Sony Japan Press Conference Thread (Happening Tonight!)

Any one got an image of the Vita redesign?

What is Dragon's Dogma Quest?

Alright PS3.

I wonder how GTA5 sounds in Japanese.

That Tales of Symphonia HD Colection is coming to NA & EU in 2014.

Sexy concept cars, you say.

WOW 2014 release date for PS4 in Japan, that's a pretty fucking big deal.

I just noticed that when they talk about prices, they show the before and after tax price. Is that something standard in Japan? If so, america needs to start doing that for everything

February for Japan?

flowery??!?!?!

WAIT, DID THAT SCREEN JUST SHOW A GAME CALLED "FLOWERY"? LOOKS LIKE A FLOWER SEQUEL??????

So how much money are people going to make selling NA & EU PS4s to Japan?

Sales tax differs from state to state in the US, so you can imagine why that's not always feasible

This real time translation of the Knack trailer is amazing.

This Knack trailer dubbing by the lady is INCREDIBLE.

I want to see Knack's final attack.

Knack looks pretty cool all things considered.

Yeah, thats true... I do know my sales tax percentage off hand (.08125) so its all good :)

@golguin said:

To my knowledge, GTA games have always solely gotten subtitle treatments when they're brought over to Japan. I'm not sure if it's a mandate from Rockstar or a decision on the part of Capcom, who typically handles localization and distribution for the series in Japan, but the idea is that not dubbing it better preserves the series' sense of Americana for Japanese audiences. From what I've read over the years in Japanese, it seems to be a tactic that's well appreciated and the series is always one of the best-sellers in Japan as a western-developed game that there's no point in changing it now.

As for the conference itself, I've been watching it in Japanese since I'm bilingual and my brain would explode trying to process it in two languages. That translator sounds super amazing from what I'm reading on here and elsewhere, though. I'm envious!

Lots of really rad looking games.

These trailer translations are awful in the best way possible!!!!!

YES ANOTHER TRANSLATED TRAILER

Gotta say, not feeling the translators. I'd almost rather not have them.

New Watch Dogs footage is happening.

Getting a subdued nathan drake vibe from the watchdogs protagonist

Psycho Break looks pretty fucking sweet.

Psycho Break looks promising

Next generation Dynasty Warriors.

Same as the old generations Dynasty Warriors.

Psycho Break = The Evil Within in the US (and other countries??)

And yes, it looks amazing. I hope it lives up to resident evil 4's quality (same type of game/director)

@fluxwavez: The future of cutting dudes on PS4.

"I have something that actually moves" should be the way that all gameplay video is announced.

Confirmed, same game. Wow, I am infinitely more interested in The Evil Within now.

Yeah, as someone who's not too into Dynasty Warriors... this really does look like Dynasty Warriors. Didn't see any slowdown, though, and it looked better.

@spaceinsomniac: absolutely

Yo, the translator on this Yakuza Ishin trailer is killing it. "This is the end of you." (monotone)

A Yakuza game set in Ancient Japan could be interesting.

PS4 not releasing in Japan until 2014!

*suddenly, at Nintendo HQ of Japan...*

What was that game?

Of course thats the guy who created yakuza... OF COURSE

Love me some Shinsengumi.

@tepidshark said:

Not ancient by any stretch. This is about 170 years ago, just a handful of years after America forced Japan to open its ports to non-Asian and Dutch trading partners again.

so is that period basically japanese wild west?

Not at all.

EDIT: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT I WANT IT GRASSHOPPER!!!

I'm going to get your life

Yakuza at Launch.

more Suda crack!

edit: I need to find more Suda "live performances".

"I'm Lily!"

"And I'm Bergamo!"

"And together, we're Lily Bergamo!"

So Yakuza Ishhin at launch

Dynasty Warriors at launch

FFXIV beta at launch

Damn that line up is already really strong.

These translators are just incredible.