Comments on: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls region lock removed in several countries following fan backlash  https://automaton-media.com/en/news/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-region-lock-removed-in-several-countries-following-fan-backlash/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Illumi https://automaton-media.com/en/news/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-region-lock-removed-in-several-countries-following-fan-backlash/#comment-9158 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:04:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69438#comment-9158 How to make the dumbest sequence of choices possible in gaming

Step 1: Hire a legendary fighting game developer
Step 2: Pay to use the most recognizable IP in the world currently
Step 3: Use fighting game tournaments to drum up hype and interest for year after year
Step 4: Sell your shares in fighting game tournaments
Step 5: Ban it’s sale in 2/3rds of the worlds nations, including fgc tournament host nations and the nations with the highest consumption of fighting games. Reducing market reach by 2/3rds before it even release
Step 6: Spit in the faces of the 1/3rd who can buy it by declaring a cross platform game is tethered to needing a playstation account, even if you don’t own a playstation
Step 7????
Step 8: Return to eating lead paint or whatever sony suits were doing when they agreed on these choices

]]> By: Wuztron https://automaton-media.com/en/news/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-region-lock-removed-in-several-countries-following-fan-backlash/#comment-9142 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:36:19 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69438#comment-9142 The big issue with Helldivers 2 was that they were going to require a PSN account after launch, after people had already paid. At least with Tokon they were up front with it, which, sadly, is progress for Sony these days.

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