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Yakuza 3 and 4 don't have English voice acting and I'm under the impression Yakuza Dead Souls won't have english voice acting either.
I call huge bullshit!!!! Yakuza 3/4/Dead Souls aren't dubbed but yet they got retail releases. TK just being lazy.....
That regulation seems to be a cop out. Agarest 0 and the entire Yakuza series says hi.
Maybe some kind of restriction stopped this game from being a retail disk, but there are several exceptions to the supposed "no-dub-no-disk" rule.
Maybe some kind of restriction stopped this game from being a retail disk, but there are several exceptions to the supposed "no-dub-no-disk" rule.
Oh well,I would have rather had a physical disc to own,but no sweat. Plus,I get to actually use more than 5GB in my 1TB hard drive.
Just a quick correction: The 360 isn't inherently region locked. There are actually quite a few region-free 360 games, it's just left up to the developer to leave them locked or not.
That being said, Sony's rules are bullshit.
That being said, Sony's rules are bullshit.
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Dubbing is expensive work, work that simply isn't worth it for more niche releases like this, who's target audience will in most cases end up switching it to Japanese anyway.
Tbh, this whole "Only releases with English voice acting can go retail" thing SCEA has going on is one of the absolute stupidest and most arbitrary policies in the business. I have not heard, nor can I possibly imagine, someone actively avoiding a game based solely on it being in a language other than English. It's right up there with the "No 2D" policies of early 5th Generation systems in the West.
Dubbing is expensive work, work that simply isn't worth it for more niche releases like this, who's target audience will in most cases end up switching it to Japanese anyway.
Tbh, this whole "Only releases with English voice acting can go retail" thing SCEA has going on is one of the absolute stupidest and most arbitrary policies in the business. I have not heard, nor can I possibly imagine, someone actively avoiding a game based solely on it being in a language other than English. It's right up there with the "No 2D" policies of early 5th Generation systems in the West.
Shoop, Koei not spending money dubbing the game is fine.
But that's not the same as "Koei is refusing to release it on disc." You don't make much sense.
But that's not the same as "Koei is refusing to release it on disc." You don't make much sense.
It is strange that it isn't dual-audio dubbed, or even just dubbed with Japanese audio removed. For it to be Japanese with subs only makes me wonder if Koei is not happy with how Dynasty/Samurai/Orochi Warriors games have been selling in the West.
As for "No retail disc release if you don't have English voices", it could be the seemingly standard practice of platform companies holding different publishers to different standards. Quite possibly Sony wants to keep companies like Sega happy and see things like Yakuza as niche titles anyway, and either aren't as concerned about keeping Koei happy or wanted to try to pressure Koei into English dubbing a more casual appeal game. Or there may even be a bit of dirty pool going on, particularly if Sony suggested/required a "lower than retail price" digital release...
As for "No retail disc release if you don't have English voices", it could be the seemingly standard practice of platform companies holding different publishers to different standards. Quite possibly Sony wants to keep companies like Sega happy and see things like Yakuza as niche titles anyway, and either aren't as concerned about keeping Koei happy or wanted to try to pressure Koei into English dubbing a more casual appeal game. Or there may even be a bit of dirty pool going on, particularly if Sony suggested/required a "lower than retail price" digital release...
I'd be fine without an English track, but Yakuza has a retail release. Sony is just pulling some BS.
DAFUQ, Sony. People who play something as niche as Dynasty Warriors aren't gonna give a flying fuck about english voiceovers.
The digital only route for PS3 seems rather weird. This considering at least two retail games come to mind that solely contain Japanese audio with English subtitles.
lol idk who to blame but the SCEA rule is fucking stupid.
though Yakuza3/4/dead souls as well as agarest zero and other niche PSN have japanese audio only.
still sony should stop this bullshit rule from going on. what's wrong with japanese only language??? does SCEA think that americans will feel weird whenever they hear a foreign language??
it's stupid as hell. though im glad we are getting the game at all as well as japanse dub.
though i wish for a physical release to be honest.
hope this cost around 39.99 :P
though Yakuza3/4/dead souls as well as agarest zero and other niche PSN have japanese audio only.
still sony should stop this bullshit rule from going on. what's wrong with japanese only language??? does SCEA think that americans will feel weird whenever they hear a foreign language??
it's stupid as hell. though im glad we are getting the game at all as well as japanse dub.
though i wish for a physical release to be honest.
hope this cost around 39.99 :P
Obviously Sony's doing this just to try and get an edge on 360 sales.
If this doesn't hit a retail release I'm gonna be very pissed and just get the 360 version. -_-
I don't wanna pay a slightly less amount to get a license for a game that can be revoked at any time and ALSO be unable to add it to my so far complete collection of Koei games...
If Sony had at least NOT brought down number of active units per account to 2 I might have still gotten the digital download (currently have 3 PS3's)
If this doesn't hit a retail release I'm gonna be very pissed and just get the 360 version. -_-
I don't wanna pay a slightly less amount to get a license for a game that can be revoked at any time and ALSO be unable to add it to my so far complete collection of Koei games...
If Sony had at least NOT brought down number of active units per account to 2 I might have still gotten the digital download (currently have 3 PS3's)
this reason maybe true we know SCEA is often doing stupid things (those fool refuse to localize demon soul) oh and no SCEA localized japanese game ever had japanese voice ever.
the SCEA policy looks like a bit random arcana heart 3, and agarest 1 can only get PSN release but agarest zero, upcoming agarest 2 and yakuza3,4,dead soul all have retail release(-_-)
if this true then SCEA should know that most of the time, when it comes to niche japanese games people rarely give a damn about english voice over, most already more than glad that the game get localized, and lots prefer the japanese voice
the SCEA policy looks like a bit random arcana heart 3, and agarest 1 can only get PSN release but agarest zero, upcoming agarest 2 and yakuza3,4,dead soul all have retail release(-_-)
if this true then SCEA should know that most of the time, when it comes to niche japanese games people rarely give a damn about english voice over, most already more than glad that the game get localized, and lots prefer the japanese voice
Does this mean Yakuza: Dead Souls will be PSN only too then? If they dub that I won't be pleased x.x
Why are people complaining about Digital only release?? In this day and age, it's safer to have your game stored in a cloud than on a physical disc that you lost SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME, and you cant' find it, and you just lost it all.
If you ever get your license revoked on a game like this, that'll be the end of the Playstation, and you probably wont' be playing the damn thing.
Not only that, the PSVita's removal of UMD have ppl crying about their UMD purchase who probably wished they bought the digital copy instead.
Seriously, you can't please anyone, and I see a digital distribution only is only going to get easier and better ahead. Just look at Steam vs Physical PC game sales.
If you ever get your license revoked on a game like this, that'll be the end of the Playstation, and you probably wont' be playing the damn thing.
Not only that, the PSVita's removal of UMD have ppl crying about their UMD purchase who probably wished they bought the digital copy instead.
Seriously, you can't please anyone, and I see a digital distribution only is only going to get easier and better ahead. Just look at Steam vs Physical PC game sales.
Not only is it a stupid reason but the fact that it has Japanese VO makes me more likely to buy it.
But as others have said it's complete BS since the Yakuza games don't have English VO (Thank God!) and were released just fine.
But as others have said it's complete BS since the Yakuza games don't have English VO (Thank God!) and were released just fine.
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