Stellar Blade

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Hi, wanted to know if this game will be on steam too, just that, sorry if this is not the place to post this, i dont usually write in the forums.

[BOBTOMAS]

The probability that SteallarBlade will arrive on PC is very high: let's consider that it is an UnrealEngine application and that the UnrealEngine is already cross-platform.

The number of PCs distributed in the world is over several billion since the concept of personal computers existed. Building a console every 5 years is a huge cost. In my opinion, we will never have a next Sony or MS console: but we will have to buy a service instead of consoles. This is the only explanation for the continuous flight of exclusives from Sony/MS to the PC.

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Soren:

I mean, another reason they don't care is because Nintendo and mobile gaming dominates the Japanese market rather than consoles.

Both Nintendo and smart device games allow Japanese developers more creative freedom than current Sony. In other words, the problem isn't Sony not caring about Japan, it's that Sony US despises Japan so much they want to police devs to the point they kill creative freedom. In other words, Sony are responsible for their own decline in Japan. And now the exclusivity contracts that bound Japanese devs to Sony are all expiring, Switch is becoming a day one system alongside PS4 for more Japanese games of a certain variety, while PS5 is an afterthought or ignored altogether.

[Soren]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chika Ogiue:

In other words, Sony are responsible for their own decline in Japan.

I don't know if I'd say they are in decline in Japan. I remember hearing less than a week ago from Spawnwave that the PS5 is outpacing all of Sony's past consoles in Japan aside from the PS2 .

It's just that the number was never particularly high for any console (other than the PS2 being a DVD player). Problem is I think we all always assumed Sony consoles did better in Japan than they actually did. I know I used to assume that.

[castapher]

The studio confirmed a PC release on August 20th, 2024. Old news, but is there.

[Aya]

Ursprungligen skrivet av castapher:

The studio confirmed a PC release on August 20th, 2024. Old news, but is there.

I thought they have only shown interest in porting it. We all know that Sony won't greenlight it because they know modders will give Eve a cup size of K and a footlong between her legs.

[Soren]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Aya:

Ursprungligen skrivet av castapher:

The studio confirmed a PC release on August 20th, 2024. Old news, but is there.

I thought they have only shown interest in porting it. We all know that Sony won't greenlight it because they know modders will give Eve a cup size of K and a footlong between her legs.

I doubt any of that is of concern to them. But expect it to require a PSN login to play despite being a single player game.

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Soren:

I don't know if I'd say they are in decline in Japan. I remember hearing less than a week ago from Spawnwave that the PS5 is outpacing all of Sony's past consoles in Japan aside from the PS2 .

PS5 was "selling well" because scalpers were obtaining all the stock to ship them outside the country. They were filling up trucks and vacant stores with the units -- which was well documented at the time on social media.

Sony recently significantly increased pricing in Japan across the board, the PS5 pro being a ridiculous 120,000 JPY which for those of us paid in JPY is the equivalent of 1,200 USD. Even scalpers aren't able to make a profit on them now. But as an even clearer sign of their decline, you only need look at shelf space. Sony's allotted shelf space in many stores has shrunk from 5 or 6 to 1 to 2 -- and that usually includes PS4 (which has the lion's share of what shelf space they do get). By contrast, Nintendo have around 4 to 5 shelves still, and that's all Switch.

[Soren]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chika Ogiue:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Soren:

I don't know if I'd say they are in decline in Japan. I remember hearing less than a week ago from Spawnwave that the PS5 is outpacing all of Sony's past consoles in Japan aside from the PS2 .

PS5 was "selling well" because scalpers were obtaining all the stock to ship them outside the country. They were filling up trucks and vacant stores with the units -- which was well documented at the time on social media.

Scalpers were pretty bad everywhere, makes sense they'd be in Japan too. But moving those consoles out would cost money. I mean, the scalpers would need then add shipping onto their fees of trying to return a profit. Which is an extra 100$ USD in shipping, per console. Assuming they're shipping it to the West to scalp it there. Though maybe they could get that 100$ increased cost reduced if they did shipping in bulk?

I'm not contesting the scalpers claim basically. I'd just think they'd scalp to people in the country since profits would go down and risk would go up exporting consoles en masse out of Japan.

[100% lob juice]

https://www.eurogamer.pt/stellar-blade-chega-ao-pc-em-2025

it's probably coming onto PC next year

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Soren:

Scalpers were pretty bad everywhere, makes sense they'd be in Japan too. But moving those consoles out would cost money. I mean, the scalpers would need then add shipping onto their fees of trying to return a profit. Which is an extra 100$ USD in shipping, per console. Assuming they're shipping it to the West to scalp it there. Though maybe they could get that 100$ increased cost reduced if they did shipping in bulk?

I'm not contesting the scalpers claim basically. I'd just think they'd scalp to people in the country since profits would go down and risk would go up exporting consoles en masse out of Japan.

They weren't going to the west. The primary market was China. And it was profitable enough for them to rent out store fronts to store their units, and to pay people to bypass store lotteries.

See here for an English language roundup:
https://twitter.com/jodiede/status/1624025776675819520

[Aya]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Lob:

https://www.eurogamer.pt/stellar-blade-chega-ao-pc-em-2025

it's probably coming onto PC next year

We all know what will follow with a PC release, so let's get the most important question out of the way:

Would it be reasonable to hope for accurate penis physics?

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Aya:

We all know what will follow with a PC release

Yeah, people upset that they can't buy because it requires a PSN account, and thus is regionally restricted on Steam.

[Bloody Moon]

According to the developers' statements to shareholders, in Shift Up's most recent financial report, the PC version is scheduled for 2025 on Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Stellar Blade has always been a temporary exclusive.
It was never a Sony-funded game, just a publisher; if Shift UP had followed Black Myth Wukong's example, it would have sold millions and millions of copies, instead of a just 3 million copies.

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Bloody Moon:

It was never a Sony-funded game, just a publisher

And Sony are likely to be the publisher for PC, too.

[Bloody Moon]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chika Ogiue:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Bloody Moon:

It was never a Sony-funded game, just a publisher

And Sony are likely to be the publisher for PC, too.

Probably, but they wouldn't have needed a publisher and would have sold and earned much more. Relegating games only to PS5 is always a big mistake. Like demon souls remake which sold practically nothing.