アライアンス・アーツ様より発売される Nintendo Switch / Nintendo Switch2用ソフト 「東方紅魔郷：New Classic　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.」 アキバホビー秋葉原店・池袋店及び、通信サイトにて予約受付中です！ パッケージ版にはソフト本体に加え豪華特典が同梱！ 詳しくはリプライからチェック！

Can't speak to these specific scores, but imho it would have benefited the industry if everyone had used a 5 star system. A 100 point system is inherently ambiguous... not to mention way too granular. Never understood how you decide a game is e.g. an 87 and not an 86 or 88?

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BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Really interesting discussion from both sides of the argument. From what I’ve seen it basically boils down to differing cultural opinions on morals, ethics and legalities. From what I’ve seen, the Japanese are saying that piracy of out of print games can potentially harm the companies future sales so therefore it is illegal and should not be done. The western side seems to think it’s ok because the company won’t be making any money from a game they don’t have on sale anyway… I see merit in both sides of the argument and it’s quite frustrating to see the comments be so black and white. I personally don’t pirate anything I don’t already own, (it’s 100% a moral thing on my end, I don’t have a problem with anyone else doing that. although owning in my case usually means buying from the second hand market, meaning the company will never see any of my money anyway..) I would never pirate anything that is currently available to buy new. I think it’s better for more people to enjoy the game (or any other media) than be forced not to ever engage in it because of a law that supposedly protects the companies’ future profits. I also saw an argument that mods and fan translations are also illegal and should never be used. Mods I kind of get, as it’s changing the intended experience, but on PC, especially in the west, it’s usually seen as a good thing and can help prolong the games lifespan. But then there’s the thoughts that prolonging a games lifespan is actually bad because people’s attention will still be in the old game rather than whatever new the company has produced. But the counterpoint to that is people’s attention could always be on something else. If someone choose to play an old game by the same developer instead of buying the new one, there’s no difference. Fan translations though I see no problem with at all, if a game is never going to be released outside of its own country. That shouldn’t stop others being able to engage with it. Some fan translations have even been used by companies as official translations in the future, e.g Falcom using fan translations for the Ys and Legend of Heroes games. Helping bring more awareness to a franchise is only a positive in my eyes and can only mean more potential sales in the future if the company decides to do international releases. I’ve played a lot of the Japanese games I picked up over the years by patching a fan translation. If they ever get an official English release, I’d buy them to support the company, but currently there’s no way to financially support the majority of companies. Maybe they should all have Kofi accounts for people who want to donate after enjoying a fan translation? Ultimately, games should be more accessible and companies should put more effort into preserving their games and keeping them available on modern platforms.

Really interesting discussion from both sides of the argument. From what I’ve seen it basically boils down to differing cultural opinions on morals, ethics and legalities. From what I’ve seen, the Japanese are saying that piracy of out of print games can potentially harm the companies future sales so therefore it is illegal and should not be done. The western side seems to think it’s ok because the company won’t be making any money from a game they don’t have on sale anyway… I see merit in both sides of the argument and it’s quite frustrating to see the comments be so black and white. I personally don’t pirate anything I don’t already own, (it’s 100% a moral thing on my end, I don’t have a problem with anyone else doing that. although owning in my case usually means buying from the second hand market, meaning the company will never see any of my money anyway..) I would never pirate anything that is currently available to buy new. I think it’s better for more people to enjoy the game (or any other media) than be forced not to ever engage in it because of a law that supposedly protects the companies’ future profits. I also saw an argument that mods and fan translations are also illegal and should never be used. Mods I kind of get, as it’s changing the intended experience, but on PC, especially in the west, it’s usually seen as a good thing and can help prolong the games lifespan. But then there’s the thoughts that prolonging a games lifespan is actually bad because people’s attention will still be in the old game rather than whatever new the company has produced. But the counterpoint to that is people’s attention could always be on something else. If someone choose to play an old game by the same developer instead of buying the new one, there’s no difference. Fan translations though I see no problem with at all, if a game is never going to be released outside of its own country. That shouldn’t stop others being able to engage with it. Some fan translations have even been used by companies as official translations in the future, e.g Falcom using fan translations for the Ys and Legend of Heroes games. Helping bring more awareness to a franchise is only a positive in my eyes and can only mean more potential sales in the future if the company decides to do international releases. I’ve played a lot of the Japanese games I picked up over the years by patching a fan translation. If they ever get an official English release, I’d buy them to support the company, but currently there’s no way to financially support the majority of companies. Maybe they should all have Kofi accounts for people who want to donate after enjoying a fan translation? Ultimately, games should be more accessible and companies should put more effort into preserving their games and keeping them available on modern platforms.

Jun Maeda (the creative mind behind Clannad, Charlotte, Angel Beats, Heaven Burns Red, and much more) is currently hospitalized after being diagnosed with pharyngeal cancer Instead of pursuing active treatment, he plans to pursue palliative care in order to conserve his strength to devote himself to his creative work as "he felt there was little time remaining in which he would be able to continue creating"

I don't really get why Japanese players see piracy or copyright laws breaking as like a family member dying. The game is inaccessible for the public. The leaders who made the game left the studio because of corporate meddling. Pirating T6 doesn't take money away from Namco

What the hell did I just watch 🤯 Tesla's new Roadster jumped over a row of cars

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