Stop it with the region locking!

[Zeriel00]

I'm sick and tired of having to import games to PS4 for double the price because you refuse to include the Japanese interface. You keep "Region locking" your games to consoles and I won't support your anti consumer practices. Grow up this is a global market now.

[GrimAtrament]

why are you complaining about PS4 region locking which is sony's decision here? the tales of series is not made by sony.

[Zeriel00]

I'm not complaining about Sony I'm complaining about the steam games region locking. I HAVE to import on Sony but I got the option because the PS4 is not region locked. On Steam they just remove the Japanese Interface so it's essentially "Region locked" noticed how every other language interface is there except Japanese. That's my complaint because it's scummy and there's no reason for it.

[Deathraven13]

Deal with it.

[Little Game Fairy]

Region locking is probably one of the worst things about Steam. Makes me afraid to another country. And we are thankfully living in a more and more global, multicultural world and culture, and Steam is lagging behind by locking you by region and culture and not offering more regional and cultural options.

[The Grand Alliance]

Not including a UI, and "region locking", are two separate things, pal.

"Region locking" means, if you fly ur PC to (Japan) somewhere outside the approved zone, the game stops working. This is not the case here.

Your complaint has to do with localization difference, not "region locking". BTW, I have never seen a Japanese UI in a western-localized game before; and I have been at it for 30+ years now, so.........

[Zeriel00]

Originally posted by The Grand Alliance:

Not including a UI, and "region locking", are two separate things, pal.

"Region locking" means, if you fly ur PC to (Japan) somewhere outside the approved zone, the game stops working. This is not the case here.

Your complaint has to do with localization difference, not "region locking". BTW, I have never seen a Japanese UI in a western-localized game before; and I have been at it for 30+ years now, so.........

Ok Ill make my game and sell world wide but just so happen to not include your language...oops I guess you won't be playing it then....I'm not region locking it just not releasing it in your country's language...completely different...

@Little Game Fairy

I agree with you except in this case is not Steam it's the publisher that wants to protect their console presence and leave the PC market hanging because Japanese think PC = Piracy. I think it's unfair and that's why it's so frustrating

[Ras-pica]

Originally posted by The Grand Alliance:

BTW, I have never seen a Japanese UI in a western-localized game before; and I have been at it for 30+ years now, so.........

I have found one so far, NieR:Automata.

[Zeriel00]

Originally posted by Raspica Blue:

Originally posted by The Grand Alliance:

BTW, I have never seen a Japanese UI in a western-localized game before; and I have been at it for 30+ years now, so.........

I have found one so far, NieR:Automata.

LOL what??? Have you tried changing the language? Just off of the top of my head:

All Neptunia Games
Final Fantasy 7,8,10,12,15
World of Final Fantasy
All Disgaias
Neko Para
Nier Automata
Racettear
Witcher 3
Yakuza
Zone of Enders
Borderlands
Basically every Nintendo Switch Game ever
Harth Stone
Skyrim
Chantelise

And these are just the ones I've played recently. There's literally more games with Japanese Interface than without, usually used as a form of region lock because games are usually worth 60-70$+ in Japan when they're a fraction on Steam. They're fleecing gamers over there.

[Zeriel00]

