Steam vs PS4 Japanese games comparison list

Many Steam games were actually left off the list simply because the PS4 did not have an equivalent. List of games released in the past 11 months, and PC pushes out more games than the PS4 can even handle.

Steam Exclusive (29 games)

Disgaea PC / Strategy JRPG

Released Feb 24, 2016

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc / Detective Horror

Released Feb 18, 2016

Asdivine Hearts / 2D JRPG

Released Feb 1, 2016

Tales of Symphonia / 3D JRPG

Released Feb 1, 2016

The Lost Mythologies / action JRPG

Released Jan 28, 2016

ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 13 / RTS

Released Jan 27, 2016

River City Super Sports Challenge / Action / Arc System Works

Released Dec 17, 2015

FINAL FANTASY VI / 2D JRPG / Square-Enix

Released Dec 16, 2015

Umihara Kawase Shun / 2D Platformer

Released Nov 24, 2015

GOCCO OF WAR / MMO Shooter

Released Nov 18, 2015

Umihara Kawase / 2D Platformer

Released Nov 2, 2015

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation / 3D JRPG

Released Oct 30, 2015

Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter / 2D JRPG

Released Oct 29, 2015

Mugen Souls / 3D JRPG

Released Oct 22, 2015

Sayonara Umihara Kawase / 2D Platformer

Releasesd Oct 6, 2015

Arcana Heart 3 / 2D Fighter

Released Sep 29, 2015

Final Fantasy V / 2D JRPG

Released Sep 24, 2015

Grandia® II / 3D JRPG

Released Aug 24, 2015

Celestian Tales: Old North / 2D JRPG

Released Aug 10, 2015

Fairy Fencer F / 3D JRPG

Released Aug 4, 2015

Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-

Released Jul 28, 2015

Starchaser: Priestess of the Night Sky / Puzzle Action

Released Jul 24, 2015

Way of the Samurai 4 / Action Adventure

Jul 23, 2015

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm / Action Beat'em Up

Released Jul 7, 2015

RaidersSphere4th / Action Pilot Fighter

Released Jul, 2015

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation / 3D JRPG

Released May 29, 2015

GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R / 2D Fighter

Released May 26, 2015

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS / 2D JRPG

Released May 11, 2015

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim / 2.5D JRPG

Released Apr 28, 2015

First on Steam (8 games)

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma / 2D Fighter

Steam Release / Mar 2, 2016

PS4 Release /June 30, 2016

Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae / 3D Hack and Slash

Steam Release / Mar 10, 2014

PS4 Release / Feb 16, 2016

Croixleur Sigma

Steam Release / Apr 30, 2014

PS4 Release Jan 16, 2016

Final Fantasy VII HD

Steam Release / Jul 4, 2013

PS4 Release / Dec 5, 2015

Onigiri

Steam Release / July 2014

PS4 Release / Oct 6, 2015

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

Steam Release / Jan 23, 1015

PS4 Release / Jul 23, 2015

Astebreed

Steam Release / May 30, 2014

PS4 Release / Jun 25, 2015

Dark Souls II

Steam Release / Apr 25, 2014

PS4 Release / Apr 7, 2015

Simultaneous Release (13 games)

Street Fighter V / Fighter

Feb 15, 2016

Arslan: The Warriors of Legend / Hack and Slash

Released Feb 9, 2016

GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN- / Fighter

Released Dec 9, 2015

Tales of Zestiria / 3D JRPG

Released Oct 19, 2015

Samurai Warriors 4-II / Hack and Slash

Released Sep 29, 2015

Mega Man Legacy Collection / 2D Platformer

Released Aug, 2015

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Released Sep 1, 2015

Devil May Cry 4 Speical Edition

Released Jun 23, 2015

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4

Released Feb 4-9, 2016

Resident Evil 0 HD

Released Jan 19, 2016

Resident Evil Revelations 2

Released Mar 18, 2015

Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Released Sep 1, 2015

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Aug 25-27, 2015

PS4 Exlcusive (16 games)

