/v/ - Video Games

Well play your visual novels on pc then lol.

>>15733751

It's not a visual novel, based retardbro. It's a shmup.

>>15733806

Wow anon, we dont appreciate independent thought like that around here. Now kneejerk and blow this out of proportion like the other /v/ cattle.

>>15733806

God I want to brutalize that bitch.

Well play your shooters on pc then lol

Well play your video games on pc then lol

>>15733806

Degica literally confirmed it's gone from the PS4 version but is still in the PC version.

>>15733780

No no no reddit told me all Japanese games are VNs.

>>15733864

Fair enough but you should have added that to the OP, sourced ideally.

Seems like every small dev has a target painted on their backs as far as Soyny is concerned. I guess this oughta be a warning to anyone who wants to play these games - disregard the PS4 version. Now the question is how big does a dev need to be to not get the censor hammer? Are they gonna pull this stunt with a Sega or a Atlus? If they aren't doing it, these devs should raise a stink on Sony's HQ because this shit obviously comes from the US branch.

>>15733817

Back to reddit, nigger cattle

>>15733898

https://twitter.com/DegicaGames/status/1062912302658306049

>>15733910

>Steam Version: Yes PS4 Version: Not currently, but it may show up later down the line.

nani?

>>15733916

Look at all the tweets anon.

>>15733920

Man I want to fuck Hoppou. Also you're welcome.

Will Sony be the ones to revive Nintendo and the PC Master race with their censorship gestapo tactics?

>>15733937

>PC Master race

>when Steam the biggest market share in the platform is still censoring to this day

>>15733950

And everywhere else like Mangagamer anr DLsite is uncensored and still selling?

Steam isn't PC and they still sell porn despite cracking down on loli.

>>15733937

I personally doubt it. If Sony gets away with this shit, I think others will do the same. Nintendo's been lenient lately but I doubt it will last, at some point their US branch is gonna get even more pozzed and they'll follow Sony.

This won't stop until we fire California into space.

>>15733950

Steam is for video games. I never used it for porn games.

At this point in time I'm convinced that they caught on to our attempts to circumvent traditional censorship (read: learning Japanese, importing via Play Asia, etc).

Post >yfw lewd Jap games become PC and Nintendo exclusives

>>15734033

Oh boy, I would sure love for the fag parade to be stationed on the same platform I use!

>>15733908

>PS live gets shut down

>console bricks

>can't play plastic you bought

You own nothing goy. PS4 is just physical steam clone.

>>15734033

Steam is censoring games all the time as of recent, and Gaytendo doesn't give you truly uncensored stuff most of the time either.

>>15735918

Shhh don't tell him, he's a fanboy.

>>15733806

god i wish i was her…

I didn't know Asanagi did commercial stuff. Good thing I like shmups.

>>15733969

NoA fucking wishes they were in SoA's position right now. If the opportunity presents itself, and Sony shows they didn't lose much profit from their decision to replace an entire section of their audience to cater to the mainstream one out here, I imagine they'll start pushing to "clean up" their image again, perhaps right down to Japanese development and they've stated they wish they had involvement in with.

Should have a dedicated thread for this shit. Otherwise we'll end up with 50 more threads because we all know Sony is just going to keep censoring games til everyone ditches them.

>>15736507

Would be nice actually. I'm actually interested in being up to date with that stuff.

>>15736505

>>15733969

You act like Nips will put up with that shit.

>>15733872

Correct me if im wrong but…arent vn's very common in asia.

>>15736939

Considering how SoA seems to have full control at this point, even over the Japanese branch, do you really think the Commiefornians ordaining this censorship even for their native Japanese releases are going to give a shit if the Japanese base justifiably pitches a fit? Because these rulings seem to not be made with profit in mind, something where bad reception can sway things, but control and image. Sony apparently doesn't want to be known as the go-to for niche Japanese games and the customerbase that comes with it anymore, thus justified anger from those affected (both consumers and companies) is the first step towards them leaving. Depending on if Sony manages to stay afloat in light of this decision to excise part of their base, NoA may well deem it also worth the cost to be able to "parent" their customers again as to what is acceptable for them to enjoy and what isn't. Granted, unless NoJ decides that the west is better suited to be their headquarters like this, the Japanese audience for their systems may not be as affected, but NoA has stated they want involvement with actual development so that games made have "global" appeal too, which could well prove the same if they start doing SoA tier content inspections.

