Koei Tecmo has cancelled the physical PlayStation 5 release of Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy in Japan. The title – which was due out shortly after the next-gen console’s launch in Japan, on 3rd December – was due to receive a Blu-ray run in the region, but the publisher cited “various reasons” for its cancellation. It’ll also be digital-only when it launches from 26th January in the West.
The good news is that Japanese gamers will be able to purchase the game physically for the PlayStation 4 and upgrade to the PS5 version for free, or they’ll be able to download it from the PlayStation Store. We assume this all comes down to the console being an unknown quantity in the country, with the publisher uncertain how large the market will be for boxed copies of this admittedly niche release.
[source gematsu.com]
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I assume they looked at their pre-order numbers for PS5 and PS4 and decided it wasn’t worth doing the PS5 version on disk.
Well that's a shame but I guess it doesn't really matter, at least there's a physical edition
@Ryall Basically, yeah.
That’s a shame but given the price of PS5 games, I reckon pre-orders would be largely for the big games like Spider-Man and Demon’s Souls.
When the PS4 disc will work, what's the point really? If Ryza 2 has fast loading I'll be stoked.
Logical - No idea why make 2, ship 2 and stock 2.
Just put it on the box "PS4/PS5"... depending what system you put it in you get the version you need.
Trying to decide if I want to get this one. I enjoyed the first game a bit, but never finished it.
The differences would've been minimal I'd assume (the Atelier games aren't exactly cutting edge graphics)
It's a cost thing. It would take at least three Blu-rays worth of space to fit Ryza's thighs onto the discs.
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