Salt and Sanctuary

Released Mar 15, 2016

The Witch and the Hundred Knight

Released Mar 1, 2016

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

Released Mar 1, 2016

Megadimension Neptunia VII / 3D JRPG

Released Feb 2, 2016

Gravity Rush HD

Released Feb 2, 2016

Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel

Released Feb 2, 2016

Sword Art Online: Long Song

Nov 17, 2015

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

Released Oct 6, 2015

AeternoBlade

Released Aug 8, 2015

J-STARS Vitctor VS+

Released Aug 4, 2015

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

Released Jul 31, 2015

Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment

Released Jul 28, 2015

Onechanbara Z2: Chaos

Released Jul 21, 2015

Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess

Released Jul 14, 2015

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster

Released May 12, 2015

Omega Quintet

Released Apr 28, 2015

First on PS4 (6)

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD / 3D JRPG

PS4 Release / May 18, 2015

Steam Release / Aug 18, 2015

Toukiden: Kiwami

PS4 Release / April 28, 2015

Steam Release / Jun 25, 2015

BLADESTORM: Nightmare / Action

PS4 Release / April 14, 2015

Steam Release / May 28, 2015

AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead ＆ Undressed / Action

PS4 Release / Nov 25, 2015

Steam Release / May 26, 2015

Earth Defense Force 4.1

PS4 Release / Dec 8, 2015

Steam Release / TBD

Saint Seiya Soldiers' Soul

PS4 Release/ Oct 6, 2015

Steam Release / Nov 27, 2015

Wow what a dumb thread

lol?

I'm sorry but can you be more pacific here. Are you saying that Steam has way more games then PS4? If so, this thread is a bust.

Dang, i never thought id see the day when PC would stomp PS4 in its home land with people who dislike PCs.

Release =/= Exclusive

Plus, more of those so call Steam exclusives are on PS one and PS2. LMAO

LOL a bunch of games that were already on PS3, Vita, and even some from PS2 and SNES for Steam exclusives.

@Eikichi-Onizuka: If you take those games away, PS4 looks even worse actually.

What a mess of a thread

@davillain-: These are the games released on both platforms in the past 11 months.

@Eikichi-Onizuka: which is the beauty of PC. You can play games from 30 years ago.

Actually, there's more to this then then Japanese having PC gaming. In Japan, the Internet Cafes over there are still way popular for this reasons but very few Japanese have PC, let alone high-ends for that matter.

@davillain-: I kinda wish we were like that. I would love for NX to have a Nintendo Cart that i can take into a store or cafe with high speed internet and download like 5-10 games too it. I think this could take the world by storm. I would just store all my Nintendo games in the Mushroom Kingdom and come as i please.

When is Final Fantasy IX and X/X-2 HD releasing for steam?

@iandizion713: If the handheld/console hybrid is real, then I'm sure it's possible to take your handheld and download games I hope that's possible.

@davillain-: Nintendo did it in China with the IQue, it would be cool for them to advance that concept. It would end physical games kinda, but i think it will make Nintendo super strong with ability to give low prices, fast loading, reduce carbon footprint, etc. Will be cool to see what they do.

This would've been impressive if Steam's list didn't consist of games that have already released years ago.

It's nice that PC is getting more Japanese support but a lot of those are ports of older games

@lostrib:There is a lot more, but like I said, I left a lot out to try and make the comparison fair. And also, I actually missed a lot of games. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight released March 4, 2016, MIND ZERO released March 8, 2016, Sunrider: Liberation Day released March 4, 2016, and Yohjo Simulator to list a few that I had in fact missed. Finding games on Steam for the purpose of "list wars" is actually hard just because the library is so huge and always, always growing at an enormous rate at any given time.

Aren't most of these ports of old gen games?

"PC pushes out more games than the PS4 can even handle"

*Looks at Disgaea 1 on PC and Disgaea 5 on PS4*

...riiiight.

Mobile probably beats both....so, what the ****?

Yup, not to mention PC has never gotten the coveted 10/10 exclusive score from GS nor a recent GOTY in the last decade+ according to GS.

SONY wins again.

Oh, if you know how to spell waifu in japanese, everyone looses to phone games.

Skyrim is a PC game with bad console ports. The Witcher 3 is a PC game with average console ports.

how is this relevant?

PC also gets great Japanese-inspired games like Panzermadels: Tank Dating Simulator.

