2024-02-24 14:49:22
Atlus announced on February 21, 2024 that the company’s new signature series “Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance” will be released on June 21, 2024. However, the business methods used in this new game made series players angry, and even made “complete version of business law” a hot keyword on Japanese social networks the next day.
The main reason why it is called a “complete version of the business method” is that although this game is an enhanced version of “Shin Megami Tensei V”, it is launched as a completely new game. For those who already own the original version of the game on the Nintendo Switch platform Players are not offered any price reduction options. In fact, the new game’s compensation for players of the old game is only the ability to inherit the data of three trained demons from the complete demon book archived in the original version of the game, and a few linked gifts.
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In fact, this complete version of the business method has been practiced in the game industry for many years. As far as Japanese game companies are concerned, the “Power Enhanced Edition” launched by KOEI TECMO Games should be the most famous early example. In order to deal with the problem that unscrupulous manufacturers cracked, revised and re-sold its own computer platform strategy simulation games such as “Three Kingdoms” after its launch, the company, which was still called Glory at the time, began to have its own development team launch enhanced games based on player expectations after release. A “power-enhanced version” of the content. However, since Honor focused on computer platforms in its early years, the operation of this type of powerful enhanced version on computers is actually slightly different from the generally speaking full version. In fact, it is an expansion pack that can be purchased separately and installed together.
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However, game consoles of the same period are difficult to implement this kind of expansion pack format due to hardware function limitations. Therefore, when they want to launch such a post-launch enhanced version, they usually use the enhanced version to launch it independently, allowing loyal players to purchase another one. full version mode. For example, the “G” version of “Monster Hunter” and the third version of “Pokémon” are very typical examples. In addition, the “power-enhanced version” of the glorious history strategy simulation game mentioned above on the console version mostly uses this method.
It should be mentioned here that in fact, on early consoles such as PlayStation 2, there are also examples of using disguised means to achieve the effect of expansion packs. For example, KOEI TECMO Games’ “Warrior” series of “Warriors” is sold at a relatively cheap price. When executed alone, you can only play the new content of “Legend of Warriors”. If you want to execute it in an environment with enhanced elements For original game content, you must insert the original game disc to unlock it. However, because it requires an extra step to play the content originally stored on the game disc, it is not favored by players and has not become a mainstream practice in the market.
Also because players used to accept game companies peeling off two layers of skin, mostly because they had no other options due to the limitations of hardware capabilities. Therefore, now that the limitation of hardware performance has disappeared, there is opposition to this business method. The noise is getting louder and louder, so most companies have chosen to keep pace with the times. For example, the aforementioned “Monster Hunter” and “Pokémon” series have in recent years launched large-scale additional downloads after release. Content is available for players to purchase directly.
However, when Atlus launched “Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance”, it still chose to require players to buy a new one. This is a business method that can “maximize profits” for the company. The comparison between the two naturally made players feel very dissatisfied, especially since the original There are players who have bought and played “Shin Megami Tensei V”.
In fact, this is not the first time Atlus has been criticized for such business practices. The situation of “Persona 5 Royal Edition” launched in 2019 was exactly the same as this time, and it was also criticized by many players. Even because of this precedent, in the recently launched “Persona 3 Reload”, the game is obviously a remastered version, but it lacks the new content of the original game expansion pack “Persona 3 FES”. In addition, The remastered version of “Persona 3 Pocket Edition” was launched just a year ago, so when it was first released, you can also see “full version of business law” becoming a hot keyword on Japanese social networks.
Mentioning “Persona 3 FES” will make people question whether Atlus’s business ethics are getting lower and lower. “Persona 3 FES” was launched on the PlayStation 2 console that year. Even if there were limitations in hardware performance, it was still willing to release a cheap expansion pack version for players to choose from, and the disc certification and the above-mentioned “Warrior Warriors Legend” “Different, you only need to put in the original version of the game disc to authenticate it once when starting the game for the first time. It can be said that it is completely guarding against gentlemen and villains, and is quite considerate of veteran players. Comparing the before and after, you can’t help but feel like “Scenery” Still, things have changed.”
The strong response from players this time is partly due to the fact that “Shin Megami Tensei V”, especially the plot in the latter part of the game, gives people a strong sense of unfinishedness. Many players were originally interested in this part. There was quite a bit of criticism, and now I see that the company wants to sell a plot that “should have been in the original game” for the price of a complete game, which is of course even more unacceptable. But on the other hand, isn’t it possible that Atlus has been using this business method in recent years to unabashedly want to squeeze the most money from the pockets of die-hard supporters, and the accumulated dissatisfaction is finally reaching a critical point? Although players who have supported Atlus for many years know that they are an ill-fated company and are somewhat more tolerant of them, they still hope that they can cherish their feathers. Because once goodwill is damaged, it will take a long time to rebuild.
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