outlawauron said:
F0X said:
outlawauron said:
F0X said:
outlawauron said:
F0X said:
I'm just happy that a first-party publisher is treating a massive home console JRPG as a flagship, system-selling release. Progress! |
Does this mean they're going to actually publish it in all territories for a worldwide simultaneous release? That's the minimum bar for consideration of that title.
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I wouldn't go that far. We normally can't even expect a simultaneous release for a Final Fantasy or Pokemon title. And at least one of those two franchises typically moves systems.
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That's one of the things Square did this generation to try and appeal to the West. Timely localizations so that other areas didn't feel they were being ignored. While there was a 3 month delay for XIII (it was most likely due to WW release of two versions with multiple languages), SO4 was simultaneous, and XIII-2 only had a 1.5 month wait.
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if that is what you consider to be simultaneous, then I wouldn't worry very much. If X is anything like Xenoblade, it will probably be easier to localize than a recent Final Fantasy game.
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Did some looking around and the longest people have waited for an FF game is ~3 months which is pretty good. Front Mission only had a week long distance between western and Japanese release. That's a far cry from the 1 year+ time it used to take.
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I think we can reasonably call this another sign of progress. I think Dark Souls had a 1-2 week wait as well, another From Software-developed game. Maybe there's a connection.
