Octopath Traveler rated for PC in Korea

texhnolyze · Apr 5, 2019

From Gematsu.

The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea has rated Octopath Traveler for PC.

The PC version is listed as published by Bandai Namco, which regularly publishes Square Enix titles in Korea.

The RPG first launched for Switch worldwide in July 2018. A smartphone prequel called Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent is currently in development.

Read more at https://gematsu.com/2019/04/octopath-traveler-rated-for-pc-in-korea#xyPVOOlB1Bmboxq7.99

Is it the prequel which was announced for mobile last month, possibly?

Lock if old.

Rodjer · Apr 5, 2019

Found this on twitter

Korean rating board

Dascu · Apr 5, 2019

It's an excellent RPG, so would be good if more people can play it.

vestan · Apr 5, 2019

Might be the prequel, I'm down for whatever, either way.

z0m3le · Apr 5, 2019

Honestly, even though I own this on Switch, and I've always been a big supporter of Nintendo and their exclusives. I think 3rd party exclusives should really end. Games are so easy to port now and days, especially ones like this that are made in Unreal Engine (and other popular engines like Unity), developers should be looking to bring their games to every gamer they can reach and leave the console platform owners to make/produce their own exclusives.

mariodk18 · Apr 5, 2019

Cool, would be a great way for more players to experience it. Wonder if this means it will still be a Switch console exclusive?

fertygo · Apr 5, 2019

God bless. Now Sega, you know what to do.

daninthemix · Apr 5, 2019

If it comes I'll play it, but only if I can moderate the random battle rate.

GhostTrick · Apr 5, 2019

Was the prequel even announced on PC ? Also why would Bamco publish a free to play game for SE ? I expect it to be the Switch game.

sredgrin · Apr 5, 2019

I can't imagine it's the prequel given they wouldn't be rating it this early right?

Not to mention if it was going to get a PC/browser version, it would have made sense to announce that alongside the mobile version.

UsoEwin · Apr 5, 2019

Would definitely be nice to play the game at a higher resolution

Jawbreaker · Apr 5, 2019

Hopefully you can tone down the aggressive vignetting on PC.

Rodjer · Apr 5, 2019

This has to be the switch game for a simple reason: Namco Bandai is listed as publisher and they did publisher Octopath in Asia.

A F2P game won't need Namco Bandai as a publisher.

Nightengale · Apr 5, 2019

GhostTrick said:
Was the prequel even announced on PC ? Also why would Bamco publish a free to play game for SE ? I expect it to be the Switch game.

Bandai Namco is the publisher/distributor for select Square Enix games in some Southeast Asia/Asian countries.

For example, prior to selling back the IP to IO Interactive, Hitman was published by Bandai Namco in Asia instead of Square Enix themselves.

texhnolyze · Apr 5, 2019

GhostTrick said:
Was the prequel even announced on PC ? Also why would Bamco publish a free to play game for SE ? I expect it to be the Switch game.

Rodjer said:
This has to be the switch game for a simple reason: Namco Bandai is listed as publisher and they did publisher Octopath in Asia.

A F2P game won't need Namco Bandai as a publisher.

Yeah, makes sense.

Jawbreaker said:
Hopefully you can tone down the aggressive vignetting on PC.

I didn't mind it. It fits with the artstyle.

Rosenkrantz · Apr 5, 2019

Interesting. I didn't like Bravely Default all that much, but it's a welcome surprise.

Wander_ · Apr 5, 2019

losing exclusives is not a good thing... I can accept this only if the switch gets nier automata in return hehe

Oregano · Apr 5, 2019

I wonder if it will come purely to PC or PS4/XBO as well.

Jawbreaker said:
Hopefully you can tone down the aggressive vignetting on PC.

You can already choose a toned down version on Switch.

SinCityAssassin · Apr 5, 2019

Rodjer said:
This has to be the switch game for a simple reason: Namco Bandai is listed as publisher and they did publisher Octopath in Asia.

I mean the rating description makes it blatantly obvious it's the Switch game and not the mobile title.

Deleted member 10737 · Apr 5, 2019

amazing, the game is beautiful, and i'm sure will look fantastic on pc.

SinCityAssassin · Apr 5, 2019

Jawbreaker said:
Hopefully you can tone down the aggressive vignetting on PC.

You can. It's a specific toggle in the Misc. menu.

Rodjer · Apr 5, 2019

Oregano said:
I wonder if it will come purely to PC or PS4/XBO as well.

It's Square Enix, 2019 for PC, 2020 for PS4 and 2021 for Xbox One.

GhostTrick · Apr 5, 2019

Nightengale said:
Bandai Namco is the publisher/distributor for select Square Enix games in some Southeast Asia/Asian countries.

For example, prior to selling back the IP to IO Interactive, Hitman was published by Bandai Namco in Asia instead of Square Enix themselves.

Oh I heard of that. My reasoning is if it was a mobile f2p title, SE would likely publish it themselves. The fact that it's Bamco shows it might be more of a full fledged release.

RestEerie · Apr 5, 2019

Epic Games Launcher exclusive......

*Ducks for cover*

RestEerie · Apr 5, 2019

Rodjer said:
It's Square Enix, 2019 for PC, 2020 for PS4 and 2021 for Xbox One.

is the Xbone still alive in 2021?

Deleted member 10737 · Apr 5, 2019

RestEerie said:
Epic Games Launcher exclusive......

*Ducks for cover*

i almost reached for something to throw at the monitor too, lol

Zedark · Apr 5, 2019

Oregano said:
I wonder if it will come purely to PC or PS4/XBO as well.

