Urgent! Release date on Steam for Japan is incorrect

Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:12 pm

Any Bethesda staffers around who can help fix this problem? The console release street date is currently showing on the store page despite Bethesda Japan telling customers several times that the PC version is supposed to release on Steam in Japan at the same time as the US release (just without Japanese language support). It is only the Japanese language support that is supposed to be made available from December 17th.

This was confirmed several times. For example as the first question of this GameSpark interview
www dot gamespark dot jp/article/2015/10/15/60981.html

Gamespark: First, please reconfirm the release timing for the PC version of Fallout 4. Overseas, this is Nov. 10. For Japan, it has been advertised as being the same as that for consoles, Dec. 17. But will (Steam) users in Japan be able to purchase the US import version from Nov. 10?

Mr. Takahasi (CEO Bethesda Japan): Yes. Fallout 4 will be purchasable and playable. However, it will only support the languages shown on the Steam store page, not Japanese language. Japanese language support will be available from Dec. 17. When looking at the Fallout 4 product information on Steam from Japan, Japanese language is listed as supported. This information was not added to the Steam store page by us. This is the way that Steam, as a store, advertises language support ahead of time. It may also be the cause of the confusion. At present, there is no way to indicate that "Japanese language is supported from Dec. 17" in the supported language box.

And again in this Tweet:

twitter dot com/Bethesda_jpn/status/654570207390900224

Regarding the often asked about PC release, as adverised, the Steam release (US import version) will release at the same time as the US. It will be purchasable and playable in Japan at that time. The price is 7980 JPY. Japanese language support will be added after midnight Dec. 17. The Japanese language version will also be available in retail stores.

While many people have been reaching out to Bethseda Japan over Twitter they have yet to respond. Others have tried reaching out to Steam support, but they are being less than helpful. Could someone at Bethesda please pass this down the line to Bethesda Japan and Valve so that we can have this cleared up before the 10th. Thank you.

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