I just noticed a new War of the Human Tanks is coming out this year (Japanese indie game.) The last two were pretty good. Lots of tank-based waifus this year. This is good for me since I recently watched WWII in Color on Netflix. Regular porn just hasn't been doing it for me.

Even when a North American publisher promises to take on a game's financial burden, a publisher is afraid of losing face in the result of a failure or poor performance.

At this point, the obvious solution might be to localize RPGs and then bring them over to the U.S. on a digital platform like Steam or the PlayStation Network. Some Japanese developers, like Falcom, have dipped their toes in the water of digital distribution. But others aren't as interested.

"The reality of the market is that publishers are skeptical," Ireland said. So he wants to show them numbers—not just words.

Then you add in PC never getting a 10/10 exclusive as per GS, then you tie that it into the recent swing of JRPGS. I didn't score the games or bring games to either platform, I just observe and comment with facts and without bias.

So all we can hope is that Japanese publishers start looking at Kickstarter's success in the West and turning to people like Ireland to help bring their games to a new audience. I think there are many JRPG fans here in North America. Japan just has to find them.

Because you dont think they are relevant when clearly there are doesn't make them non relevant and that's GS's words not mine.

..did you seriously just copy-paste/paraphrase a kotaku article

http://kotaku.com/5897741/the-reasons-so-many-japanese-rpgs-never-make-it-to-the-united-states

At this point, the obvious solution might be to localize RPGs and then bring them over to the U.S. on a digital platform like Steam or the PlayStation Network. Some Japanese developers, like Falcom, have dipped their toes in the water of digital distribution. But others aren't as interested.

"The reality of the market is that publishers are skeptical," Ireland said. So he wants to show them numbers—not just words.

Japanese publishers start looking at Kickstarter's success in the West and turning to people like Ireland to help bring their games to a new audience. I think there are many JRPG fans here in North America. Japan just has to find them.

Nope, but you did.

Steam page for IX says early 2016 which is right now but then squeenix doesn't know concept of time well

Wow, looks like PC is the definitive platform for JRPGs now

Most of those games are spread on PS4, PS3 and Vita. I don't really see the point of this.

@killered3: They aren't spread on the PS4. Most games are either not on PS4 or are old ports that have already been on steam for years. And at best, the PS4 has an exclusive game for two or three months before it goes to PC.

@iandizion713: What are you talking about? Japan has always loved PC gaming since the history of forever, but now those games reach a global audience thanks to the power of Steam. Even Clannad and Devil on a G-String have released on Steam along with well over a thousand other popular visual novels as well.

@shrek: Yeah, i know some love PC gaming, but its not very big over there. Maybe that is changing though, Steam is very dedicated to Japan, so its good to see them make some progress even if it may seem so small.

@shrek: The point being they are mostly old PS3, 4 and Vita games. PC is still very much secondary for AAA Japanese games.

@iandizion713: No it is the farthest thing from what you say. PC is huge in Japan. Every game store is 95% pc games. And any game not I stores is an online mmo exclusive to PC or an arcade kiosk.

@shrek: Yeah im not sure, mobile handheld gaming is big. Mobile phones, tablets, 3DS etc. Arcades are still big in Japan. But id have to see some stats from some big PC games in Japan.

@killered3: Did you mean PS4 is mostly old PS3, PC, and Vita game and that PS4 is still very much secondary for AAA Japanese games? The PS4 is very clearly lagging behind PC on all fronts as the list shows.

I find that very hard to believe.

@shrek: The PS4 is still young, younger than the PC so of course it's not going to have much right now but it will pretty soon. PC is still playing catch up to last gen and beyond as the list shows.

@killered3: It's already 2 and a half years in and 35 million consoles sold. The PS4 is not young. And don't you mean PS4 is playing catch up? Steam has far more modern titles on its platform than the PS4. The PS4 is literally nothing but PC ports.

This^

Japan loved PC gaming back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days (when computers like the PC-98, MSX, X68000 and FM Towns were around), but ever since the 32-bit era, PC gaming has been very niche in Japan. The only kinds of PC games that got released in Japan for the last 20 years were usually just shmups, visual novels, doujin games, and Falcom games. But with the rise of Steam, that could change.