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[Draugoth]

Speaking to IGN, Sony confirmed Rise of the Ronin will not release in South Korea but refuted various outlets that claimed it had been cancelled in the country, saying instead it was never planned to release there in the first place.

"Rise of the Ronin for PlayStation 5 was never officially announced for release in Korea," a Sony spokesperson said. "We can confirm that the title is not going to be sold or published in South Korea in any form, physical or digital."

 

[llLeonhart]

Well, I can't wait to play this. Glad I'm not Korean.

 

[Alebrije]

 

[Krieger]

Sucks to be Korean, I guess.

 

[onQ123]

You can't fire me I don't even work here

 

[VenomousCoffee]

The creator/lead has some "Japan had the right to invade Korea and China" type comments, and it seems like there's a decent chance that stuff is in the game, too. Not surprised they don't want to get drawn into the political drama.

 

[mckmas8808]

The creator/lead has some "Japan had the right to invade Korea and China" type comments, and it seems like there's a decent chance that stuff is in the game, too. Not surprised they don't want to get drawn into the political drama.

Whoa! Is this normal Japanese thought or abnormal?

 

[IFireflyl]

Speaking to IGN, Sony confirmed Rise of the Ronin will not release in South Korea but refuted various outlets that claimed it had been cancelled in the country, saying instead it was never planned to release there in the first place.

The statements "...never planned to release..." and "...never officially announced..." are not the same.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Whoa! Is this normal Japanese thought or abnormal?

From what I've seen, it seems like a generational thing. The older you are, the more nationalist you skew. I'm just a white dude in America, though, so I have no idea how common it is there.

 

[Aion002]

Whoa! Is this normal Japanese thought or abnormal?

Japan's struggle with history – DW – 08/15/2017

As the nation marks the 72nd anniversary of its surrender at the end of World War II, there are still many here who insist that Japan acted honorably throughout the conflict. Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo.

www.dw.com

 

[Punished Miku]

Whoa! Is this normal Japanese thought or abnormal?

News - Drama - SIE Korea announced that it will not be releasing Rise of the Ronin in South Korea (more details in the OP)

Sony Interactive Entertainment Korea announced that it will not release Japanese game company Team Ninja's new game 'Rise of the Ronin' in Korea. Rise of the Ronin is an open world action-adventure game set in 19th century Edo period Japan. As it is a new IP game from Team Ninja, which has...

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This thread covers it very well.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[fart town usa]

I think a similar thing happened with Bulletstorm VR. Drama surrounding that game that some YouTubers pounced on but it seems like it was never rated for release in S. Korea.

 

[nowhat]

In related news, I never planned to enter the Mr Universe competition of 2024. I mean I could. But it would be just cruel to the co-competitors.

 

[iHaunter]

You can't fire me I don't even work here

That's what makes this so difficult.

 

[kiphalfton]

Different Korea...

 

[Eiknarf]

The creator/lead has some "Japan had the right to invade Korea and China" type comments, and it seems like there's a decent chance that stuff is in the game, too. Not surprised they don't want to get drawn into the political drama.

That's alright. The Korean game Stellar Blade will feature 22 languages EXCEPT Japanese. The Japanese dub won't be available anywhere in the world except for Japan.

Take that Sino-Japanese War !!!