The Effect Of Piracy On English Visual Novels
By Ishaan . January 13, 2012 . 2:00pm“We don’t let fear of it stop us from moving forward, but it is a huge frustration all the same,” JAST USA founder, Peter Payne, tells Siliconera.
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“We don’t let fear of it stop us from moving forward, but it is a huge frustration all the same,” JAST USA founder, Peter Payne, tells Siliconera.
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This week, we talk about working with developers to make games globally appealing, working with fan-translators, and why Dragon Ball Z might be so popular in the West (I promise you won’t see this one coming).