It appears that PlayStation is heading West. That's huge news, but fans of PlayStation's Japanese lineup are understandably concerned by the move. However, perhaps the recent development is not as big a deal as it might seem.
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Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
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"On the other hand, it's worth noting that Sony is not closing up shop in Japan. It will still have a branch in Japan, and administer to Japans market. There will undoubtedly still be Japanese software support, which has always been more third party than anything. The bottom line is, PlayStation has not pulled the plug on it's Japanese branch."
Exactly! I had stated this not too long ago. http://n4g.com/news/1855846... . Sony is changing their headquarters but they aren't shutting down their current SCE headquarters in Japan like other articles might lead you to believe. SCE will still operate in Japan and so will their Japanese studios like SCE Japan Studio and Polyphony Digital. Sony is not abandoning Japan or the Japanese audience.
Good article.
Who really thought that Sony would suddenly turn it's back on the Japanese market after changing the location of their gaming subsidiary's headquarters? They're still very aggressive in attaining much support from eastern third party publishers as well as still pumping out games from their own first party developers as well.
I don't see SIE having a drastically different business ethics as SCE in the past.
Also this article made a mistake. Sony is indeed partnering with Kojima Productions on their next project, but as of yet Kojima Productions is not a first party studio of Sony.
Did anyone think it would?
I'm fine with this, and very glad to hear that the Japanese lineup still looking good as they have a strong backup of 3rd-party games, so no it doesn't spell doom for Japanese-made games. Look at DQ builders, Yakuza Kiwami and others that came out for it and did great, plus dropping the price on PS4 caused a spike in sales. So long as the branch is still up in japan, they'll still be developing games for them.
Sony's game and marketing has been catering to the west for years now. This is just an expansion of it. Sony's biggest IPs now are all Western focus and not to mentioned those heavy FPS marketing deals. Nothing to worry about.