ShockingAlberto
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If they're committing to 2015 in the US (which they did), they've likely already started. SMTIV was also a localization-during-development project.
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If they're committing to 2015 in the US (which they did), they've likely already started. SMTIV was also a localization-during-development project.
Importing's possible, yeah, but if I wanted a physical copy on time I'd have to pay a ton in shipping and even then it'd take a few days. I did the same with Ultimax and my order messed up then so I got it like a week later, too.
Local release means I can buy it for a reasonable price and get it the day of release or earlier.
Aye, biggest problem with the P4MC right there. P3 I felt more like just some shmuck with special powers in with the rest, P4 veered a bit too far in to wish fulfilment territory.
Eh I think its fine and it actually could add a lot to the game if done right, as long as its not extremely intrusive that is. Keep it optional and rewarding, but not necessary to make the game enjoyable.
Ganzlinger
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I imagine if it existed it would be an evolution of Golden's online support system
"Community" was the Japanese name for S-links to it's probably just that but reworded.
AquaWateria
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You must've not played Persona 3 then.
Yeah, I guess. I am sure they will go for something more elaborate though (if online interaction even exists) considering its a new entry on a new gen of consoles.
Rogue_Ledr
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Would you really want to play a game that you have to read along with?
That sounds like a REALLY annoying way to have to play a title. Would dramatically be to the detriment of the play experience.
Dragonborn
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I can't get over how amazing this looks
Perfect Cha0s
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I'm pretty sure he's just asking how early localization typically begins.
I don't understand what u are saying.
I think he means when the official translation of the game begins, not if its possible/enjoyable to play the game while translating it.
And answering his question, I have no idea, but I guess really early on. But I am sure it must depends on a lot of different factors like if/who is translating it (internally or externally), price, release schedule, promotion/advertising, etc.
Oh I perfectly understand that the X1 situation in Japan is very dire, since I follow the Japanese sales every week. However, the X1 still has a decent sized audience in the US and UK and it's the reason why Square, Konami and Capcom still support the console as long as its still viable.
As for Atlus, they did support the 360 pretty well until recently.
I think it's a pretty good guess that Atlus US has already started the process of translating the game right?
It'd be easier to maybe speculate if we had that kind of information for the localization process of previous Atlus USA, internally developed Atlus games. At least, I feel like they must have started work on P4D after yesterday's unveil.
I would definitely think so, as they've said themselves it's a 2015 release in the west. Not sure how organic the development process is so we likely won't see a simultaneous release. Hopefully it won't be as long as the wait for P4 was.
eyeball_kid
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Why not? Catherine's online aspects were limited and a nice bonus. For instance, if there's weather cycles in P5, it'd be cool to use current Tokyo weather conditions. Or extra challenge modes where you can see other people's ghost runs on heist missions.
WrenchNinja
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Nope, that's why I like P4 better. I like being the catalyst for the party member's growth while also having the player character growing themselves With the additional game play bonuses.
And I'm not sure how you can claim the P3 protagonist isn't a perfect too, he's a ladies man, is skilled at any weapon, his persona is literally jesus, etc
Woah what!? Catherine was online? No way I missed that. I beat the game two times.
Oh believe me I hope it doesn't, and I like to think that atlus is smart and know that this game doesn't need it.
Yeah that makes sense
Having a decent install base means little if a lot of your fanbase isn't there.
The display of what other people chose in polling options was online, at least.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that
He's probably talking about the Catherine end-of-level polls, which gathered results from every player online to compare the player's to. That was very neat. P4G also had online elements like the Vox Populi, which were interesting additions.
Multiplayer or co-op would be awful, but little stuff like that could be interesting. Not that that's what I think "Cooperation" is, though. Most likely just S. Link stuff.
Persona Q release date gap is an outlier when it comes to Atlus games, so I wouldn't necessarily think so.
The questions you got asked at the end of every puzzle got uploaded and divided into a percentage with what other people chose on the same question. The results were displayed as a pie chart during the following loading screen.