You can already choose a toned down version on Switch.

Nintendo is the publisher in the West, so it's possible that they have exclusivity there. As such, they could only release on other systems in Asia, I think. Maybe that's why they chose PC only? Since the Asian market is quite PC-oriented?

Electro · Apr 5, 2019

And someone promised me here a few days ago that Octopath Traveler will be forever Switch exclusive and only the PS4 is losing exclusives xD

CrazyAndy · Apr 5, 2019

RestEerie said:
is the Xbone still alive in 2021?

Sure, the current-gen doesn't immediately die when next-gen launches.

Rodjer · Apr 5, 2019

Zedark said:
Nintendo is the publisher in the West, so it's possible that they have exclusivity there. As such, they could only release on other systems in Asia, I think. Maybe that's why they chose PC only? Since the Asian market is quite PC-oriented?

Asia is PC oriented but i highly doubt that they will lock EU and NA for the PC version.
For example, Sony was the publisher for Nioh in the west but the PC version was available ww digitally.

JahIthBer · Apr 5, 2019

Oh damn, already own it on Switch so i won't buy it again, but more people playing it would be fine.
Im going to guess if this is real, that Nintendo don't want it on PS4/XO, but after a year could care less about PC & Square see some easy money, it's an UE4 game so making a PC version would be easy.

Oregano · Apr 5, 2019

Rodjer said:
It's Square Enix, 2019 for PC, 2020 for PS4 and 2021 for Xbox One.

Too accurate.

Zedark said:
Nintendo is the publisher in the West, so it's possible that they have exclusivity there. As such, they could only release on other systems in Asia, I think. Maybe that's why they chose PC only? Since the Asian market is quite PC-oriented?

It's also possible that Nintendo has loosened their grip is going to allow PC versions like Sony does with games like Ni-Oh or Street Fighter V.

Glio · Apr 5, 2019

It's a great game, it would be good news that more people could play it.

Deleted member 5535 · Apr 5, 2019

fertygo said:
God bless. Now Sega, you know what to do.

If you mean Bayonetta 2, that won't happen. Complete different situation.

Saint-14 · Apr 5, 2019

Did Nintendo fund the game or just published it in the west?

Unkindled · Apr 5, 2019

Nice! I will grab it if that happens.

SinCityAssassin · Apr 5, 2019

fertygo said:
God bless. Now Sega, you know what to do.

A bit late there, my friend. Bayo 1 is already on PC.

Saint-14 said:
Did Nintendo fund the game or just published it in the west?

Published it worldwide, Square self published in Japan.

Dark_Castle · Apr 5, 2019

Hopefully there'll be pc mods that tune down the overly done post-processing effects.

Dust · Apr 5, 2019

That's Epic ;^)

Hektor · Apr 5, 2019

Really couldn't stand the game.
Might check out the PC release if modders can break it open a bit.

Deleted member 10737 · Apr 5, 2019

assuming nintendo's exclusivity was 1 year, we can expect this for july 2019.

daninthemix · Apr 5, 2019

Unreal Engine game? EGS exclusive, I'm calling it now.

texhnolyze · Apr 5, 2019

mazi said:
assuming nintendo's exclusivity was 1 year, we can expect this for july 2019.

Yeah, lots of SE games were PS4 exclusive for exactly 1 year before coming to PC. This has became their PC strategy for long.

Dust · Apr 5, 2019

mazi said:
assuming nintendo's exclusivity was 1 year, we can expect this for july 2019.

I guess this was like Ni-Oh.
Console exclusivity and then PC version.

Deleted member 5535 · Apr 5, 2019

Saint-14 said:
Did Nintendo fund the game or just published it in the west?

Just published in the west. It's a SE game in all manners.

The question is if Nintendo has the publishing rights on the west or if it's just for the Switch.

Deleted member 10737 · Apr 5, 2019

JahIthBer said:
Im going to guess if this is real, that Nintendo don't want it on PS4/XO, but after a year could care less about PC & Square see some easy money, it's an UE4 game so making a PC version would be easy.

yeah that's what i feel like is going on. like other console exclusives coming to pc after a year. not sure if ps4/xbo ports are doable.

Mifec · Apr 5, 2019

Hektor said:
Really couldn't stand the game.

Pretty much. It's just tedious to play.

cw_sasuke · Apr 5, 2019

mazi said:
assuming nintendo's exclusivity was 1 year, we can expect this for july 2019.

I doubt they only asked for one year exclusivity considering they published the game in the west and handled all the marketing.

They might have re-negotiated the terms allowing SE to bring the game earlier to other plattform for exclusivity on Octopath Travelers 2 ....but even then 1 year would be too short.

Deleted member 10737 · Apr 5, 2019

cw_sasuke said:
I doubt they only asked for one year exclusivity considering they published the game in the west and handled all the marketing.

They might have re-negotiated the terms allowing SE to bring the game earlier to other plattform for exclusivity on Octopath Travelers 2 ....but even then 1 year would be too short.

i'm only talking about a digital PC port, nintendo won't care about that a whole lot.
they gave sega permission to use their japanese dub of bayonetta in the steam version.

Ganado · Apr 5, 2019

cw_sasuke said:
I doubt they only asked for one year exclusivity considering they published the game in the west and handled all the marketing.

They might have re-negotiated the terms allowing SE to bring the game earlier to other plattform for exclusivity on Octopath Travelers 2 ....but even then 1 year would be too short.

Like Nioh? Why would it be too short?

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