This post dramatically undersells how tightly connected the stories are.
The more likely situation is that there is going to be a PC port but because they can't guarantee a day-and-date release with the PS4 version they're not going to announce it until it's closer to being ready rather than a Ys 8 situation where they committed to a date early on, delayed it, and then wound releasing a clusterfuck of a port anyway.
While I understand that Falcom may try to be beginner friendly in some way with each game, as was stated in the pax panel itself and unlike CS I or II, this game in particular is the convergence point of 7 other rpg's some of which were never even officially localized.
Can't wait!
There is no context for what happens in CSII without playing CSI first, the former spoiling a significant amount of the first game after said game ended on a major cliffhanger but still leaving the player with little understanding of any of the previous events' significance. And since CSIII is a culmination of everything Trails up until now, not just Cold Steel, starting with it would make about as much sense as someone making Avengers: Infinity War their first MCU film.
Why did SNK wait on revealing the PS4 version of their anniversary collection? There is always a reason in some cases marketing money is involved and in others they believe it will bring in more money. All you can really do is wait or but the game.
The PS4 case as the Only on Playstation label so i guess no PC version. Sucks i know i have all Falcom games on PC but well, i dont blame NISA at all. At this point Falcom should take some riks and do some shit in house
Nioh has the label. Nioh ended up on PC less than a year after its PS4 release, and the Steam Database reveals that the app was added in May 2016, months before the PS4 release in February 2017. Labels can be less than honest.
If I remember that label is something that gets added by the console maker. As mentioned above there's games with the label that have been ported to PC anyway like Nioh, Street Fighter 5, and Yakuza 0.
PS3 and Vita versions of CS and CS II carry the Only on PlayStation label as well.
Yeah but NISA announced it as exclusive as well so...
Interesting we need to dig more
The game is not coming to Xbox.
No, it's still Phyre.
It was their first game developed for PS4 without having to worry about Vita limitations, but it uses PhyreEngine just like Cold Steel 1/2/Tokyo Xanadu. Most of their other games in recent years have used Yamaneko, their proprietary engine.
They're hammering the PS4 exclusivity pretty hard though. They made a point to say it in their announcement, and with the label on the box too... If it was just a "wait until we're ready" thing I don't think they'd be doing all of this.