Found a couple more lol

.hack//G.U. Last Recode
100% Orange Juice
1bitHeart
99 Spirits
A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met
AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead ＆ Undressed
Alphadia Genesis
Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-
Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!
ARSLAN: THE WARRIORS OF LEGEND
Assassin's Creed Origins
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Bayonetta
Bioshock Infinite
BioShock™ Remastered
BioShock™ Remastered 2
BlazBlue Centralfiction
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
BLUE REFLECTION
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
Child of Light
Cho Dengeki Stryker All Ages Version
ChuSingura46+1 S
Code of Princess
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Corona Blossom Vol.1 Gift From the Galaxy
Corona Blossom Vol.2 The Truth From Beyond
Corona Blossom Vol.3 Journey to the Stars
Corpse Party
Criminal Girls: Invite Only
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round
Disgaea
Disgaea 2
Dishonored 2
DOOM
Dragon Knight
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Eternal Destiny
Fable Anniversary
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
Fallout 4
Far Cry 4
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
FINAL FANTASY XV
Furi
Gal*Gun VR
Gal*Gun: Double Peace
Game Tengoku CruisinMix
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.2
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.3
Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.4
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-
GUILTY GEAR Xrd -REVELATOR-
GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN-
GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R
Gunhound EX
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
HELLDIVERS
How to Take Off Your Mask
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation
Japanese School Life
Just Cause™ 3
KARAKARA
KARAKARA2
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition
Koihime Enbu
Kyoto Colorful Days
LEGO City Undercover
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII
Little Busters! English Edition
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-
Magical Battle Festa
Malus Code
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
Memory's Dogma CODE:01
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Metal Waltz: Anime tank girls
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Mirror
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Moe Mekuri SP
Moero Chronicle
Monster Monpiece
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
Narcissu 1st & 2nd
NEKOPARA Vol. 0
NEKOPARA Vol. 1
NEKOPARA Vol. 2
NEKOPARA Vol. 3
NieR:Automata
NightCry
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
Nightshade／百花百狼
Nioh
Nurse Love Addiction
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy
Panty Party
Phantom Brave PC
planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~
Prey
Princess Maker 2 Refine
Princess Maker 3: Fairy Tales Come True
Princess Maker Refine
Project LUX
Project Nimbus
RaidersSphere4th
RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard
Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Reverse x Reverse
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Sakura Angels
Sakura Nova
School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE
SENRAN KAGURA Bon Appétit! - Full Course
SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash
Shadow Complex Remastered
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Song of Memories
Soul Saber 2
STAR OCEAN™ - THE LAST HOPE
Star Sky - ブルームーン
STEINS;GATE
Stranger of Sword City
Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls
SUPERHOT
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
Symphonic Rain
The Darkness II
The Evil Within 2
THE LAST BLADE 2
The Legend of Dark Witch
The Legend of Dark Witch 2
The Maid_san's Caving Adventure
The Talos Principle
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Tokyo School Life
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Toukiden 2
Toukiden: Kiwami
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Trouble Witches Origin - Episode1 Daughters of Amalgam -
ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3
Ultra Street Fighter IV
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late
VALKYRIE DRIVE -BHIKKHUNI-
Vanquish
WAGAMAMA HIGH SPEC
WARRIORS ALL-STARS
Watch_Dogs 2
Wild Romance
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY
YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z
Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm
Yukie: A Japanese Winter Fairy Tale
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
茂伸奇谈-Monobeno-
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Alan Wake
Blades of Time
Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters
Counter Fight
Deathsmiles
DEEP SPACE WAIFU
Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
Doom 3: BFG Edition
ETHER VAPOR Remaster
Fable - The Lost Chapters
Fate/EXTELLA
GRID 2
Hop Step Sing! Kimamani☆Summer vacation
Killing Floor 2
Life Goes On: Done to Death
Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel
OldMaidGirl
Orcs Must Die!
Orcs Must Die! 2
Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire
Pretty Girls Panic!
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Senko no Ronde 2
SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS
SENRAN KAGURA SHINOVI VERSUS
The Crew
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
Torchlight II
Wicce
Wolfenstein: The New Order
World of Tanks Blitz
World of Warships
Airtone
Amnesia: Memories
CLANNAD
CLANNAD Side Stories
Fairy Fencer F
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String
Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1
Megadimension Neptunia VII
MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies
NEKO-NIN exHeart
Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Saku Saku: Love Blooms with the Cherry Blossoms
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
The Fruit of Grisaia
The Labyrinth of Grisaia
Trillion: God of Destruction

[Ras-pica]

Interesting tangent that you strayed off to. A lot of those games aren't Japanese games western-localized (lmao Assassin's Creed, really? Ubisoft is French!) I'm aware that there are many Japanese games that do support both its original localization and English localization. My Steam library happens to be rather small, and NieR:Automata just happens to be the only one I own that supports full Japanese/English voice/interface, except... I also forgot I owned Final Fantasy XV lol. So make that two.

The remaining Japanese games I own either support only Japanese voice but lack interface (i.e. Final Fantasy XIII), or don't have an official English localization and is 100% in original interface (i.e. Touhou.)

So... you really didn't prove me anything besides me having forgotten about FFXV.

[Zeriel00]

Originally posted by Raspica Blue:

Interesting tangent that you strayed off to. A lot of those games aren't Japanese games western-localized (lmao Assassin's Creed, really? Ubisoft is French!) I'm aware that there are many Japanese games that do support both its original localization and English localization. My Steam library happens to be rather small, and NieR:Automata just happens to be the only one I own that supports full Japanese/English voice/interface, except... I also forgot I owned Final Fantasy XV lol. So make that two.

The remaining Japanese games I own either support only Japanese voice but lack interface (i.e. Final Fantasy XIII), or don't have an official English localization and is 100% in original interface (i.e. Touhou.)

So... you really didn't prove me anything besides me having forgotten about FFXV.

You were factually wrong and I didn't mean to offend you with facts. I was hoping you would learn something and we could talk about it but I guess this is how fragile people's egos are in the age of Twitter and social quarantine.

[Ras-pica]

Clearly, you never caught onto "western-localized," and my explanations failed to help you realize it. Or perhaps you never knew what those words meant, and pretended to never have noticed. Either way, you laughably tried to save face by accusing me of making the bigger mistake.

I don't have a Twitter, btw. Projecting your insecurities at someone else that doesn't have them won't cure anything.

[Sup3rNo7a]

I really wish Steam auto-locked threads after they turn a year old...

[Zeriel00]

Originally posted by Sup3rNo7a:

I really wish Steam auto-locked threads after they turn a year old...

Then stop bumping them lol