Ys VIII

I was actually thinking about buying the PC version for Falcom's sake, but after NISA seeming to try their God damn hardest to conform everybody's worst suspicions, I'll just pirate it instead and hope for an undub/fansub.
I'm sorry, Kondo-taichou.

I'd say wait on the PC version, maybe if the localization a shit there could be a translation, or an undub version, and at the very least you can pirate it and avoid giving money to NISA.
Speaking of Ys what's the best game and why is it Origin?

And moreover when's the PC version anyways? Wasn't it supposed to hit due this 12th?

DELAYED INDEFINITELY

I just saw a new Ys and jumped on it. Its too late now. Sorry fam.

How badly did I fuck up? What did NISA do?

I find it hard to believe you didn't know. This is a niche game with little marketing besides videos that all mention the publisher, how would you even know it came out without research? It's possible, sure, I can believe it could happen, but it's unlikely. It seems more like you're trying to avoid being called mean words by another user to me. In case I'm right that you're not being true, please be honest in the future. There are even anons who play Ubisoft games here and they have a growing Rainbow Six thread going on right now. If they can be honest and disregarded angry anons until they went away, why can't you bear a few initial moments of displeasure? Sure, my thinking you're afraid to say the truth is based on an assumption, but it's a logical one in this context. Sorry if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.

Anyway, from what I've researched and seen myself apparently they didn't screw it up much and it's decent, but not exactly high quality. No memes or censorship being found after 5 days means they don't exist or else you'd see them being pointed out in this thread, so there's only a few awkward translations. If you have it like you say you do, why not check it out for yourself? Post your findings whether they're positive, negative or in the middle.

Because Falcom doesn't give a shit about Western release and just wanted a nice big cheque.

It's really as simple as that. Do you really believe retarded theories like "oh yeah one of the contracted translators was depressed and Falcom didn't like that lol" Japan companies don't give a shit what happens in the West, they give the rights to whoever gives the best deal and that's it.
NISA probably went all out on this because they have been losing franchises left and right. The promised PC port also probably weighed in their favor so much for that now that it was cancelled at the last second, of course

Why is this hard to understand?

You're right it's all about money, but this is not a retarded theory. If a release is delayed in the west, Falcom definitely starts caring as they will also get their money later, and that's objectively bad for them. Nobody wants their money later in any business, you want to act on the shekels in your hand, you cannot act on ones that are theoretical. If Xseed was stupid enough to admit "oh, our translator was suicidal and delayed it for months" or Falcom researched to check that, that definitely had a bad impact. Delays because of bad ports or releasing bad ports are common things in the gayming industry, but delay because of a suicidal translator is an undeniably more eye-raising thing that will make you lose reliability in someone's eyes. Of course we have no way to know if Xseed revealed that to them, but if Falcom knows about this, the theory is definitely correct although that's also not the sole reason.

Delays are probably the primary reason why. Xseed delayed almost every single Falcom game they've had their hands on, but wanna know why this is not a problem for NISA's release? That's because they've secured preorders with Valve. You can still buy it, and it'll probably be 2 weeks to 1 month before it comes out if their thread on Steam is any indication. Falcom can likely see the shekels already, so the delay is not an issue unless a big wave of refunds happens, and that's not happening. Think with your mind and not your heart, how many people will actually refund because of a delay when so many Falcom games were delayed on Steam?