Judgment, Kenzan, Ishin, Dead Souls Ports Coming?

[mdesaleah]

Since the series is getting much more popular now, especially after this one, did the devs ever confirm ports for the side games?

All of these are worth having on PC, even the more questionable Dead Souls would benefit form no stuttering.

[2D神]

No plan for Judgement is last I heard form Sega although people from reddit claim that it will be on Stadia until exclusivity run out. I don't know what or who to believe, I could just buy it on PS4 but 30 fps is a no go.

[☆Kay☆]

Judgement will be on steam eventually. As for the other spin offs, I see that unlikely unless they port them over to the west on console first and those sell really well.

[Duckilous]

There's currently no plans to bring Judgement and its sequel to PC.
Kenzan is more likely to receive a Kiwami remake than a remastered port.
Ishin needs to be localised first before we talk about their PC ports, same with Kenzan.
Dead Souls is unlikely to be remastered or ported to PC.

[CloverChiaki96]

Judgement is likely coming after Stadia. When they come to Gamepass like what happened with Remastered collection and 6.

[Kaimu]

Well, bad news for Judgement steam and Judgement series as a whole.
https://kotaku.com/report-judgment-series-is-ending-over-pc-version-disag-1847271300
or
https://www.pcgamer.com/dispute-over-a-pc-version-of-lost-judgement-may-see-the-series-come-to-an-abrupt-end/

According to the article, It looks like Stadia is not the culprit for Judgement not releasing on Steam, but the agency behind the protagonist actor.
It's also the reason why they excluded PC/Steam when they announced Lost Judgement.

[Bankai9212]

Which makes no sense as stadia is streaming off a pc. If anything judgment will release on pc but not lost because politics/money.

[❀❀ V ❀❀]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Which makes no sense as stadia is streaming off a pc. If anything judgment will release on pc but not lost because politics/money.

Theyre both the same talent agency, so neither would show up on PC since they both star Takuya Kimura. I can also guarantee you Johnny's doesnt know what a Stadia is other than "not PC" to them.

This is almost assuredly some stupid ass "ugh pc is the porn place, cant be associated with that" bs that Johnny's is still falling for

[Bankai9212]

But if presented then they would have to, As it is a pc that’s running the game not a console. The sequel would be different since it’s not out yet, still dumb all the same.

[bansama]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Which makes no sense as stadia is streaming off a pc. If anything judgment will release on pc but not lost because politics/money.

It makes perfect sense. Stadia streams the files, but does not provide direct access to those files. It's also a system that is not available in Japan, meaning that Johnnys has less knowledge of its exact workings and just understands that its a console.

Japanese talent agencies are, simple put, an annoying pain in the neck. A lot of times when a Japanese audio track isn't available outside of Japan, it's because of an agency butting in. So one control the likeness of someone on their books is just natural progression of the annoyance.

[Bankai9212]

Doesn’t change the fact a computer is running the game.

[MisterPool]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Doesn’t change the fact a computer is running the game.

A console is a computer too...

Addressing the original question, the current debacle could possibly open the door wider for Kenzan, Ishin, and/or Dead Souls PC ports while they resolve talent/licensing issues with Judgement. Johnny's s*****d the pooch on this one, but it may be to our (the players) long term benefit. Time will tell.

[GamerXT]

So they`re coming to PC then, otherwise they would continue wouldnt they.

[MisterPool]

Originally posted by gamerXT3:

So they`re coming to PC then, otherwise they would continue wouldnt they.

What "they" are you referring to? Kenzan, Ishin, and Dead Souls? The Judgement titles?

If it's the first one then we don't know, but RGG has said they would like to.

If it's the second one the answer, according to Sega, is "not at this time". Johnny's, the main actor's talent agency, will not allow his likeness to be released on PC. Sega is committed to releasing their titles on PC. The Judgement series is ending and cannot currently be ported to PC because of this impasse.

The two groups of games are unrelated. Presumably this opens a big development hole with the Judgement series being canceled. What they fill it with remains to be seen. As I previously said though, it could open a door for Kenzan, Ishin and/or Dead Souls ports while they develop a script for whatever replaces Judgement.

[GamerXT]

If judgement doesnt come to PC then why would they stop the franchise, might aswell continue it, I doubt a Judgement 3 would be unprofitable for them.

[Sandevid]

Originally posted by gamerXT3:

If judgement doesnt come to PC then why would they stop the franchise, might aswell continue it, I doubt a Judgement 3 would be unprofitable for them.

I've read that the protagonist is really important to the story, so without him it would be weird, weirder than Yakuza without Kiryu. They can, though, make a different franchise but keep the action combat/detective mechanics and call it a day. That would sell well probably