Konami is intent on region locking Japanese players out of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (automaton-media.com)

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[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 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 11 points 4 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 4 points 4 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.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I suspect Australia is responsible for Streets of Rogue changing "cocaine" into "sugar" as well, but I know Japan doesn't allow things like beheadings in their games, which I thought was part of that DLC.