{"id":13208,"date":"2022-06-08T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2022-06-08T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:53:11","slug":"20220608-13208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220608-13208\/","title":{"rendered":"7 copies of the same game mysteriously appear on the PS Store in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220608-205552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-06-08 13:13<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>The PlayStation Store in Japan currently has 7 copies of the same game called <em><strong>Super Impossible Road<\/strong><\/em> available on its storefront, as pointed out by Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Renka_schedule\/status\/1534354015424638976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renka<\/a>. Between the PS4\u2019s three copies and the PS5\u2019s four copies it makes for a \u00a0comical sight considering they\u2019re all almost identical. So what\u2019s going on?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1709\" height=\"626\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1709px) 100vw, 1709px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001.jpg 1709w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-600x220.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-380x139.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-1536x563.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-150x55.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-696x255.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-1068x391.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-001-1147x420.jpg 1147w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Super Impossible Road<\/em> is a game with a futuristic Sci-Fi look where players control a mechanical ball. The goal is to roll the ball across a thin rail to reach the goal and possibly find big shortcuts along the way. <em>Super Impossible Road<\/em> released on Steam in May of 2016, on iOS in September of 2019, and on the Nintendo Switch in December of 2021. The game also just recently launched on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on June 8.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Impossible Road - Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1XmsdM4iog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But something seems a little off with the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game. On the PlayStation Store there are three games titled <em>Super Impossible Road<\/em> for PS4 and four games with the title on PS5. They\u2019re all the same price and support the same languages so what\u2019s happening here? By taking a closer look at the URLs we may be able to infer just what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at each URL on the PS Store, we can see a product number listed after the \/product\/ section. Let\u2019s check the PS5 versions. Each one has a different set of letters from UP, EP, HP, and JP at the beginning of the product number, with those letters meant to represent a region. <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/ja-jp\/product\/UP6163-PPSA04638_00-9254469688600592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UP<\/a> refers to North America, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/ja-jp\/product\/EP6162-PPSA05068_00-9254469688600592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EP<\/a> refers to Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/ja-jp\/product\/HP6145-PPSA05070_00-9254469688600592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HP<\/a> refers to Asia, and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/ja-jp\/product\/JP6077-PPSA05069_00-9254469688600592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JP<\/a> refers to Japan. In other words, each region\u2019s version is displayed simultaneously on Japan\u2019s PS Store.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"328\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-600x197.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-380x125.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-150x49.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-002-696x228.jpg 696w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The UP version is likely the same version being sold on the North American PS Store as the product numbers match across both stores. It\u2019s just that the PS Store in Japan is also selling versions for multiple other regions across two platforms causing some disorder on the storefront. While only conjecture, there may have been an issue during the application process that caused this gathering of the games.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1777\" height=\"703\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1.jpg 1777w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-600x237.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-380x150.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-768x304.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-1536x608.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-696x275.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-1068x423.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220608-205552-header-1-1062x420.jpg 1062w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The PS Store in Japan recently began allowing games that use the IARC rating system to be sold, opening the door for many more games to come to the platform (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220310-10418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>). But <em>Super Impossible Road<\/em> received a CERO rating, so it doesn\u2019t seem related to the change regarding IARC. It will likely be fixed soon but it\u2019s an odd occurrence. If you really want to support the developer or publisher, now is the time to do it since you can buy 7 copies of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Super Impossible Road<\/em> is now available on the PlayStation Store with a PS4 and PS5 version. The game is also available on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC, and the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PlayStation Store in Japan currently has 7 copies of the same game called Super Impossible Road available on its storefront. Between the PS4\u2019s three copies and the PS5\u2019s four copies it makes for a \u00a0comical sight considering they\u2019re all almost identical. 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