This is probably due to music licensing.
Konami is intent on region locking Japanese players out of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Submitted 10 months ago by dvdnet62@feddit.nl to games@lemmy.world
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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Badeendje@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Piracy is a service issue.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So… Why in Vietnam too? I had to get the MGS trilogy on Switch instead.
NeryK@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Bottom line: Konami is a weird company making odd calls and has been for a long time. Someone in charge likely decided 11 years ago that MGRR should not be released on PC in Japan and that’s all there is to it.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This has happened before, for games from other publishers, as per the article. I don’t remember all of the reasons for it, but if I’m not mistaken, this is why Shogun: Total War 2 has a blood DLC for a few dollars, so that they can make everything but the DLC available in Japan.
Etterra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s Australia. They have weird anti-violence laws, and God-fucking-forbid anyone learn that blood exists. I think their stupid drug portrayal laws are why the first Fallout had to call them “chems” instead. It’s all pretty stupid moral crusade bullshit.
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
FucKonami