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SEGA Adds 16 Valkyria Chronicles Remaster PS4 Themes to the Hong Kong PlayStation Store

Draikin February 5, 2016 1 Reply

Dualshockers noticed that SEGA have added 16 (static) PS4 themes to the Hong Kong PlayStation Store, following the launch of Valkyria Chronicles Remaster in Asia yesterday. An individual theme costs HK$17 ($2.18/€1.96), while a bundle containing all of the themes costs HK$ 210 ($26.96/€24.19). As noted by Dualshockers in their article, these themes can be used on any PS4, provided that you first buy and download them using an Asian PlayStation Network account. We included two links to the themes on the PlayStation Store:

An overview of all the themes on the Hong Kong PlayStation Store
The bundle containing all of the themes

The Contrast Between SEGA’s Efforts to Localize Games for Asia and the West

Draikin December 30, 2015 3 Replies

We already knew SEGA was increasingly interested in making their games available in Asia, given how much potential for growth the market has. Even so, I was surprised to find how fast and determined SEGA apparently is to release their games there. For the English market, SEGA always seems hesitant, perhaps even reluctant, to localize their games. For example, the localization for the original Project DIVA F almost didn’t happen. Only an official Facebook poll, asking fans if they really wanted to see the games localized, drew enough interest to give the localization a green light. Similarly, it took them years to localize Yakuza 5, and it only happened with the help of Sony’s Third Party Productions. Phantasy Star Nova and Shining Resonance, both available with Chinese subtitles in Asia, were never even localized in English.