IE: This isn't just a retarded decision that perhaps they might see what they're doing is wrong and will cost them money; They know what they're doing and don't care about losing money worldwide if it also loses them their stigma amongst the mainstream west.

>>15736957

I did notice on IFI's site a while back they are dabbling with Switch ports, so I would hope they're testing the waters

>>15736957

>Bet you wouldn't of know

Was this image made by an 8-4 employee?

>>15736507

Seeing as they won't even show their face at E3 or their own Playstation Experience show it seems they're ditching themselves. It's like they're committing corporate suicide.

>>15736964

>They know what they're doing and don't care about losing money worldwide if it also loses them their stigma amongst the mainstream west.

It will also lose them third party game devs in Japan. Sony can't survive that. Nobody cares about their first party shit.

>>15736957

Also, I'd really like to know what the deal was over at Square-Enix between Nier, Drakengard 3, and Nier Automata. 8-4 can be made to do decent work provided the hiring company cares enough to actually puts them on a short leash, so what happened? It's not like Nier and Drakengard are unrelated, yet while I've heard both Nier scripts were more or less good, Drakengard 3 localization was rewrite tier. Did Square just deem to let them have a creative writing project, and then only put them back on the leash due to backlash when it came time for Automata?

>>15736987

>Nobody cares about their first party shit.

Maybe they would if they'd opted to keep the bulk of what they own relevant over the years, but more often than not they abandon stuff after a generation, if not a single game or two (unlike Nintendo's milking of franchises for better or worse). Which I suppose speaks towards Sony not even caring about the bulk of their first/second party library, barring modern western developed releases. Question is, can the mainstream westernfags that buy the system for "experiences" sustain them even without Japanese support that goes more niche than Square-Enix or From?

>>15736974

>It's like they're committing corporate suicide.

Truth be told they're probably trying to transition out of the video game business.

>>15736995

>Question is, can the mainstream westernfags that buy the system for "experiences" sustain them even without Japanese support that goes more niche than Square-Enix or From?

I'm guessing not although that's really irrelevant since Square-Enix and From are multi platform. If someone wants to play Dark Souls or Final Fantasy they don't have to do it on a Playstation. If Sony fucks up even a little bit Nintendo and Microsoft will tear them apart.

>>15737019

>Unfortunately the the autocorrect our head does is too powerful.

Excuse me? That's the most retarded excuse I have ever heard.

>>15737044

Well did you notice the mistake in that sentence?

>>15737019

Well yeah, but that's why I mentioned the stigma. Even if maybe the base on the whole averages out, and thus there should be room for lewd games as well as "serious" "mature" "experiences", the people heading the western branch seem to consider it something that needs to be rectified. The developers, publishers, and consumers moving to other bases is obviously something that can happen, but who's to say NoA won't also start thinking it's a good idea for protecting their "family friendly" image? Steam isn't much of a better alternative given their banning of various games and lack of communication with the devs/publishers of late, and Microsoft isn't even really an option for the Japanese-base (which honestly, would be worrisome if they deigned that allowing that would be how they finally break through to Japan).

>Unfortunately the the autocorrect our head does is too powerful.

>the the

Yours doesn't seem to be.

>NISA can also do decent work, as happened with Danganronpa and Neptunia Re;birth 1.

Re;birth 1 was IFI, before they got it in their heads to hire Doerr to edit at the behest of whiners wondering where their memes went. Can't really speak on Danganronpa myself aside from seeing screenshots of text overflow issues in at least one game. You're right though, they can do good work when either in the mood or forced (Experience games seem the most immune to their usual shit), but I can't condone giving them money because they'll never learn anyhow.

>>15737007

True, but even then, disregarding Steam as multiplat, Sony systems still get the occasional exclusive third party games from various companies. I'm mainly thinking of Square and From as "safe", ones that tend to make games that aren't as apt to set off the censor alarms, and if that will even be enough to keep normalfags that do have some slight, surface level interest in Japanese games invested in Sony.

>>15737073

Oh, and to add to this:

>It's also possibly a budget thing since Drakengard 3 was developed by a low-tier dev relatively speaking.

Is Access Games considered lower than Cavia was?

>>15737070

More than one mistake. That entire thing is full of it.

