http://blog.talesofgame.com/en/tales-of-symphonia-steam-release-date/
>Given for free to all of you who pre-ordered Tales of Zestiria on STEAM, Tales of Symphonia will be available starting 02/02/2016 for everyone.
ANOTHER ONE
wtf is with all these JRPGs coming to steam
>>320967356
>Same month as Disgaea.
Damn, February is going to be a good month.
Persona 3 and 4 on Steam when?
>>320967356
>more shitty tales of games
Wow, amazing. I'll go back to playing Front Mission 5.
Steamdb leaks please b tru, I want my dang it ron paul 2 without buying a vita
>>320967620
Japs want to expand their market
Tekken 7 when
>>320967680
because atlus is owned by sega, and sega doesn't like to port their good games to PC
see: bayonetta, vanquish, yakuza
only trash like sonic lost world makes it to PC
>>320968047
They ported Valkyria
>>320968047
>because atlus is owned by sega
By Sammy, which also owns Sega. Also Sammy has no intention of changing Atlus' policy as long as it gives profit. So it's all up to Atlus and only them.
>>320968047
in fact, sega themselves are the reason we have all these weeb games on steam now because they were the first to test the waters with a valkyria port
How long is it going to take for the japanese to stop buying the console versions and pirate everything?
>>320969849
When PC ports will have Japanese versions and it won't be as easily traceable.
Japan is probably the worst place to pirate things.
>>320967356
>ANOTHER ONE
>Game that has been emulatable for years
>>320967786
>symphonia
>shit
nice bate
>>320970215
Native ports are (usually) better than emulation.
All you PCucks need to know is that Raine is best girl
Theres a new tales coming with a female protag or something right?
Does that have a steam release as well?
>>320969603
Valk port came way after FFXIII.
If anything it was Street Fighter IV the game which really opened the gate to japs devs
>>320967620
Japs love PC, they just didn't know you could use it for something besides eroge.
>>320969849
Sony blocks PC ports from Japanese publishers in Japan.
>>320970879
>Valk port came way after FFXIII.
Barely a month later and it's port was shit (on PC standards)
>>320971143
>later
Meant earlier, since I'm talking about FFXIII
>>320970952
Source?
>PC plebs surprised when games come to PC
it's not called the Port Computer for nothing.
>>320967620
Because as a dev/publisher it's easy as fuck to bring your game to steam and get lots of sales with no effort.
Since there's no physical distribution bullshit to deal with.
>>320967952
When Harada gets that stick outta his ass
https://twitter.com/harada_tekken/status/434734120753569792
>>320971417
Isn't it just speeding up the demise of consoles where the people who buy games at full price are?
I really wonder what the future is going to look like for small japanese publishers
>>320971352
Not him and not sure about source, but it's most likely true anyway. You don't see those Japanese versions in Japan at all. Examples being VC and Neptunia games.
Japs have to buy them from other sites, like from gog for Neptunias and wait for potential translations, they're not even available on Steam.
>>320970310
It aged like cheese.
>>320967620
Sony and MS fucked up by making their consoles x86s PCs. It's way easier and cheaper than ever before to port games to PC and considering Steam's ever-growing user base it makes financial sense to do so. There is very little investment required to open up your games to a whole new market.
People like to talk shit about how PC ports of random jrpgs don't sell well, but it's obviously lucrative despite loewr numbers if devs/publishers keep doing over and over. Especially considering that Valve takes 30% of every sale.
>>320971795
>not sure about source, but it's most likely true anyway
Yeah man I feel you Sony is literally Hitler
>>320971854
Depending on how long it aged, real cheese taste even better.
>>320971854
It aged fine, free run in tales has always felt gimmicky to me anyway. Meanwhile there are lots of things that symphonia still does better than the new releases.
>>320971854
While it is hardly the most advanced combat system tales has to offer it has quality secondary content.
>>320971695
>the people who buy games at full price are?
You should probably learn what profit margins are and what the split is between consoles/PC.
Spoilers: You can make more money on PC while still selling less copies than console.
>>320971695
The future is demat and the return of (ssd)cartridge once Blurays are obsolete.
>>320967620
There's quite a few Hikikomori that use Steam. Some of those niggas are in the 300-400+ level range on Steam.
>>320971854
Uhhh... Anon, cheese is an aged product like wine.
>>320967620
>can't profit any more from a game
>"oh wait, we can also do a PC release! Derp!"
>More money from same old game. Didn't have to do shit but port it.
Also, most importantly...
>Release game on console
>console generation passes
>can't make money from that game any more due to platform death
>Release game on PC
>no such thing as "generations". No "platform death".
