sorry, I missed that. Added to OP.

 

[Omikaru]

I'd refrain from getting mad about this just yet. Altus said this was not the beginning of a new policy, and if P4G and Dragon's Crown are to be believed, they are sticking to that.

Of course they have form for doing this with the previous Arena, so I can see why people -- myself included -- are on edge about this, but let's not jump to conclusions because an import store said it may or may not be region locked.

 

[SJS]

Hey, at least there's a release date for you Persona fans. I'm still waiting on SMT x FE getting any release date whatsoever.

 

[Killer]

That name is great. I hope it never changes lol.

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

I'm going to get flak for saying this, but fuck it I'm gonna say it anyways:

I would be OK with Persona 5 being region-locked if it meant I could get dual-audio in the North American release.

You sound like a selfish person.

 

[PK Gaming]

Hopefully it's a mistake

 

[Pepsiman]

...

I hope Play-Asia is simply assuming it'll be locked as a precaution when taking pre-orders, rather than having factual knowledge of such a lock.

I think this is honestly the only reasonable presumption that can be made. I've never heard of Play-Asia actually leaking product details on their pages before; they usually only put pages up for games that are confirmed to be coming out at some point and then just fill out whatever they can using publicly available information. They have some light developer connections, but mostly in so far as they do trade show coverage from time to time; their status as an importer makes me highly doubt they're particularly privy to publisher secrets. Pretty sure they were caught off guard just as much as everyone else when P4A turned out to have the lock and had to scramble to update their pages to reflect that to prevent false advertising. I doubt we'll know anything about region information until closer to release one way or another, which is still a while off.

 

[Chavelo]

A little quick to the gun on the thread title? On the product description:

"Though not confirmed yet, it has been rumored that this sequel might be region-free, as opposed to Persona 4 Arena which was locked."

There's been no official word for a console release yet. Calm yourselves.

Huh, well now I feel dumb. Looking forward to see how many in this thread catches that and feels the same.

Or not. TIME TO GET ANGRY, PEOPLE! WHO'S READY TO BOYCOTT THE GAME EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN GET THE GAME TWO WEEKS LATER AND DON'T LIVE IN EUROPE?!?

 

[FluxWaveZ]

This has been there forever. Placeholder.

 

[Glass Rebel]

What was the reason for making the original locked again?