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Square Enix Publishing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 In Japan As A PlayStation Exclusive

It’s been a long time since a Spider-Man video game was released in Japan. I believe the last one actually localized for Japan was Spider-Man 3. Square Enix will end the webbing drought by publishing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Japan, but Beenox’s game will only be released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
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Mikelarry3571d ago

Although i dont care for this game as it was trash there seems to be a trend with third party games being locked down as ps exclusive in japan first it was detiny now this and if this continues MS fight in japan just got harder

ScorpiusX3571d ago

If that's the case then MS is going to have to pull out the check book and do what it does best and can afford to do. Which by all means I welcome.

liquidhalos3571d ago

Why? Do you live in Japan?

knifefight3571d ago

You gotta use, like, some punctuation there, dude. There's no excuse for that post. Not a single period, comma, or apostrophe in sight. Ugh.

On topic:
This doesn't change much, but might be an indication of things to come.
Dark Souls and several other multiplat games were PlayStation-only in Japan. Trying to sell Xbox versions just wasn't making the money back for publishers, oft times.

Mikelarry3571d ago

lol you are right, apologies for my poor use of the English language.

Volkama3571d ago (Edited 3571d ago )

This and Destiny, both Activision games right?

I think it's quite interesting that Activision are opting against publishing in the region themselves. Says a lot about the value of the console market in Japan right now and/or the effort required to distribute there.

ScorpiusX3571d ago

That's one game they can keep exclusive cause it sucked.so bad.

hkgamer3571d ago

does it matter?
dont think this game was on any nintendo devices and xbox owners are tiny.

Volkama3571d ago (Edited 3571d ago )

Xbox owners are tiny? Hmmm interesting if true.

Does this apply worldwide, or just in Japan?

Would you speculate that perhaps tiny people are buying Xboxes because of the sheer size of the console? Compensating for their own size?

I think if I was tiny I'd go the opposite way, and buy really small things so that I'd look bigger in photos and stuff.

hkgamer3571d ago

lol...

i think average height for japanese males are 5ft6 i think. so its kinda tiny.

jagermaster6193571d ago

Lucky.......Aw why does PS get all the good games? Haha wow who cares about that poopfest of a game they completely destroyed the last one and im sure it will soon repeat itself. I personally think they have milked the crap out of that poor cows tits, I think so bad that its nipples have turned inside out and got squeezed out its hairy anus creating those poop games we all no as Spiderman so please stay away kids unless you are Into that sort of thing......

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I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H92d ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

VincentVanBro19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.

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Yuji Naka guilty of insider trading breaks silence to accuse Square Enix producer of lies

Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.

Profchaos16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence

solideagle15d ago

can you please give some of us who don't know anything about this, a summary of what happened?

Chocoburger15d ago

Balan was knowingly rushed out by S-E, it had an extremely short dev cycle and was fairly low budget.
Naka was the game's director until near the end when he was fired or perhaps he quit, I forgot.

carrotcakeag15d ago

@Chocoburger Yeah they did fire and replace him which caused him to unload a bunch of rants about the company. The project only existed because of Naka in the first place, he convinced Square to give him one shot at making a platformer. They gave him an opportunity but pulled the rug out before he was done for reasons not explained.

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Top ‘Dragon Quest’ Producer Steps Down in Square Enix Overhaul

The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.

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shinoff218321d ago

Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.

jznrpg19d ago

Hopefully they don’t. From this it doesn’t sound like that is the case and development is just taking too long.