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« on: July 12, 2012, 10:18:32 PM »

In Japan, Koei recently published Sangokushi VIII (Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII) for PSP, except players popping the game into their PSPs have been surprised with Sangokushi VII instead.  In traditional Japanese manner, Koei has responded with a formal apology, as well as pulling all current copies from store shelves and delaying the upcoming Limited Editions.  The publisher is still working on a replacement plan.

[source - IGN]
[official apology here]



Is it just me or is this the worst nightmare of the QC department at any game studio?  I suppose the disc content could be worse.  (Madden 06 porn disc)  It is extremely rare to see companies ship out faulty media.  Good thing this isn't happening in the US.  Remember how PC gamers raged at GameStop last year for removing that slip of paper from Deus Ex?

What are your thoughts, RFGenners?
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2012, 10:27:16 PM »

I think a few Japanese gamers just found themselves a collectable.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2012, 10:32:42 PM »

I think a few Japanese gamers just found themselves a collectable.

A variant no less! Its like I just heard about those...
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 04:30:21 PM »

That really, really sucks for Koei.  But it is really, really awesome for collectors (or at least an interesting point).
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 10:47:53 PM »

I hope the CEO commited honorable seppuku or his family shall live in great dishonor.
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2012, 08:39:32 AM »

I think it is a Freudian slip.  The whole plan all along was to simply add another "I" to the title so people would buy it, and if wasn't for that idiot Hashimoto (whose sole job was to make that change) people would never had known the truth.  Well, until they actually do release the game (hopefully Fujikawa will perform better than his predecessor...).
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2012, 08:19:19 AM »

"This series has so many games now, even we can't figure out which is which!"
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