2slow
That's a good point and I wouldn't be surprised that a lot of Japanese publishers of the more niche titles last gen got burnt with doing a 360 SKU for the West, but didn't perform as nearly as well as the PS3 version despite having double the userbase in those markets.
"Our committment to supporting PS Vita with timely firmware updates until 2021 has never been stronger." - Sony
The big AAA franchises with international mainstream appeal (Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, etc.) are going to support the Xbox One, that's guaranteed, they're not going to waste those potential overseas sales. But for everything below that (yes that includes Persona), it's just not going to happen.
If you bought an Xbox One and expected to play B-tier Japanese games, you made the wrong decision.
The secret is that Persona is really an A tier Japanese RPG but not everyone knows it yet.
KuwabaraTheMan
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This happened two separate times to me. Finally managing to have a run where nobody got charmed at the end felt so good.
Antiwhippy
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AAA is defined by the budget, not the popularity.
closer013
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If anyone is interested I pulled some choice stills for desktop backgrounds from the trailer and want to share them with you.
https://www.mediafire.com/?wped274bkmkf67e
Inb4 Ewwww 1280x720...
https://www.mediafire.com/?wped274bkmkf67e
Inb4 Ewwww 1280x720...
ChasingComets
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If it means waiting a few more months for it, I'd just bite the bullet and import it. (I live in London.) Given the exchange rates these days, the shipping costs balance out against the more ridiculous euro prices where new current gen titles run upwards to £45-50.
Though I should add I'm only considering a physical copy if there's a good collector's edition; Digital's the better option since I've always held a US account.
Some guy did a guitar riff cover of the trailer song, which i think deserves a bit more recognition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbD_NwZNDjw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbD_NwZNDjw
LegendofDragoonLives
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I'd say Person is A-tier on everything but sales.
Primethius
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While true, I think his point still stands. If you bought an Xbox One expecting anything outside the big major Japanese titles coming to your platform, you dun goofed. That wasn't the case with the PS3/360 most of the time and I see no reason why it would be the case when Sony is dominating.
ChasingComets
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It's never about objective quality, it's about how the market sees it. (Also arguable given that all SMT games until now have been low to mid budget affairs)
Though with the amount of hype emanating from the gaming community, this has the potential to enter the mainstream consciousness.
You have to realize Persona 4 came out as a mid-budget, lower fanbase, lesser known game during mid-2008, where the PS3 out ~late 2006.
Well P4 Arena Ultimax has a lot of dialogue too and the thing was localizing both it and Persona Q at the same time.
If they focus on Persona 5 and translate it as it is made then the two release dates could be pretty close. The thing they'd need the most right now is the whole voiced portions set in stone so they can get started on casting, recording and work with everyone's schedules. Re-recording scenes is a real pain. Localizing the menus and non-voiced in-game text is not the hard part because even if P Studio changes those before the game ships, they're easy to localize quickly for a new build. But if P Studio isn't done with the story and are still recording stuff late in development then that's not ideal for localization.
But by localizing two games chock full of voiced-content in P4 Arena Ultimax (especially heavy for a fighting game) and Persona Q (a lengthy dungeon-crawler) at the same time those had different situations than other games they've localized.
While all of Atlus's PS2 RPGs (including P3/P4) and pretty much all their handheld fare from the past few years are low-mid budget games, it's pretty clear P5 has several times the budget of anything else Atlus has put out in the past ten years except possibly Catherine.
In hindsight, the 360 was actually pretty damn successful in Japan compared to how badly the Xbone is currently doing. It only sold 1.6 million but the PS3 did not break any records either with its mere 10 million.
Also the 360 had a big 1 year lead over the PS3, which meant developers jumped in early on and then sticked around for a while. The Xbox One on the other hand released later than the PS4, making it completely DOA.
I said A tier not AAA. While I know they sound similar and I shouldn't have used the term what I really meant was that the quality of Persona was on par if not better than the big AAA franchises
MS was funding games like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, as well as timed exclusive such as Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean. They haven't done anything for Xbox 1.
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