SEGA of Japan have released a new trailer for the upcoming DLC songs for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X in Japan: “Hand in Hand” by livetune and “Sharing The World” by BIGHEAD. Both songs will be included for free with the PlayStation 4 version of the game upon its release, but will cost 500 yen (excluding tax) for the PlayStation Vita version. You can view the trailer below!
If there was any doubt that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X was heading to Europe after the reveal that SEGA Europe would be publishing the game in Australia, someone on the NeoGAF forums has now pointed out that the website for the German rating system USK (basically the German equivalent of the ESRB or PEGI) now also lists a rating for the game:
It’s Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X‘s turn to get an E3 2016 trailer! The trailer gives us a quick overview of some of the game’s main features, including the new and classic songs, medleys, unlockable modules, and side activities. The game will be released on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on August 30th, 2016 in the Americas. No news for Europe yet, although recent information suggests it’s likely underway. Preorder copies will receive a free Hatsune Miku pouch. You can find the trailer below!
Gematsu reports that Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X has received a rating in Australia, suggesting that the game will in fact be released there. What’s also interesting is that SEGA Europe is listed as the game’s publisher, so this makes it rather likely that Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X will be released in Europe as well. Previously, SEGA Europe had stated that they were looking into releasing the game in Europe, although online retailer Rice Digital has been selling the EU version of the game for a while now. Hopefully, we’ll get a confirmation that the game is indeed heading to Europe soon!
Hatsune Miku will be getting her very own symphony, as Warner Music Japan, in cooperation with Crypton Future Media, the SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku Project and Promax, will be organizing a symphonic concert featuring the virtual idol on August 26. The concert will be performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A in Chiyoda Ward (Tokyo). Aside from the instrumental performance from the orchestra, Hatsune Miku will also be singing, which is probably where SEGA is involved. The illustration of Hatsune Miku for the event was done by KEI.
In an earlier article we already compared screenshots from the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X. With the footage from the PlayStation 4 version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X that SEGA of Japan provided yesterday, we can now compare how both versions of the game look in motion. It should be noted though that the PS4 version is very much a work in progress, so none of what we see is final. In fact, as I’ll point out in this article later on, some changes have already been made to the game compared to the original screenshots.
SEGA of America has revealed the release date for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X in the Americas! The game will be released on August 30 for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The PlayStation 4 version will cost $49.99/CA$64.99, and the PlayStation Vita version $39.99/CA$54.99. While the Japanese PS4 version was labeled as an “HD” version in its name, in the Americas both versions of the game will simply be called Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X. You can view a new English trailer below, showing new PS4 footage that hasn’t even been shown for the Japanese version of the game. Clearly, it seems SEGA is really aiming for the market overseas with the PS4 version, with a release date in the Americas only five days after the release of the PS4 version in Japan. This makes is all the more unfortunate, and almost incomprehensible from a marketing standpoint, that a European version hasn’t even been announced.
Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone will be getting another batch of songs and modules to add to its ever-growing list of content. In particular, 3 songs and 7 modules will be added to the game on April 27. The songs in question, all three produced by Signal-P and Orange, are:
SEGA of Japan made a bit of a surprise announcement today, as it revealed that a new “Racing Miku 2016 Ver.” module, based on Good Smile’s latest Racing Miku 2016 costume design, will be added as paid DLC to Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X. The module will cost 300 yen (tax not included) and will be available on the Japanese PlayStation Network on April 28. The announcement is surprising since the last “Racing Miku” module to be added to a Project DIVA game was the 2012 version. Since then, none of the yearly Racing Miku designs (2013 to 2015) were added to the Project DIVA games. Take a look at the 3 screenshots provided by SEGA of Japan below! Hopefully, the module will also make its way to the West when the game is released in the Americas later this Fall.
4gamer.net have posted the latest Media Create sales chart for the week running from March 28 to April 3, which shows Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X dropping from its third place in its first week to ninth place. The game sold an additional 10,073 copies, bringing the total to 79,511. For reference, the PlayStation Vita version of Project DIVA F 2nd sold 16,111 copies in its second week (totaling 114,738 copies at the time). So it doesn’t seem like Project DIVA X will be recovering from its slow start. That said, the real test for the franchise will likely be the release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone on PlayStation 4, as well as the release of Project DIVA X in the Americas.
Via: Gematsu