could be tons of things, issue with the retail version, Q&A, fiscal year, and so on
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SEGA removes Yakuza 6 demo (in the US) because players were able to unlock full game
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could be tons of things, issue with the retail version, Q&A, fiscal year, and so on
So wait, I haven't downloaded a demo in years, but when did they start making you download the whole damn game just to play a sneaky peak?
It was sort of a full game trial that gives you the prologue and chapter 1.it let you carry on into the main game once its out. because of the similar file sizes and content, it is safe to assume someone fucked up and uploaded the actual game file instead of the one with limiters placed on it
This demo will let you continue where you left off in the main game. I have no idea how that all works though.
But post-release demos these days make you download the entire game just to let you play the first hour so I guess this one will follow the same principals come April.
A lot of demos these days allow your progress to carry over to the full game. So I guess the easiest way to do that would be to just let people download the full game and only allow access to a small part of the game. But it's probably not so easy since they fucked up anyway.
Interesting.
You could have just played it and beaten it, and paid for it once it's released if you felt bad. But you do you i suppose.
So the correct version is just 'instead of uploading the demo, they uploaded the full game'? That's crazy, I wonder if the released version will have any changes over this accidentally released one.
No, just the US demo that is now offline (though it can still be downloaded if it was 'purchased' before taken offline).
btw, it was like that in Japan for about year since release. Size for trial and full game was the same.
and what if he won't like the demo?
No the correct version would be "they accidentally uploaded the game without any demo restrictions"
It's not unusual for games these days to release the full game itself and then out restrictions on it for the purpose of a demo. This allows players to avoid downloading the game from scratch when no it comes out and also carry forward their progress.
Right, but that seems like the same thing to me
Edit: the point is there was no action required by the user here. It's not like an exploit existed in the game to bypass the demo restrictions, the user just had the full game to play with no action on their part
This demo is kinda weird. I don't know if I actually would have played through it. Since I find the wait too long until I get to play it, which is after I am done with God of War. So in the end, I'd probably not played much of it anyhow.
Ahhhhh, that makes sense.
I'm usually all for exploiting this kind of stuff but I'm glad it wasn't up for long before it was discovered. The series needs to be successful enough so they can go back and localise Ishin.
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Oh yes indeed. They word it as if the the players found a workaround and did something. And as I explained in a previous post of mine in this thread that's totally false since all I did was just download the thing and play it.
As nice as getting a free game is, hopefully not many people got it free because the Yakuza games deserve all the sales they can get, to make sure Sega keep releasing them outside of Japan.
That was nothing to do with SEGA. It was a Datel product not endorsed by SEGA and it wasn't an official SEGA mag either. Flying Squadron with SEGA Pro was a little mess up, but hardly anyone knew about it at the time and it was also to SEGA credit that they allowed SEGA Saturn mag to give away Christmas NiGHTS and the entire 1st disc of Panzer Dragoon.
Hopefully the "fixed" demo is out soon. I've got the LE pre-ordered (& I'm keeping it) and might just stop at the end of Ch. 1 since I'm about halfway through Yakuza 5 at the moment, plus I've got another game I really want next week to keep me occupied for March, but from what I've played, it's easily the best game in terms of QoL improvements and consistent in how it looks. The fact there's almost no more loading times save for mini-games (no seriously, no more loading when walking into a building, it's freakin' seamless) is kind of surreal after playing 0, Kiwami, & going through 5. The demo certainly did its job of wanting me to play more & I want to use this "mistake" to convince people they should check out the demo once it's back up & hopefully get the game.
Plus I'm keeping my LE since I want to show support for a niche series that takes a long time to translate & hopefully leads to Kiwami 2 (which I'm sure will come over) and that Fist of the North Star game to get localized.
Hell, if anything, it's gonna be harder to go back to 5 than it was after playing 0 & Kiwami (I seriously miss the sprint button).
Plus I'm keeping my LE since I want to show support for a niche series that takes a long time to translate & hopefully leads to Kiwami 2 (which I'm sure will come over) and that Fist of the North Star game to get localized.
Hell, if anything, it's gonna be harder to go back to 5 than it was after playing 0 & Kiwami (I seriously miss the sprint button).
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Ahh sorry, didn't realise. That's a hilarious mistake. I misread the person I quoted, seemed like they were asking how downloading the entire game size wise was even possible.
No way. The game was mentioned alongside Kiwami 2 and Fist of the North Star in that survey they did. I'm hoping that once they've caught up with the Yakuza team releases that they'll go back to it.
Unless it was just a mistake, it's weird in this day and age to send the whole game as a demo. Even if you intend people to be able to use their save in the main game, they could at least not include late-game assets in the download.
Eu Store here, i already downloaded it, who knows if EU version has the same issue. Anyway i won't play it, will delete and wait to buy the game when it's released.
I don't think it's the case with the EU version. It stopped me yesterday pretty early on.
it wasn't up that long, this won't have any impact in sales plus I bet the most people that downloaded the demo will still be buying the game to support the franchise.
Keio flying squadron. That's actually the cheapest way to get that game nowadays, as the full English version costs hundreds.
The real funny thing about all this is : the game is complete and yet they decided to push it to release one week before God of War?
Whats wrong with you, SEGA?
With that being said : support the game, if there is one franchise that needs this support this franchise is Yakuza !
Whats wrong with you, SEGA?
With that being said : support the game, if there is one franchise that needs this support this franchise is Yakuza !
Sega missed the great opportunity to pull a Saturn and say "hey... its out!".
Already bought the game, would've loved to have downloaded this and start playing right away.
Already bought the game, would've loved to have downloaded this and start playing right away.
But wait...if you couldn't unlock all game, why they are waiting until April to release the game if it is apparently ready?