Sony Interactive Leisure has issued a press release to handle rumors that PS5 unique Rise of the Ronin has been canceled in South Korea. Whereas it’s true that the sport received’t be obtainable in South Korea bodily or digitally, Sony instructed IGN that it didn’t plan to launch Rise of the Ronin within the nation to start with.
The curious case of PS5 unique Rise of the Ronin and the “backlash” in South Korea
Rumors of Rise of the Ronin’s cancellation in Korea got here from native web sites Daum and Ruliweb, each of which linked the purported cancellation to feedback made by Staff Ninja sport director Fumihiko Yasuda, wherein he glorified Japanese scholar Yoshida Shoin — a controversial determine in Korea.
Sony tells IGN that the 2 issues should not linked, and whereas it didn’t deal with the controversy surrounding Yaduda’s feedback, the corporate says Rise of the Ronin was by no means “formally introduced” for launch in South Korea. IGN states that there’s no proof that Rise of the Ronin ever had a PlayStation Retailer web page in Korea, however the South Korean PS Weblog did point out the sport in a now-edited web page. Moreover, some Asian variations of Rise of the Ronin assist Korean language.
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