Posted April 13, 2018
NISA has been making a mess out of Falcom's latest entry on what's probably their biggest and most recognizable franchise, Ys, since the very beginning, especially on the PC side of things, with two delays already, one of them because they had to outsource since their PC division doesn't have the know-how to fix bugs and optimize the game.
A few days ago, they posted on twitter and facebook, saying the game is -- finally! -- releasing on Steam and GOG, after half a year of delays and excuses (one of the reasons Falcom sold NISA the rights to Ys VIII was the fact they promised a simultaneous console and PC release, among other things, namely localisation supporting not only English but French and Italian).
I pre-ordered the game on GOG for a number of reasons. First of all, GOG is my digital store of choice and, given the opportunity, I'd rather have my games on GOG than anywhere else. Secondly, I'm a huge Nihon Falcom fan, I own every official PC Ys release available in the West, and I would have bought Ys VIII regardless of publisher. But my main reason for doing this was to thank NISA for bringing Ys VIII to GOG, alongside all the other Ys games published by XSEED already in here; I wanted to give them a vote of confidence while showing GOG is a viable store, albeit smaller than the behemoth that is Steam. So, I've been waiting patiently ever since September, enduring NISA's delays and postponing excuses, their downright disrespect of the PC customer base as a whole, while they kept ignoring us and avoiding all sorts of communication.
Which brings us to the present day. Friday, April 13th, a few days after the aforementioned official tweet. Great, it's finally releasing on the PC, Steam and GOG both getting it on April 16. Steam's Ys VIII store page was updated, same as GOG's, both now have April 16 as the release date. Thing is, on GOG's library, the release date is set to June 4. Both on the GOG site and on Galaxy (the web version even has a countdown timer, telling me the game will be out in 52 days). Now, is this yet another one of NISA's blunders, or is this one on GOG? I've been trying to get a hold of someone in some official capacity over at NISA's, but they're still avoiding touching the subject of PC Ys VIII as much as possible, so no luck on that front. The Steam forums are full of kids and fanboys that can barely write and/or understand English, and the GOG's Ys VIII subforum is basically dead, so I'm bringing this here.
Not that any "blue" would care to answer me, but one can try. All I want to know is whether the game is getting released on GOG next Monday, or if I'll have to wait until June 4th in order to play it. If the latter is the case, whose fault is it, GOG's or NISA's?
A few days ago, they posted on twitter and facebook, saying the game is -- finally! -- releasing on Steam and GOG, after half a year of delays and excuses (one of the reasons Falcom sold NISA the rights to Ys VIII was the fact they promised a simultaneous console and PC release, among other things, namely localisation supporting not only English but French and Italian).
I pre-ordered the game on GOG for a number of reasons. First of all, GOG is my digital store of choice and, given the opportunity, I'd rather have my games on GOG than anywhere else. Secondly, I'm a huge Nihon Falcom fan, I own every official PC Ys release available in the West, and I would have bought Ys VIII regardless of publisher. But my main reason for doing this was to thank NISA for bringing Ys VIII to GOG, alongside all the other Ys games published by XSEED already in here; I wanted to give them a vote of confidence while showing GOG is a viable store, albeit smaller than the behemoth that is Steam. So, I've been waiting patiently ever since September, enduring NISA's delays and postponing excuses, their downright disrespect of the PC customer base as a whole, while they kept ignoring us and avoiding all sorts of communication.
Which brings us to the present day. Friday, April 13th, a few days after the aforementioned official tweet. Great, it's finally releasing on the PC, Steam and GOG both getting it on April 16. Steam's Ys VIII store page was updated, same as GOG's, both now have April 16 as the release date. Thing is, on GOG's library, the release date is set to June 4. Both on the GOG site and on Galaxy (the web version even has a countdown timer, telling me the game will be out in 52 days). Now, is this yet another one of NISA's blunders, or is this one on GOG? I've been trying to get a hold of someone in some official capacity over at NISA's, but they're still avoiding touching the subject of PC Ys VIII as much as possible, so no luck on that front. The Steam forums are full of kids and fanboys that can barely write and/or understand English, and the GOG's Ys VIII subforum is basically dead, so I'm bringing this here.
Not that any "blue" would care to answer me, but one can try. All I want to know is whether the game is getting released on GOG next Monday, or if I'll have to wait until June 4th in order to play it. If the latter is the case, whose fault is it, GOG's or NISA's?
Post edited April 13, 2018 by groze
