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Sony hate thread
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Retards at the FTC are appealing the case: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/ftc-says-it-will-appeal-to-block-microsoft-activision-deal.html
The Gollum game did this, charging extra for Elvish or whatever it was
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To be expected, since they get an automatic appeal, but its a long shot to get something like this overturned.
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Yeah, japanese vidya prices don't have the concept of MSRP like we do in the West, and it's not unusual to see visual novels, strategy titles and RPGs being sold between 7,000 yen and 10,000 yen.
But doesn't Steam see anyone making use of a VPN or IP proxy to purchase region-restricted games rather badly and a violation of their service terms? The related FAQ page only mentions this way for gifts. I also dunno if changing region will trigger additional issues. For instance, if you change to Japan, there may be the inability to pay with a non-japanese Paypal account/bank card (like it's the case with the Nintendo Eshop and Sony's PlayStation Network), thus making pre-paid cards the sole possible option.
I double-checked btw and the PC port of The Great Ace Attorney (Dai Gyakuten Saiban) does support japanese text + voices but ONLY if you purchase it from Japan. In a similar fashion of Dragon Quest 11S (that has the voice drama section exclusive to the JP version build and I think the pafu-pafu section too which is a massive seiyuu-fest).
Mary Skelter 1 & 2 are completely unavailable for the japanese on the other hand because the PC ports were handled by Ghostlight, thus zero moonrune support.
There are also the PC ports of old Falcom games published by XSeeD that miss proper language support even if they can be bought in Japan.
I guess the problem lies that a lot of these ports handled by american branches didn't future-proof in an eventual scenario that the Japanese would flock more and more on Steam, which to be fair, wasn't something anyone could believe several years ago.
The language pack for Tomb Raider used to be charged for a price, but it's still the case for Thief.
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart specs; not entirely sure if this is authentic or not. If it is, then it seems SSDs are recommended but not required.
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Yeah this will probably run pretty well on a Steam Deck. Again with the SSD stuff, I thought the PS5 games were IMPOSSIBLE to run on anything other than the PS5 with the magic SSD that Sony invented, at least that's what the snoys told me.
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wonder how it will be like on a none ssd, will the transitions take 30+ seconds
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I was waiting until Tuesday to really report the outcome on that. The judge who ruled on the FTC's block on the merger put in a stay on appeals until the 22nd I believe. If Microsoft closes the deal by the deadline of the 18th they can preempt the appeal entirely. Its also possible that Monday the appeals court denies them as well. I'm just going to reserve any further takes on it until we see what the 18th brings.
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I mean, they can close the deal but that doesn't close the case. If the FTC ultimately wins they would be forced to divest some or potentially all of Activision.
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The only hits I'm getting are a couple no-name sites. But if true, this game better look amazing to justify a card two gens later than and twice the RAM the PS5's to max it out.
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I think part of the reason japs overcharge is also because the things they price gouge on typically (blu-rays, figs, and niche genres like VNs) are low volume items which have inelastic demand due to their hardcore audience. They arent going to sell much more by reducing the price, and the small fanbase will buy them regardless of the inflated prices.
I'm not sure though about Valve's region policies. At the very least though, I've been paying in USD with the America region despite having been stuck in Europe for over a year, so clearly its not just a matter of which regional IPs you access Steam from.
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Valve provides recommended pricing for each region that isn't just USD converted to whatever currency, but barely any devs actually use that pricing. Steam allows any price to be set for each region. I think actual region is set to the account, they make it difficult to change so that people don't just set to the cheapest region for cheap games
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But you won't be able to enjoy it as much without that revolutionary haptic feedback controller Sony couldn't shut up about prior to PS5's launch.
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I think you are putting too much stock into the FTC and Sony's position in this fight, Pony.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/14/...ivision-blizzard-ftc-acquisition-appeal-loses
Appeals court denied the last minute emergency block, Activision already delisted from stock exchange in preparation of deal closing, FTC head being investigated by congress oversight committee for all her problems. I'll head you off before you mention the CMA in the UK. Microsoft can close the deal by just pulling Activision from the UK market to close it. They can reenter the market post deal closure by just creating a separate Activision sector for UK publishing after the Brits stop having a fit.
Your point about divesting their purchase after the closure is just hopium. Based on the track record of major corporate mergers in the past several decades there is no divesting of companies that happens anymore. This isn't the era of Bell Telephones anymore or Standard Oil. The American government isn't in the business of divesting companies anymore.
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Don't call me that, nigger.
This didn't happen and the person who wrote that article should be hung from the neck until dead (after being found guilty at trial in a court of law, of course,) for spreading fake news. What actually happened was that Activision was taken off of most of Nasdaq's indexes. The stock is still active and trading, though it probably won't be by Monday morning.
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And they shouldn't imo. I'm not the biggest fan of huge corporations, but I'm even less of a fan of governmental faff. Create a playing field where smaller companies can compete, sure, but I don't see the benefits of splitting up companies. When it comes to gaming I would like if platform holders had to disclose if they've made exclusivity deals with 3rd parties, and the lengths of those deals.
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Sony has finally ConSneeded and signed the deal Microsoft offered.
Interestingly according to the Verge the original deal included more Activision games, the current one is strictly limited to CoD ..... Ryan bros, I think you fucked up. This year and a half long stunt cost you the guarantee of anything else.
Interestingly according to the Verge the original deal included more Activision games, the current one is strictly limited to CoD ..... Ryan bros, I think you fucked up. This year and a half long stunt cost you the guarantee of anything else.
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what other activision games...?
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So nothing was lost
