Speaking at a PlayStation Pro event earlier today, Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi revealed that Sony will be publishing Nioh in both Europe and North America. The PlayStation 4 exclusive is due out in February 2017, and Hayashi said that the team is working with Sony in order to "get the game into as many hands as possible".
Essentially, it sounds like the PlayStation maker will be treating the action role-playing release like it's a first-party title. What's more, Hayashi mentioned that the game will feature four different modes on PS4 Pro. We assume that they'll let you toggle between higher frame rates and better graphical quality.
Do you think Sony's smart to back Nioh? What are your thoughts on the samurai slasher so far? Sharpen your blade in the comments section below.
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Its a great idea consoles can never have enough exclusives and this one will keep thise who want a bloodborne sequel
"will feature four different modes on PS4 Pro"
Going to miss the days where you put the disc into the console, pushed start and played the game. Good times.
Awesome but at the same time, I'm worried this also happened with NMS and Destiny so I hope this doesn't happen with Nioh.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Does anyone remember that Nioh was labeled as a console exclusive since TGS 2014? Yeah I wonder if this game will ever come to PC. Then again, Yakuza Zero was also labeled as a console exclusive, and Sega confirmed that they have no plans for a PC port, so who knows.
after God of war.nioh is my most wanted ps4 exclusive games.my number 3 is days gone
These Pro support announcements worry me wasn't it originally stated that all games released after October 2016 had to have PS4 Pro support. Surely then we should just take it for granted from now on then.
Nioh originally interested me but, if it is too similar to the Souls series then it won't be for me. I was hoping for more of a modern Onimusha style of game.
@dazzlerJJD Well put in the disc select the mode. That does sound like a lot of work......
DMC 3 special edition on the PS2 play the game for a lot of hours and then get a gamebreaking bug those were the days......
@GBMatthew i think they mean every first party game
@dazzlerJJD which you can still do!
People need to stop whining about everything these days.
@viciousarcanum No I'm pretty certain it was every newly released game in the original statements.
I am pretty excited about this game so I'm happy to hear that Sony is giving this a high priority. I will say this whole pro vs original ps4 is and xbone vs scorpio is burning me out on the Twins.
A nice little push that should pay off.
@Flaming_Kaiser Sure it may only take a couple of minutes of tinkering to figure which mode is best for your setup but it's the reason I'm not interested in picking up the Pro. Ultimately I just want to play the game. I don't play games because they look pretty, I play games because they're fun to play. Plus other people playing the same game with a better framerate or resolution is nothing new so that aspect doesn't bother me.
PS4 Pro sounds like a mid-range PC with very limited performance customization.
Didn't the beta on the vanilla PS4 already have these options, though? I opted for a higher framerate.
@dazzlerJJD
You could still do all that... By just ignoring it...
Those days weren't better, it was just far too simplistic.
Must.have.this.game!!!!
Also, regarding expectations and hype a la NMS, there has been an alpha and beta with explicit customer feedback so the risk is fairly low.
The games really cool but I suck at it.
Good to know for us in Europe because it means it will be fully localized.
@dazzlerJJD We are getting older, my friend... Now the only games I know which are bugs-free since their release date are the Nintendo ones and I hope they'll continue this way also with the Switch.
I was hoping the game more like onimusha rather than dark/demon soul..
pubish???
"No Man’s Sky has been treated as if it was from one of our internal studios. We have been working very closely with the developers and bringing it into our release programme as if we had made it. We are not going to treat it any differently and we are going to put the full weight of PlayStation behind it. If it all comes together as well as expected, it will be treated like a first-party release; it is not a self-published small indie title on the platform.”
Sony UK there (specifically, marketing director Fergal Gara). After the massive blunders of both NMS and Street Fighter V, they better be very careful not to have a repeat event. Sorry if you guys don't like hearing it, but facts are facts.
@dazzlerJJD you still can! Put disc into tray. Start the game. Don't touch options. Press start and play!! Be brave and get willpower (totally free!)... ignore the o p t i o n! Don't be tempted. Game on 😄
@Kage_88 But this game has had two open betas (technically alpha and beta) which was already very polished, and they included a survey and the results of said survey and how they would act on that information. That is a big difference from NMS.
@Kage_88 Games that fared a lot better than Devil's third (by Team Ninja former director btw) and Sony was supportive of the products and didn' try to change the publishing deals at the last minute ... but nobody gives Nintendo the hell they give Sony about NMS. Because Sony and Microsoft are evil masterminds while Nintendo is a non-profit organisation run by the Care Bears, of course.
The game looks AWESOME. Can't wait!
@Kage_88 Yeah it's pure marketing speak, shouldn't Sony not be selling their products.
@Kage_88 To be fair, Sony fulfilled its role on both games very well (particularly No Man's Sky). Koei Tecmo literally said that it's working with Sony to get the game into more hands. Sony's job in these situations is to put marketing muscle behind the games; it's up to the respective devs/pubs to make good games.
@Feena Nobody gives nintendo hell about devil's third because it looked bad from the very beginning, and continued to look bad up until launch. If there was ever a game that screamed "don't buy me" it was that one, and you'd only have yourself to blame. Meanwhile, sony and hello games super hyped and over promised on NMS, and after playing the nioh beta, i'd say they're on the same course here as well.
@dazzlerJJD Well one time to figure it out and the other times just select it.
@Punished_Boss_84 If it was bugged you where just screwed lol. Patches can be a pain but there are some good things about them to.
@Napples Nope for me it was a fantastic game and i loved every second of Nioh.
@dazzlerJJD I think it will take seconds after you know what settings you like.
@Napples Seriously? I thought it was fantastic (if difficult)! And Devil's Third was pretty hyped after the re-reveal at E3 2014 and good for them, it's a pity it didn't turn out well. Sometimes games just don't turn out the way expect them.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/06/e3_2014_devils_third_confirmed_as_wii_u_exclusive
@Flaming_Kaiser
Exactly. I remember playing True Crime New York City on PS2, that game just didn't work at times. If a game released in this day and age in that state, it would not stay like that for long.
Love it or hate it, I would much rather have a game working or at least fixed at some stage than not at all.
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