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Over the last few years Japanese publishers in general have gotten a lot better at localising their games in a more timely manner. It's still far from perfect, with recent titles like Dragon Quest XI coming to mind, but advancements have certainly been made this generation.

That said, SEGA seems to know that there's room for further improvement, and it's looking to strengthen its localisation efforts going forward. In a new general report from the company, it says that one of its goals for the future is to ensure simultaneous worldwide release dates for its games. Obviously this isn't as easy as it may sound, with SEGA-published titles like Yakuza and Persona needing a lot of translation work, but it's nice to see SEGA thinking ahead.

As this generation has progressed, Japanese publishes have become more and more attentive to their Western audiences. There's no denying that the console market in Japan has shrunk considerably over the last decade or so, but with the PlayStation 4 in particular still setting the Western world alight, it makes sense for the likes of Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, and SEGA to shift their focus. And if that means we get more great Japanese games heading our way, we're not complaining.

[source gematsu.com]