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Limited Run Games - Putting digital games into your hands
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well, at least I don't have to hold out for a physical Y5 now and can buy it digitally.
Disappointing nonetheless.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yeah they usually sell out in a few minutes (!)
- Subscribe to the newsletter/twitter/this thread or whatever you prefer to be notified of the day and time it goes on sale
- Make an account in advance
- On the day of the sale, log in and start refreshing the product page a few minutes before it goes live. Once you see the button immediately put it into the cart and checkout, only after checkout have you secured a copy, putting it in the cart isn't enough. After that you can take your time and check out normally.
If you miss your first chance there will be a second one a few hours later and maybe a third one of left over stock a few days after.
You could try going through the process with one of the releases before NT so you see how the site works and get used to it. It's not at all impossible to get one, but the window is pretty small.
The12thGripper
Member
Thanks for this! Time to quad dip!
GodzillaDB
Member
Reiterating a couple of thoughts from the respective thread, I'd really appreciate this title landing in physical form in any way possible. I already hope an import-friendly version will land in Asian territories at a minimum so that I don't have to chalk over $200-300 bucks in retro-pricing to actual experience this acclaimed piece from the SNES library.
I agree. It'd be pretty cool if they could so something similar to the Criterion Collection where they announce upcoming releases about three months in advance. Limited Run could additionally just savor announcing notable pick-ups in conjunction with major conferences or, even better, unveiling them through their own usual outlets on Twitter, live streams, etc. An entertaining tidbit with the Criterion newsletters concerns their teasing of future releases in the form of cryptic doodles along with an annual New Year's pic that suggests a probable line-up for the coming year. There's a wide variety of ways for LRG to tease their audience in order to stir excitement but, ultimately, I confess that I'm a clear cut fan of direct announcements. We already know that Cosmic Star Heroine and YIIK will be launching about twelve months after their Limited Run partnership was revealed given developers are making a reasonable choice to withhold physical copies until a post-release patch irons out faults found after the digital debut. It just feels wonderful knowing that a digital exclusive will land on disc/cartridge within the near future as it allows myself enough time to set aside the appropriate coin to make a purchase.
An absolute shame. Hopefully LRG can keep pestering the demand for Yakuza 5 in order to find out what possible hurdles could prevent such a release from happening. I thought the fact it was a PS3 title could pose an issue with printing presses obviously moving away from last-gen production. However, Atlus appears committed to stumbling out Persona 5 on the late Sony console so the capabilities are present to make a late print of the fifth mainline Yakuza a reality. Licensing issues would be the sole roadblock that comes to mind outside of them just being dispassionate enough to avoid putting in the necessary time to negotiate such a thing.
YianGaruga
Banned
Future is looking good
EDIT: Also made a timer for Octodad
Someone let me know if it's wrong somehow
EDIT: Also made a timer for Octodad
Someone let me know if it's wrong somehow
Future is looking good
Awesome. Hope we can see the results soon!
LimitedRunGames
Member
Wild Guns is actually getting a physical release in NA territories from Natsume! No need to worry about importing. I got this info from a rep at E3.
Kresnik258
Member
Confirmed they signed up some more Vita games too. Assuming this is on top of the numbers they'd already signed, which is pretty mad. Will be interesting to see what's next!
Wow. Awesome to hear.
Kresnik258
Member
Couple of things if anyone knows:
- Soldner X-2 has the DLC on cart right?
- For anyone who bought Oddworld Vita and opened if (if there is anyone, lol), is there any install onto the actual Vita or is the full game on cart? I vaguely remember some people moaning on Twitter that it still took up some memory card space.
- Soldner X-2 has the DLC on cart right?
- For anyone who bought Oddworld Vita and opened if (if there is anyone, lol), is there any install onto the actual Vita or is the full game on cart? I vaguely remember some people moaning on Twitter that it still took up some memory card space.
GodzillaDB
Member
I really appreciate you sharing this information! Thank you very, very much!
otaku-asia
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Olengie
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Gorilla Shark
Member
Sooo any chance of any Limited Run Games for Wii U?
Someday. Maybe.
I'm mostly surprised that we got this news from you guys, first :x
Olengie
Member
Nah, im good.
otaku-asia
Member
I hope they'll consider manufacturing outer boxes for the limited edition. It would make them much more collectable.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Yes to Soldner, like people said.
New N Tasty doesn't take up any extra space (1120KB), that was just some kneejerk reaction on twitter from someone reading "1GB" on the back of the box and not actually putting their cart in before going on to bitch out LRG over absolutely nothing.
otaku-asia
Member
I think so, yes. (correct me if I'm wrong)
Yes, four hours from now.
Kresnik258
Member
Thanks guys. Good to know about Oddworld as well, although very bad thing for my wallet.
I really wonder how Xeodrifter is going to do. I think that's gonna be the first game to push the limits of 'Limited Run' to see just how interested people are in collecting. I'm sure it's a great game and all, but it's not very appealing to me; has a tiny file size and was free on PS+. That pretty much leaves it down to the collectors to be buying. I wonder if it'll still sell out really quickly or not.
otaku-asia
Member
I'm pretty sure it will sell out fast, especially the Vita release. It's limited to only 2300 copies, which is a really low print run.
Can someone please explain to me what this means:
"Limited to TWO copies per platform (PS4 & Vita) per customer."
Does that mean I can order two copies of octodad for ps4, and two for vita? Is it a typo? I'd much prefer if everyone could only order one each, so that more people could buy it.
"Limited to TWO copies per platform (PS4 & Vita) per customer."
Does that mean I can order two copies of octodad for ps4, and two for vita? Is it a typo? I'd much prefer if everyone could only order one each, so that more people could buy it.
Kresnik258
Member
I don't think there are that many? Website says:
Sounds like 4,500 on PS4 to me, of which 750 are the tie edition.
Thanks for answering the question. That's a little better then but my point still stands
.otaku-asia
Member
I actually think 2 copies per person is great. It lets you keep a sealed copy and buy an extra one if you want to. If the games sell out too fast, LRG can slightly increase the print run in the future.
2 copies for PS4 and 2 copies for Vita allowed.
cj_iwakura
Member
I wonder why Yakuza 5 is impossible. Too high profile for Sega? Nagoshi hates money?
Sega licenses shit out all the time. Must have something to do with unrealistic numbers.
Saoshyant
Member
I'm going to disagree with you here. Considering these are based on games already available as digital releases, anyone wanting to keep their physical copies sealed can always just play the digital one. It's a better approach that wouldn't take copies out of other people's hands.
Then someone loses their chance of getting one and that sucks. Even if LRG adds more copies to whatever next game they release, it doesn't change the fact that some people lost their chance of buying this specific game because it sold out too fast.
I imagine this debate already happened before but, as I see it, the people who truly will be all giddy over buying two copies of each are scalpers since their "job" is made easier. And I find that wrong.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I'm sure all those factors will factor in, but it's a good game imo. Retro City Rampage was mega small filesize too.
I remember their other game Mutant Mudds used to constantly be denied sale on Steam, before there was a Greenlight program, even though it was a notable, polished indie game that was already selling well on 3DS and had some solid critical acclaim and champions for it like Johnathon Holmes.
otaku-asia
Member
That's not always the case. Some LRG games have exclusive trophy lists, so you won't get exactly the same game if you buy digital. Also if you have a Japanese or Asian PSN account, you actually can't even buy & play a lot of those Vita games on your primary account because they weren't released in your region. There are definitely some games I'd love to play & collect, such as Volume and probably others.
GodzillaDB
Member
30 minutes until launch on the East Coast. Time to get your F5 button ready.
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