>>15736958

>…

>the rest of this post

go back to where ever you came from faggot

>>15737109

it's like they forgot how "every must be 3d!" fucked them over early in ps3's cycle. otoh sony probably assumes everybody will just buy a ps5 to play their old library + new games

>>15737073

the retarded part is that those games weren't even that lewd to begin, especially when even nintendo of all people had no problem with some of them

and even then you have to consider that sony willing opted to have a worse version than the competition on their platform, compared to the past where sony was smart enough to know having a wide variety of games offers sth to as many ppl as possible.

>>15737109

>Honestly I think Sony wants to do away with everything that doesn't have a Western style.

Do you mean visual style, content, or development?

>>15737118

>it's like they forgot how "every must be 3d!" fucked them over early in ps3's cycle.

They were doing that even back on the PS1. If memory serves, that was part of why they didn't care to bring Arc the Lad over despite it being a Sony owned property (and then forced Working Designs into an "all or nothing" thing when they asked), and probably why they forced WA1's combat into early, preFFVII 3D despite looking wonky compared to the nicely sprited world, towns, and dungeons. And then every subsequent game until XF was full 3D (not the visuals didn't make an improvement compared to the first's 3D). 3D was the big push for pretty much all platforms during fifth gen, but noticeably so for the west. I know some companies like Konami could at least still get away with the likes of Suikoden and Symphony of the Night being sprited, but it wouldn't surprise me if SCEA outright blocked certain third party games just because they were sprited and not from reasonably popular publishers.

>This is partly why the Vita failed West-side. No effort was made to ensure it had a good variety of games, and so it only did OK in Japan.

I'd say the memory cards and how save data backup was handled was almost as big a factor, but yes. It took them years to even have the realization that "we don't know what people out here actually want", and then had the shockingly good idea to actually fucking ask the customerbase. Too bad Hearts R's translation is rewrite tier, thanks to Bamco not caring to keep 8-4 on any leash because they'd already decided they didn't care about handheld entries in the west by that point.

>>15737114

At this point I'm worried that if they start instituting more post-release censorship than R6S, just connecting might detect you have unupdated lewd games that need fixing. Though I suppose if you have a disc you've at least got something to fall back on, but I have no clue if people with jailbroken PS4s have been backing up patches released.

>>15737136

Again, the goal seem to be to push people that SoA doesn't want on their platform elsewhere, be they customers, devs, or publishers that won't toe the line. They know that forcing companies to offer a worse version is going to plummet sales for them when word gets out (if it gets out; seen speculation publishers might have to keep silent in the future), but that's the punishment they apparently deserve for their gall to try to bring - or even put on in the first place, in the case of JP native releases - those games over. They want to keep doing so, they can try their luck with other platforms, but they force them to bend the knee for Sony's domain. And not every company is going to want to have to make and submit different versions of games for different ratings. Can't even get something like Bamco doing that when the PEGI rating would go up but the ESRB would be the same, or just censor for Germanistan and leave the rest of the world with full content.

>>15737109

Turning away money from the entire Japanese market and western weebs on the behalf of faggot game journos and resetera retards is still amazingly stupid. Not to mention all those AAA shitshows are a flash in the pan, so depending on nothing but "blockbusters" is a risky move that is certain to bite them in ass.

>>15737196

Which is why I doubt this decision has been entirely motivated by profit, and much more flaunting control. Maybe they see the Xbox brand has survived for three generation with western majority titles and little Japanese audience, and think that they can manage that too while stifling anything the American branch doesn't like in the process.

>>15733819

Lolis are for sexual, not for brutal.

>>15737320

Why not both?

>>15733898

Biggest companies to get hit so far are Marvelous and Compile Heart. Still pretty niche, but it's sad to see a company like CH which has pretty much released everything on playstation get stabbed in the back by them like this.

The big test will be Catherine. It doesn't seem like it's going to be censored though because there have been recent updates talking about the mode in the game where you can have everyone in lingerie. But also supposedly Sony is trying to make companies not talk about the censorship before release, although some have.

>>15739636

>keep killing leftists

Where are leftists getting killed? If anything, it's you rightist pirates that are getting wiped out while we're getting stronger.

>>15733728

I can't believe sony would let this filth on their platform. That girl on the right is showing cleavage!

>>15739648

How the fuck are you a leftist supporting companies, are you fucking stupid? You're a paypig you stupid fuck.

>>15736194

who are even "sodomites"? stupid christcuck retard.

>>15733780

>it's a shitmop

even worse

>>15736194

>morality values

anon, they're imposing their fetishes.