>game can continue to make money indefinitely, even through several generations without need for faulty 'backwards compatibility' gimmicks
>>320967620
Ports are stupid easy to do now, even by selling them at 15$ you'll get the port costs back in a week and then it's foerever on steam with no additional fees, on a commercial level you'd be stupid not to jump on the bandwagon, after square enix showed everyone, the other followed.
>>320967356
Will it have the fucking Bonus content, though?
>>320972286
>You should probably learn what profit margins are and what the split is between consoles/PC.
Financial reports from the big publishers are all the data I have and at least 80% of their profits still come from consoles. This is true even for activision with the Blizzard money tallied in.
>>320967620
days of exclusivity is done.
with the economy the way it is, its just not a good business plan to limit your game to one platform when you can release it on others for more profit
Wasn't this announced months ago?
>>320972679
It's a port of the PS3 Chronicles version which is a port of the PS2 version which is a port of the GCN version with extras, but runs at a worse framerate.
JUST
>>320971854
>we're at a point where /v/ can't even do the SET UP of their food analogy right.
Why do I come here? Am I that bored?
>>320971854
>aged like cheese
so it's good?
>>320972806
why would they give up that juicy extra 20%?
20% is huge
>>320972881
Ah okay. Think the framerate will end up better since it'll be on PC?
>>320967356
yo OP dont forget god eater and rage burst is coming to steam as well
console gen is getting invalidated every day
>>320973096
Not sure, ToZ on PS4 and PC were 30 fps as well.
>>320967356
How is this news, other than release date? We knew it would be coming from the moment it was made Zestria preorder bonus. Hell, some people were buying that just to get Symphonia again.
Why are you idiots acting surprised at this?
>>320973096
It'll probably be locked 30FPS like Zesteria. They said Zesteria had to be locked due to animations or some shit though. Symphonia was originally 60FPS so maybe they unlock it for PC.
>>320973093
Sure but will the transition to PC really help keep the same amount of profits?
Personally I'm just curious about what's gong to happen. I don't really care, PC ports mean I can just play everything for free so I'm not against it.
>>320971854
So your saying it's good or are you retarded?
>>320973310
Zesteria being locked was bullshit because modders unlocked the framerate a few weeks after release
IT'S NOT FAIR
>>320969236
After 6 years.
Call me when Abyss or Vesperia are available.
Why does the PS avatar have a sockhat? I get the baseball cap and mario hat.
>>320973909
Better good game with some years on its back than more Sonic.
>>320970318
depends on what version they port, I've heard the ps3 version is locked at 30fps
>>320967620
>no one gives the real reason
Japan is in a recession and the dollar is worth more now than it was before, so by selling games to Americans they make a lot more money than they did before. It's simple math.
>>320971417
You still have to take into account advertising and the like. You can't just slap a game on Steam and expect it to make money. Otherwise, you end up selling as much as Trails in the Sky Second Chapter.
>>320974041
Infamous second son
>>320975010
Advertising to the PC audience is cheap as fuck. Make a YT video, post it on social media/news sites and that's basically all you have to do. Forums and Valve will take care of the rest.
YOU SMART
>>320974041
>>320972038
>boot up jp steam
>neptunia not there
IT'S NOT HARD TO CHECK FOR YOURSELF RETARD EVER HEARD OF VPN, OF COURSE NOT, FUCKING SONYGGERS
>>320973096
Might be unlocked, but its hard to say. I'm very certain that bamco wont give a single penny to implement and bugtest a 60fps mode so it'll be up to modders to sift through the game and try to find the magic variable that changes the framerate.
>>320971404
>Port computer
Fun fact, this was the working title for PS4
>>320976147
Have you ever considered that the publishers aren't releasing that shit in Japan because they don't want to? It's legally impossible for Sony to do what you think they're doing.
>>320972578
>>no such thing as "generations". No "platform death".
>>game can continue to make money indefinitely, even through several generations without need for faulty 'backwards compatibility' gimmicks
That's not really true, new OS need all kind backwards compatibility bullshit to run old games
>>320973909
Time span doesn't change the fact that THEY DID PORTED IT.
You just got caught shitposting anon :/...
>>320976891
easy to work around that on PCs, and you can even increase the resolution on 3D games
Oh man. All we need are Atlus and Vanillaware to hop on this train and we're in it baby.
>>320971560
isn't T7 running on PCs on the arcade machines?
>also we don't have Tekken community on PC now. RT @raiden_gaiden
you're never gonna have one if you don't release a game on it
Thinking about getting Steam. Is it still a spyware? Is there any infos on that?
>>320977637
Whoa, hold your horses. Don't expect them to think logically.
>>320967952
I am 110% positive Tekken won't be a game coming to PC unfortunately, don't take it for granted, it's just a gut feeling.
