CorgiShinobi Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 Part of that, from what I've read, is that Sony done goofed by mixing NTSC and PAL versions into the device. I'll probably wait like Jack said as most of the hacks are going through experimenting and testing. Some have completely borked their device's menu interface, so definitely will want an easier go of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Yeah, that's part of it, but from what I've read even accounting for that many games don't run as well as they did on original hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 It's almost like this was a quickly slapped together, cynical cash grab!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Shame you're not in the UK as they're selling them for £25 in some places if you're lucky enough to find one. Kind of shows they're a bit poo though and/or massively unpopular, as I've not seen them do anything like that with the Nintendo equivalents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted December 29, 2018 Report Share Posted December 29, 2018 Man, that's what really pisses me off about the Playstation Classic. In theory, it's something I'd love to own and even hoped for, but they bungled it so badly that we would have been better off with nothing at all. At least then we'd still have the potential for a decent classic console at some point in the future. Now those hopes are completely dashed. Whose idiotic idea was it to put PAL roms on the thing? No dualshocks which means no Ape Escape. Plus there's no Castlevania, no Klonoa, no Brave Fencer Musashi, no Tomba, no Legend of Dragoon, no Tomb Raider, no Suikoden II, no Parappa, no Silent Hill, no Final Fantasy Tactics, no Tony Hawk. I mean, what the hell were they thinking? I know they'd have to pay for licenses, but you gotta spend money to make money, bruh. I'm not saying they'd need to have ALL of those games, but they should have had at least a few of them because the lineup they actually have is pathetic. No wonder the thing is flopping hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 So, it looks like Catherine might be getting a very late PC port. Both the Bayonetta and Valkyria Chronicles 4 Steam pages are teasing something with sheep and an ESRB rating appeared. This can be interpreted as a big deal and as a good sign for further titles like Persona or Shin Megami Tensei also getting ported. What's interesting here is that all signs point to this being a port of the original release, not the upcoming remaster with new content. It's unclear what role (if any) Atlus played here but it seems kinda weird to port the old version when a remaster is in development. Another interesting thing is that Atlus have long been believed to have some kind of strong (and idiotic) dislike of the PC as a platform, so it's unclear what their involvement here was (if any). It's safe to assume that this is another SEGA EU port, but I have to wonder if they went above Atlus' heads or if they actually had their blessing. Perhaps Atlus didn't give a shit since they're working on a new version of the game. I've wanted Catherine on PC for a while so I'll be there day one but I'm actually more excited to see if this leads to anything further or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 What are Japanese games like in general for turning up on PC? I don't really associate Japan and PC gaming but know very little about either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Depends on the company. Atlus games are pretty much unheard of, so if this is true it's huge because it means Persona ports are possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Atlus is pretty much the last major Japanese holdout at this point. That's why this could be huge, though I'm personally skeptical until they prove otherwise. There's still some companies that are kinda weird and don't port everything or do late ports (*cough* Square-Enix *cough*) but most of them have some titles on Steam by now. The Atlus situation is really weird, though, because of the rumors I mentioned and the fact that they're owned by SEGA. SEGA's EU branch has a strong PC focus, they own studios like Relic and Creative Assembly and are responsible for most of their late Japanese ports like Valkyria Chronicles and Yakuza. The JP branch seems like they couldn't give less of a shit, though. In the case of Atlus, it's been assumed up until now that something got in the way of ports happening but that might turn out to not be the case anymore. Which means there might still be a chance for Persona 5 (and other Atlus titles) on PC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 I know I'm late to the party (apparently I didn't check the forum all weekend?) but what suggests that it's a port of the original version rather than the remaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Admittedly nothing completely definitive, but something called "Catherine Classic" showed up not too long ago. The ESRB rating is for the original as platforms are PC, 360, PS3 and Xbone (BC, I'm assuming). And finally the last few games SEGA teased like this came out fairly quickly after (like 2-3 weeks tops) but the remaster is only coming out in Japan next month with the western release date still unknown. edit: Wait okay I just got caught up and this is getting interesting. The sheep images had Steam keys hidden in them and those that managed to activate them uncovered a secret message! So far it says "Get ready for something sexy" and we know there's 8 keys in total. So we know to expect three more. And in 3 days? Might be an unfortunate coincidence, though lol. Especially since I wouldn't expect a port announcement coming from the Japanese twitter account. Also, each key points to a different app on steamdb. So this could potentially be teasing multiple games, although my guess is they're probably just empty listings made solely for the purpose of the tease message. Edited January 7, 2019 by FLD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Out now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/893180/Catherine_Classic/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 That was quick. Weird that it's not the enhanced version, but hopefully this is the start of something and we can start getting the Persona games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Well, there it is. Weird but I loved Catherine, so I'll take it. My optimistic take on this is that they might've started work without knowing about the remaster but IIRC it was announced a while ago so fuck if I know what to read into this. At the very least, there's now some legitimate reason to think that the chances of Persona (and other Atlus games) coming to PC aren't zero, which is an improvement. Prediction: Persona 5 will be announced by the end of the year! edit: !!!!!!!!!!!! “We hope to have more exciting news to share from Sega/Atlus in regards to publishing on PC in the future,” says Sega. Coming from the mouth of John Sega himself! Edited January 10, 2019 by FLD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 If I have to fashion a guess from this, it's that the PC ports will be the original games and the updated re-releases will remain console exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 That would be the most Atlus thing ever, so probably not a bad guess. Given the way things are looking on PC lately, though, I'd say it's not bleak enough. Persona 5 Classic coming out right before whatever P5R ends up being, exclusively on the Fortnite store! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Nah, P5C will come out on PC the week after P5R on console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 https://gematsu.com/2019/01/yakuza-kiwami-for-pc-launches-february-19 Yakuza Kiwami on PC SOON. I still need to really get into 0... but the giant insects needs killing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 About time! It was initially expected by the end of the year, so I wonder what took so long. Hopefully once it's out they won't waste any time in announcing Kiwami 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 There's been plenty of these online over the past week but this is the best one I've seen yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Anyone ever get the urge to go back and marathon all the games in your favorite franchises one after another? There are no big releases that interest me for the next several months so I've been playing through the Kingdom Hearts HD compilation and I'm currently up to 3D. A while back I also played through all the Castlevania games, at least until it turned into 3D crap. It's pretty fun to do this sort of thing now and then and I'm just curious to learn who else does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yeah, I get that urge sometimes, but then I look at my backlog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TheMightyEthan said: Yeah, I get that urge sometimes, but then I look at my backlog... Pretty much. I often get the urge to do a marathon right before a sequel is due to come out but I almost never actually do it. For example, there's about a week left until DMC5 and I kinda want to replay DMC3 and 4 before then but I'm probably just gonna end up spending that week trying to 100% Yakuza Kiwami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 I've done that a couple of times, played through Dead Space 1 and 2 a couple of times, Demon's/Dark Souls and some others, mostly stuff on PS3 and 360 as those are the consoles that I have on the same room as my exercise bike so that gives me some time to play while working out. I also go back to old favourites whenever I don't feel like playing anything new or going through my backlog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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