DOAX3 officially not being localized for the west

[NiPah]

if so why is there so much talk about not ordering things from Play Asia? Where else would I buy imported games from?

People are angry with Play Asia because they said the game isn't being released in the West due to SJWs, the game can be bought from any number of import shops but PA is just one of the better known ones. You could even buy the game from the Japanese Amazon website, you'd just have to make an account.

 

[NiPah]

With the sales figures of the past two games as they are, it really makes no logical sense to not release this game in the west. They might as well cancel it

We don't know the sales figures of the last game, nor due we know if the sales data from a 360 exclusive would even be indicative of a PS4 release which has traditionally had a better install base for more Japanese centric games, couple this with KT putting out some extremely niche titles (aka vita remakes of niche JRPGs and the nobunaga series complete with collectors editions) this year alone and the theory goes out the window.

 

[boag]

Neither do you.
So, why act like you do?

I'm not the one who made the assertion that the company did this move for the sake of profit. Not that it matters, because within the same post you just quoted, I provided evidence that points to the contrary of his assertion.

How did you manage to miss the... uhh... you know... all the evidence I provided from regional sales charts and reports of English localization elements?

The more I think about this, the stranger it seems. Why cut off the game from the biggest audience? Is it really a localization issue, when there's english subtitles already in place? Is it the sheer cost of providing physical copies, to a region where it sells more than it does within Asia? This just doesn't make sense to me.

Its probable that they think whoever wants it will import it, and that way they dont have to deal with the usual outrage bullshit.

 

[Amir Kondori]

Sounds to me like a company deciding that the US market for the game is too small to make the localization profitable. Then someone makes a BS excuse so the fans are upset at someone else.

Hmmm... What evidence do you have of this?

OT: This is pretty troubling. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend or anything. Not that I was planning on buying the game myself, I'm sure other people in this region of the world would have liked to buy it.

I think the evidence is a thing called capitalism. This wouldn't be the first time a company has done this kind of thing.

Yeah the company that's released 3 vita games this year, and huge sellers like nobunaga's ambition can't sell enough to warrant a US release because of capitalism, let's forget about the statement made by the company and go with capitalism.
KT doesn't give two shits about capitalism, they do care about their rep and if they think bad PR might hurt their company image you're damn right they'd hold release, but if you think KT couldn't turn a profit on a DOAX release you're having a laugh.

They have since come out and confirmed what I wrote.

 

[NiPah]

Sounds to me like a company deciding that the US market for the game is too small to make the localization profitable. Then someone makes a BS excuse so the fans are upset at someone else.

Hmmm... What evidence do you have of this?

OT: This is pretty troubling. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend or anything. Not that I was planning on buying the game myself, I'm sure other people in this region of the world would have liked to buy it.

I think the evidence is a thing called capitalism. This wouldn't be the first time a company has done this kind of thing.

Yeah the company that's released 3 vita games this year, and huge sellers like nobunaga's ambition can't sell enough to warrant a US release because of capitalism, let's forget about the statement made by the company and go with capitalism.
KT doesn't give two shits about capitalism, they do care about their rep and if they think bad PR might hurt their company image you're damn right they'd hold release, but if you think KT couldn't turn a profit on a DOAX release you're having a laugh.

They have since come out and confirmed what I wrote.

They've done nothing of the sort, what they said roughly translates to "what he said is not what we said" it's purely a null standpoint, it doesn't mean what he said was correct, it doesn't mean what he said was incorrect, and it was in no way confirming they didn't localize the game because they didn't think they could make a profit.
It's company PR 101, don't stir the pot, you can bet the CM got chewed out for that statement, but they'd never come out and say something like this.

Look if you still believe TK couldn't make a profit off a small release like this but can still irk out a profit from 3 rereleased vita titles and a tiled war game staring a Japanese general no one in America knows about then you're better versed in niche game markets then I'll ever be, and I've been following KT since they purchased the GUST developers for their Altelier series.