>>320967620
>why are all these low budget last gen looking and 5+ year old JRPGs coming to steam
>>320967356
senran kagura when?
>>320977781
it never has been unless you specifically agree to participate in their hardware surveys they do every so often
>>320967356
THEY TOLD YOU THIS WHEN YOU PRE ORDERED ZEST
TALES HAS NEVER EVER NOT BEEN MULTI PLATFORM IF POSSIBLE
>>320978075
This summer.
>>320967356
Context on that pic?
>>320969849
Pirating is highly illegal in nipland.
>>320978075
summer 2016
>tales game that was already announced like 3 months ago as a pre order
uh? what other games are you talking about? what else did I miss?
Anyone know when Earth Defense Force 4.1 is officially going to be announced for pc?Inb4 Earth Defense Forth.
>>320967356
I was disappointed when i did google reverse image search.
I was expecting a porno.
they dont want you to get games
the key is to get games
>>320967680
take a suck on the Persona 1 PC port, the games emulate flawlessly along with all the PS2 SMT game anyway so its not like we need them ported
>nips started noticing that PC games sales have been increasing a lot
>also PC users don't care about a plastic box and a disc, they just want to play videogames at various settings (some prefer premium, others prefer medium, others prefer cheap, others prefer console-like 720@30)
>3D games scale up easily anyways so whatever
>digital distribution = lodsemoneee, insta results, no need for infrastructure, distribution, and so on
>games sell forever, not for a set number of years
>Valkyria Chronicles, a 2008 PS3 exclusive ran well on shitty laptops despite the game still needing a few tweaks, plus it was top seller on Steam for a while
future is looking brighter and brighter
Good. I remember playing Symphonia back when it was on the Gamecube. I hope you PCfriends enjoy it too.it's not actually hot
>>320978678
Summer or "summer"?
>>320979023
>only the worst EDF got a PC port
kill me now senpai
>>320979297
>Worst EDF
Why is 4.1 worst EDF?
>>320979370
referring to insect armageddon
>>320979206
>still no vanquish
I only see death ony this future
>>320967620
Xbone and PS4 are just very specialized PCs. It makes it really easy to port and since games are more costly than ever 3rd parties want to reach as many customers as possible which is why exclusivity deals are either timed or they are partly funded by the console maker.
>>320979297
Why do Companies release their worst games on new platforms and then use the poor sales to justify not bringing any new games?
>>320979521
I remember some Sega tweet about them having more shit to do than they can handle when asked about specific games
not saying it'll come out, but maybe
>>320968047
>>see: bayonetta, vanquish, yakuza
They've talked about porting Bayonetta 1 and Vanquish though.
>>320967620
>>320967620
making money from old games looks like a good idea
I am waiting for Persona 3, 4 and FFX
>>320979670
better yet, why would companies release shitty entries in their best IPs
>DMC
>Resident Evil
>Paper Mario
>Metroid
and then go "oh my god, they didn't sell! people don't like it anymore!"in Sticker Stars case, though: "oh my god, this shit sold, let's make more shit!"
>>320967356
>>320967620
Why wouldn't they?
Porting is cheap and mustards have low standards, so it's easy money.
>>320978220
DJ khaled music video
>>320979917
Probably cause Japanese devs fear that mustards won't buy all of the loli costume dlc.
>>320979917
>mustards have low standards
>the people always asking for better frame rates, resolution, etc have low standards
>not the retards eating 720 resolutions for 6 years and now 900@30 with loads of frame drops
here's your dopamine hit
>>320978220
DJ Khaled moments before body-slamming that slut in bed.
>>320979861
Probably cause companies believe that releasing a normal game won't bring in as many sales, so they have to reboot it to alienate old fans and run the risk of not being good for new fans.
>>320967620
Japan is becoming more mobile. Console games need a platform to make up sales.
>>320967620
Because America is more PC based now a days so any Jew company can port a game to PC and expected to sell, while Japan is computer illiterate which is why they still have Window XP and Vista but only use it to shitpost, watch anime, play browser games, porn, and VNs
>>320974035
THIS
>>320968047
It hurts that i'll never get the Yakuza games on PC, theres nothing like them, but Ill keep buying them and borrowing consoles to play them.
>>320980338
Oh shit. I just looked up the video. I thought it was going to be completely different. Because the title reminded me of a different, better song. I was thinking "No way that's a new song. People don't produce that kind of music anymore. And I was right. It was some Chris Brown bullshit.
Here's the song I was thinking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhqKMb01r_Q
>>320967620
Because JP are mostly interested in the mobiles, and pc/console titles doesn't sell well in the japan.
And west is full of weebs and otakus that will eat every animu shit up.
>>320979029
you wanted to see a porno with that fat motherfucker?
