Dark Souls III in English is now available on the Xbox One after buying on JP store

Jinjo said:
Legit pissed is a bit strong for something that shouldn't even really be the case and is only achievable through sorta gaming the system. Still as I said, it begs the question why they are holding back the official release with 3 weeks.
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As others have said, it's because Bamco want this game to be in their new fiscal year. Which doesn't sound like something they'd ignore and release the game early even though Xbox players got it early in english, I'm afraid :(

Watch them release the english PS4 version early as a sign of good will and us PC players have to keep suffering
 
Having your entire game spoiled in an age of twitch streams while the majority of the gaming population has to wait is also really not going to help your sales.

Twitch streamers are only allowed to play through 1/3 of the game, yet people who got it 'illegally' (you get what I mean) can play and stream whatever.

Edit: I get the fiscal year argument. Still, not a good situation for the game. Spoilers are gonna be everywhere with it out in the wild like this.
 
Jinjo said:
Yeah, pretty much. They should just release it early now for everyone.



Legit pissed is a bit strong for something that shouldn't even really be the case and is only achievable through sorta gaming the system. Still as I said, it begs the question why they are holding back the official release with 3 weeks.
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If they do just up the english release I really will be legit pissed, paid $120 for the japanese version because I wanted to play it as early as possible, if they just go "fuck it, here's the english version" for $20 cheaper I'll be a bit more than "pissed".
 
There are people streaming both versions on Chinese streaming platforms and my colleagues are playing both, from what I've seen and their reports both versions hold up on par in visuals and performance, both have some big framerate drops in combat.
 
grimmiq said:
If they do just up the english release I really will be legit pissed, paid $120 for the japanese version because I wanted to play it as early as possible, if they just go "fuck it, here's the english version" for $20 cheaper I'll be a bit more than "pissed".
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They're not going to bring the release forward.

Namco doesn't give a shit.
 
Fuuuu

This was originally going against Quantum Break for me and QB was getting the nod that week. Now it's up against Slain! and that was cheap and i already preordered it anyways and that doesn't come out until tomorrow.

I'm going in.. switching between the two, it's going to be a brutal fucking week.
 
SmartWaffles said:
There are people streaming both versions on Chinese streaming platforms and my colleagues are playing both, from what I've seen and their reports both versions hold up on par in visuals and performance, both have some big framerate drops in combat.
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Yeah, I was worried about that.
I saw some really nasty frame rate drops on Twitch streams for PS4 last night. I was hoping it was just the stream...
 
grimmiq said:
If they do just up the english release I really will be legit pissed, paid $120 for the japanese version because I wanted to play it as early as possible, if they just go "fuck it, here's the english version" for $20 cheaper I'll be a bit more than "pissed".
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They're not gonna bring the release forward, I am really not expecting that. I'd understand your grievances in said hypothetical case, yet it'd probably make more people happy than it would piss off to be fair.

It's gonna be really difficult avoiding spoilers in the next few weeks either way. :(
 
Lashley said:
dont even need to do this

Buy game off xbox.com, JP region, turn on xbox and download it, no need to change any xbox settings if its already on English
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Do you still need to buy Xbox points first with this or can you just use any credit card straight?
 
SmartWaffles said:
There are people streaming both versions on Chinese streaming platforms and my colleagues are playing both, from what I've seen and their reports both versions hold up on par in visuals and performance, both have some big framerate drops in combat.
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The framerate on the ps4 version is Rough so I expect the xbopx one to be worse.

I am still tempted. I need to look this up
 
I'm glad I ordered from a UK retailer that is well known for breaking street date. The game is clearly finished in every regard so hopefully they'll just send it as soon as they receive it.
 
It's worth noting that the PC version some people are playing isn't complete (some people saying trying some classes crashes the game and one streamer said he can only play/show one 3rd of the game). Maybe the localisation isn't fully completed yet on some platforms.
 
IMBored said:
It's worth noting that the PC version some people are playing isn't complete (some people saying trying some classes crashes the game and one streamer said he can only play/show one 3rd of the game). Maybe the localisation isn't fully completed yet on some platforms.
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The playing 1/3 part only is just embargo. They are playing the press release.
 
Nephtes said:
Yeah, I was worried about that.
I saw some really nasty frame rate drops on Twitch streams for PS4 last night. I was hoping it was just the stream...
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Ninja Sharingan said:
The framerate on the ps4 version is Rough so I expect the xbopx one to be worse.

I am still tempted. I need to look this up
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I asked a bit more and they say they can't see big differences between both versions, so unless DF puts out an analysis, consider them equal.
 
SmartWaffles said:
I asked a bit more and they say they can't see big differences between both versions, so unless DF puts out an analysis, consider them equal.
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I just want the frame pacing from Bloodborne fixed. I can handle an occasional slowdown... The constant skip-skip-skipping feeling from Bloodborne was beyond annoying...
 
Would anyone with a JP account be willing to buy the 8000 yen cards after I paypal them the money? Would send 75USD

Gold buyer/seller in BST
 
Good for Xbone owners, smarts even more for PS4/PC having to wait. Damn, I'm going to have to tread so careful to avoid spoilers even more so many people will already have had it for weeks before the launch here.
 
Nabbis said:
Somehow my sympathy towards pirating is directly proportional to this gating shit.
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That's ridiculous. The company has decided, for whatever reason, to sell their product three weeks later than you judge they should. It's their thing to sell whenever they want. But you're somehow able to rationalize piracy because their business model doesn't line up wiht what you want.
 
Oh god. I really wanted this on PS4 since I have all the other games on PlayStation but you're telling me I can get the English version on Xbox right now by purchasing it through the Japanese store?
 
Nephtes said:
I just want the frame pacing from Bloodborne fixed. I can handle an occasional slowdown... The constant skip-skip-skipping feeling from Bloodborne was beyond annoying...
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Framerate is not consistent and frame pacing issues still seem present. It feels a lot like Bloodborne.
DrROBschiz said:
For all the Xbone people salty about Bloodborne

we are now even
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Thank god I'm a PS4 and Xbone People so I get to play both. :)
 
Backfoggen said:
Framerate is not consistent and frame pacing issues still seem present. It feels a lot like Bloodborne.


Thank god I'm a PS4 and Xbone People so I get to play both. :)
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Ugh.
The frame pacing issue really cheapened the Bloodborne experience for me...
Hoping it doesn't ruin Dark Souls too.

And yes, I did finish Bloodborne with all 3 endings...
It doesn't mean I can't complain about the game's st-st-st-stuttering presentation.
 
So once the game is released in the US, what would be the difference between the version I buy today via the Japanese store, and the version I could buy in the US store on April 12?

Any limitations, or will it look and behave like any other Xbox game I've bought digitally?

If there are literally no differences, I'm buying this tonight.
 
Not gonna lie I am salty about streamers getting the PC version early.

Having to dodge spoilers for 20 days, fucking bs.
 
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