Is There a Reason for NOT Releasing Disgaea 3 on Steam

[Zaraki Snakenoman]

anyone knows why?
or do i have to watch a play through on youtube then play 4?

[omgitsbees]

No idea why, it could be for any number of reasons. it sucks, but not much that can be done about it.

[Giro]

Originally posted by Zaraki Snakenoman:

anyone knows why?
or do i have to watch a play through on youtube then play 4?

That's what I did

[Clarity]

I started with 3, but was told it was the least popular game out of all the series, and they did not think it was worth it.

[Paro]

Originally posted by Clarity:

I started with 3, but was told it was the least popular game out of all the series, and they did not think it was worth it.

I don't understand why. I loved 3. The opening song was so awesome.

[croix]

The same for disgaea d2, i really like that game...

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Zaraki Snakenoman:

anyone knows why?
or do i have to watch a play through on youtube then play 4?

D3 may happen eventually, they aren't exactly doing them in order. PC release order so far has been: 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7

There's no reason to watch a playthrough of 3 before playing 4, the stories are completely unrelated. It's not like D2 where you had Etna on the main cast to loosely tie the games together, D3 is entirely it's own thing.

D3 was one of the weakest games in the series, and doesn't have a Switch version to easily port. I don't think the Vita is that much harder to port from but so far they've mostly been dealing with Switch ports, so D3 is likely going to need the D1/D2 treatment which takes more time/effort. Or they are planning a Switch release of D3 and waiting for that.

[Vexov]

D3: Lame characters and the setting was basically school. So boring and more so for anime-like games cause a lot of anime takes place in a school setting (perhaps the only happiness ♥♥♥♥ had before they work themselves to an early death).

D4: I really liked all the characters. Mostly and main ones at least. Perhaps the best story and characters. I still got my physical copy.

D5: I disliked majority. Sera, Mag, Usalia were great and so was that necro girl. PPL were hating on Sera, but her personality was suppose to be basically annoying down to her little laugh.

D6: Still have not played. Waiting for a larger sale. I got games like Cyberpunk. So the asking price with review scores isn't appealing enough.



I wish we got a Disgaea game that actually let us play the evil side and even fight angels. Decades of games where we play the freaking holy saint good guy with a paid out linear path story and we all our Holy choices just workout always. Demon is always main character (mostly) and we're always the good guys??, why not an angel at this rate.

I understand the majority needs their hands held and morality never tested, but come on: Tis why movies like Starwars that they make the empire utterly evil like they were only hiring jerks and kicked everyone else off the payroll. "Don't think, just watch the pretty lights and sounds".

[Louis Cypher]

D3 sucks gretaly and is outdated as fck.
That is the reason

[X32 Jno]

aren't both of those games on the ps3? thats why

[Karasu Shiro]

D3 is the worst episode imho. Dont waste your time watching it on YT, it has no ties with 4 or any other games

i'd like for them to release DD2 on steam tho... never had the chance to play this episode :/

[Michel Baie]

Originally posted by Zaraki Snakenoman:

anyone knows why?
or do i have to watch a play through on youtube then play 4?

The games aren't really linked together, even when they feature returning characters in their main story. On top of that D3 characters are pretty much existing in their own vacuum, you won't see them again beside in bonus DLC.

As for why... well, they could've ported the Vita version by now, as we all know porting PS3 games is a gamble at best - and NIS aren't exactly the best at doing that in the first place.

I wouldn't be surprised if they lost the source code or something dumb like that.
But it could also be because it was the least popular entry in the series before D6 happened.

If you really want to play it, you'll have to do so via emulation.
DD2 works pretty well, so I guess D3 should work too.

[Gemini Holo]

Barrels instead of prisms and Mao's voice. I think those reasons prevent anyone at NIS from even touching the game ever again.

[LVL 9999 OVERGEARED LAST BOSS]

i heard that its because it is a ps3 game and ps3 code is (&*@¨&$%($&¨$)(*¨)*¨$(*%¨to be portable to other plataforms

[Melodia]

Originally posted by LVL 9999 OVERGEARED LAST BOSS:

i heard that its because it is a ps3 game and ps3 code is (&*@¨&$%($&¨$)(*¨)*¨$(*%¨to be portable to other plataforms

I dunno why people keep saying this. 4 was also on PS3. On top of which, both 3 and 4 got Vita ports, and there's no way 3 wouldn't be ported with the extra content from that version.
So that's 100% not an issue, at all.

It COULD be for DD2, however.

[omgitsbees]

Lots of PlayStation 3 games make it over to other platforms, even PC, so the whole "PS3 is difficult to code for" thing is a myth. I don't know why that keeps getting repeated over a decade later, it isn't true.

The far more likely reason is that it is something to do with the licensing for Disgaea 3. It can be something as stupid as the contract agreement with a single voice actor, or a song in the soundtrack, that prevents it from being ported.