Japanese players are begging for Final Fantasy 16 on Steam after the PS5 price hike

[Leasy]

Stolen fron NeoGag

Somebody tell Sony this is not PS4 era. This a new generation.

Japanese players have gotten Final Fantasy 16 trending on Twitter in the wake of newly-announced PS5 price hikes, and many of them are hoping for a PC port so they won't have to shell out for new console hardware.

Earlier today, Sony announced that the price of both PS5 models is increasing worldwide (though, notably, there will be no price increase in the US). As of September 15, the standard PS5 will cost ¥60,478 yen, up from ¥49,980 yen. The digital model will cost ¥49,478 yen, up from ¥39,980 yen. That's a 20% increase, one of the most substantial of the worldwide price hikes.

As a result of the price increase, FF16 is now trending(opens in new tab) in Japan on Twitter, as aitaikimochi notes(opens in new tab). Many of those players are Final Fantasy fans simply lamenting that the price of the console is likely to keep them away from the next entry in the series.

Others are hoping to play FF16 on their gaming PCs. The vagaries of machine translation make it difficult to pin down precise quotes, but Steam and Epic keep coming up(opens in new tab), and it seems calls for a PC port - in the vein of Final Fantasy 7 Remake - are getting louder. Some players are wishing(opens in new tab) FF16 will be released on PS4, too, but calls for that PC port are much more common.

Japanese players are begging for Final Fantasy 16 on Steam after the PS5 price hike

Sony may be making PC gamers out of Final Fantasy fans

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[Pull Up the Roots]

What a poor-excuse for a story. They really are desperate for some drama.

 

[Rekkapryde]

New Standard PS5 Price In Japan = 60478 yen = $441.23 USD

They need to shut the fukk up.

The Euro = USD right now so their shyt is still cheaper than what we pay in the US too. (New price is 480 Euro = 480 USD)

Canada's new price equals the same as the US now as well (650 Canadian = 500 USD)



Stop the fake outrage, we still paying more for a PS5 in the US than they are.


Only people with a case are the British, Mexican brehs. They gettin raped and were getting raped before the increases.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

Fake outrage. You would have already had a PS5 if you cared this much about an exclusive to even care to start a protest.

This is obviously some console war trolling.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Port begging, no shame, no honor

 

[Canon]

Kutaragi told y'all years ago. Work hard and save your money to be in the playstation family

 

[MeachTheMonster]

It’s gone be a hard sell all around the world.

Consumers are gonna be very price conscious through the coming months and years.

Gonna be real hard to cough up that $700 for a PS5 when there’s so many way cheaper gaming options out there.

 

[Rekkapryde]

It’s gone be a hard sell all around the world.

Consumers are gonna be very price conscious through the coming months and years.

Gonna be real hard to cough up that $700 for a PS5 when there’s so many way cheaper gaming options out there.

Japan's price is still almost 60 bucks cheaper than what we pay. Euro Countries cheaper too.

 

[Black Mamba]

Fake outrage trolling.
If you want FF16 COME TO SONY

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Article literally only list one tweet mentioning steam

 

[Rekkapryde]

Article literally only list one tweet mentioning steam

these last place goofys always worried about what's going on at the top of things.

 

[Leasy]

Not suprised to see all the Ponies caping

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Japan's price is still almost 60 bucks cheaper than what we pay. Euro Countries cheaper too.

Japan especially been very price conscious. Don’t matter if they are paying more than us. What matters is they are paying more than they need to, to play some damn games.

It’s the specific reason why PC gaming has exploded in asia recently.

They’d rather have a cheap small box than a huge expensive one.

It’s also why sony has been scrambling to get their PC sector up and running.

Gamers have more options than ever. Nobody is stuck buying hardware that doesn’t work for their current individual needs.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Japan especially been very price conscious. Don’t matter if they are paying more than us. What matters is they are paying more than they need to, to play some damn games.

It’s the specific reason why PC gaming has exploded in asia recently.

They’d rather have a cheap small box than a huge expensive one.

It’s also why sony has been scrambling to get their PC sector up and running.

Gamers have more options than ever. Nobody is stuck buying hardware that doesn’t work for their current individual needs.

This talk is why xbox is in last place

 

[Rekkapryde]

Japan especially been very price conscious. Don’t matter if they are paying more than us. What matters is they are paying more than they need to, to play some damn games.

It’s the specific reason why PC gaming has exploded in asia recently.

They’d rather have a cheap small box than a huge expensive one.

It’s also why sony has been scrambling to get their PC sector up and running.

Gamers have more options than ever. Nobody is stuck buying hardware that doesn’t work for their current individual needs.

we paying more than them. not the other way around.

Subsidizing their cheaper PS5 prices. NOPE. And they STILL getting off 60 bucks cheaper with this new price dog!

FUKK DEM. Ante up.

Should have copped when it was cheaper