We're bringing @AtlusUSA and select @SEGA titles to Europe! That means YES to Persona 5 and SMT IV: Apocalypse! pic.twitter.com/4GxPiLchQh

— Deep Silver (@deepsilver) July 6, 2016

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Via Twitter, Deep Silver announced that they will publish multiple SEGA and ATLUS titles in Europe, including ATLUS's Persona 5 and SMT IV: Apocalypse, and SEGA's 7th Dragon III Code: VFD. How do you think this will affect the future of these games? Comment your thoughts!

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[FireEmblemGuy]

Can't be doing a worse job than Sega or Atlus are already doing, frankly. Given that nothing but the 3DS is region locked these days I don't think it's more than a slight convenience, unless you absolutely need your box to have a PEGI stamp on it.

 

[WiiUBricker]

How do you think this will affect the localization of these games? Comment your thoughts!

Why should the localization change? They buy licenses to use the NA localizations and publish them in Europe.

 

[endoverend]

Why should the localization change? They buy licenses to use the NA localizations and publish them in Europe.

Yeah that didn't really make much sense, I changed it anyway.

 

[Supster131]

Let's place bets everyone! I say Persona 5 will be released in Q4 2017 for the EU.

In all seriousness though, good for them. Europeans are going to get the game. I just find it funny that Deep Silver is publishing it.

 

[CathyRina]

Deep silver isn't really a big publisher and some of the games they publish are pretty bad.
I hope this name stigma won't affect the sales in Europe. But good to know that P5 is coming. Now I would like to know a release date and how many month I'm gonna suffer waiting for the game.

 

[kineticUk]

I'm pretty sure the European psp persona 2 and 3 releases that I picked up were published by quick silver and I'm glad that Europe is getting the new games. I don't see a problem, all good.

 

[Imparasite]

but we still waiting for PC port

 

[sarkwalvein]

I hope they don't handle the ad campaign.

 

[emigre]

The big question is if they can release games in the same period as the Atlus US. The best thing a European publisher can do is ensure the games can piggyback off the hype from US media. Deep Silver did an okish job of releasing Catherine a few years ago but than again. we got Catherine nine months after the US. Atlus need to be onboard and ensure they can provide competent versions of the games within a reasonable timeframe like they did with NISA. A Devil Survivor Overclocked or SMT IV scenario has absolutely no excuse for existing in this day and age.

 

[Joe88]

Just import it, unless atlus is gonna pull some bs again and be the only region locked ps4 game

 

[RemixDeluxe]

Just import it, unless atlus is gonna pull some bs again and be the only region locked ps4 game

I thought only Nintendo systems were region locked currently. Can developers purposely region lock their games on non-region locked systems?

 

[Supster131]

I thought only Nintendo systems were region locked currently. Can developers purposely region lock their games on non-region locked systems?

I'm not sure if it's possible with the PS4, but it was with the PS3. The PS3 is a region-free system, but Persona 4 Arena was region locked: http://kotaku.com/5924128/persona-4...ed-because-the-dollar-is-weak-against-the-yen

That was one of the only few region locked titles on the PS3. I doubt Persona 5 will be region locked though.

 

[Tokiri]

does that mean we finally will get our promised Phantasy Star Online 2?

 

[Viri]

but we still waiting for PC port

Sadly never ever

I still don't plan to buy a PS4.

 

[G3nji]

wow deep silver is getting the "dibs" nowadays. good thing for EU though for getting the game.

 

[Purepazaak]

Unless we're getting same release date as US, I'm just gonna import anyway

 

[ken28]

The big question is if they can release games in the same period as the Atlus US. The best thing a European publisher can do is ensure the games can piggyback off the hype from US media. Deep Silver did an okish job of releasing Catherine a few years ago but than again. we got Catherine nine months after the US. Atlus need to be onboard and ensure they can provide competent versions of the games within a reasonable timeframe like they did with NISA. A Devil Survivor Overclocked or SMT IV scenario has absolutely no excuse for existing in this day and age.

well catherine was translate in atleast french,italian, german, spanish(?). So that explains some of the 9 months.