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Sony will be publishing Nioh in both Europe and North America
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Nioh looks extremely promising after the alpha and beta tests, and all we've seen and heard so far. I had no interest in any action game from Team Ninja ever again post-Ninja Gaiden 3, but I have a renewed interest in them and will look forward for whatever they make whether it's Nioh 2, Ninja Gaiden 4 or something new. DoA5 and Hyrule Warriors have been really good as well.
Wait what? Gravity Rush got delayed? Thought it was out around Christmas.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Could be yeah.
SolidSnakex
Member
It was delayed for the same reason KH2.8 was delayed, December ended up filling up with more games than expected. It's one of the few times developers admit that a delay was more about positioning than polish. Although i'm sure both will take the time to tinker around with the games since they have the extra time.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
They learned their lesson with Demons Souls. They must have confidence in this game
wapplew
Member
Sony publish 3 titles in the west within 5 weeks, something gotta give.
Poor Gravity Rush 2...
Dragon Puncher
Member
You have the answer right in your post. It was an unproven IP, from a developer without a great track record in terms of both sales and reviews and it apparently ran like garbage and had a lot of bugs even late in development.
It was obviously a mistake in hindsight, but some people like to make it out to be a much more egregious one than it actually was.
Even if Sony had published Demon's Souls WW we would still have gotten a multiplatform Dark Souls and would probably have ended up pretty much were we are now with the franchise.
Hyrule warriors was by Omega force
Basically.
kyo_strife
Neo Member
It was co-developed by Team NINJA, Hayashi was one of the two producers.
Bloodporne
Member
Hindsight is always 20/20. Can't blame the man for making a decision based on it being a rather shit version of the game at the time.
It's not like the game(s) are terribly inviting either, it might've just rubbed him the wrong way on top of it gameplay wise. Obtuse doesn't even being to describe it.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Why is this happening? I thought things would clear up after the holiday but they stacked Q1 ;___;
Hexa
Member
Sony seems to have committed to skipping the holiday season and leaving it to third parties to fight over but having a packed Q1.
I think it's a pretty good idea, but it seems that Q1 is overtly packed now too. Time to start shifting stuff to summer I guess.
Probably. Kinda reminds of the PS1 days when SCE did a lot of this for third parties that had been prominent before, or just notable Japanese games with no western presence for the publisher (Grandia.)
yeah, they really just publish everything. Unfortunately KT does not have any marketing power which is probably why they hopped on board when Sony expressed interest in Nioh.
CrispyBoar
Banned
No doubt. They're not going to fuck this up again.
SomedayTheFire
Member
"Born 24 September 1564
Gillingham, Kent, England"
I asked why the samurai was from Dublin. It seems they took some artistic liberties and made him Irish and gave him a modern Dublin accent.
It doesn't have to be exact, its a character inspired by a historic figure. I can't tell what his accent is besides the fact he's a white guy.
makingmusic476
Member
Yeesh. I hope Persona or Horizon gets pushed back to March.
SomedayTheFire
Member
ok? I'm not complaining. It's an Irish accent. A real Irish accent which is why I'm so shocked by it. Usually Irish accents in games are awful shite that Americans think we sound like. I was wondering why he's Irish, clearly they took some artistic liberties with it.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Hell no!
lukeskymac
Member
The latter.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Dublin is not in England, or the UK for that matter.
Sony has published a ps4 exclusive on steam before, but it does look like this one may be staying put. Particularly with the noise they were making a while ago that the ps4 pro was a reaction to the PC market.
Saddest part about this thing too is none of this includes anything Nintendo from March. Peoples wallets are going to be in a world of hurt, and a lot of peoples titles are going to underperform probably due to this.
No way every normal person is going to drop 200+ dollars on games and a Switch within an 8 week time span.
PapaEmeritus
Member
I dont get it, they had sole rights to demons souls didnt they?
SomedayTheFire
Member
I read this after my first post. I knew it was William Adams that's why I was shocked it had an actual Irish accent. It's not often you hear normal Irish accents in games.
GhostTrick
Banned
That's the opposite situation of Demon's Souls though.
Demon's Souls is a SONY IP, co-developped by Sony, published by Sony in Japan but which they never bothered published in West, hence leaving publishing duties to a 3rd party.
Ni-Oh is a KT IP, developped by KT, published by KT in Japan but published by Sony in the West.
Aceofspades
Banned
Fuck, I know nothing about this game, are you guys saying it has any resemblance to Souls games?
I'm in Day 1
I'm in Day 1
LifeBrandRobot
Member
I like it, makes him even a little bit more unique.
Begaria
Member
It's Ninja Gaiden Dark Souls with Diablo loot and Gears of War active reload for your stamina starring Geralt from the Witcher.
And. It's. AWESOME!
AsylumBlue
Member
Haha, that's a nice way of summing it up.
It has the basic foundation and structure of a Souls game, as well as the requirement to pay attention and focus and realize that there are no trash mobs in the game, all enemies are dangerous if you don't treat them with caution and respect.
The key difference here is that it's also throwing a focus of action game mechanics that one might normally see in a game like Ninja Gaiden or Bayonetta onto the Souls framework. There are a ton of combos and moves to learn.
It's really shaping up to be something quite special.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Yeah it's cool. Usually Irish accents are heavily exaggerated to the point they sounds nothing like the actual people that live here.
Bloodporne
Member
How about that Sons Of Anarchy episode in Ireland 8) ?
storafötter
Member
Glad to hear they will back it up. It is truly going to be something special. It is even hard for me to play the slow and sluggish soul games after getting warm with this game. The art style could be better on characters but I do enjoy the monster designs and scenarios.
The only ones I can think of are Gilligan and the Emerald Herald from Dark Souls II. None of that Assassin's Creed Rogue and The Saboteur shite.
Glad to hear Nioh is going to get the marketing attention we know it'll deserve.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Good move by Sony.
AmuroChan
Member
It does if you're a X1/WiiU owner and doesn't own a PS4. Only RE7 and For Honor are multi-plat on that list.
tomato shrub
Member
Chaos2Frozen
Member
The only games that needs to be separated for me are Nioh, For Honor and Persona 5... I can't play all 3 in a month @_@ !!
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Member
Came to say this. It's great to see Ni-Oh getting some first party support behind it. Hopefully the game is fantastic and I can see Sony funding a sequel if the first does well. They squandered a huge opportunity with DeSo and I don't wager they make that mistake again.
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