Ys VIII on PC Faces Indefinite Delay

Okay, so there is some bad news for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA fans, at least those who are looking forward to the JRPG on PC.

NIS America will be pushing the release date of the PC version, and it is to an "as-of-yet indeterminate date." In other words, indefinitely. It doesn't mean that it is forever, however. There just simply isn't a defined date. According to the Steam Announcement:

"To all of you who have been anxiously awaiting the PC release of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, we have a very regrettable announcement: we are once again pushing the release to an as-of-yet indeterminate date. We sincerely apologize for this delay, and we would like to explain in detail the reason why we are proceeding with the delay. This decision was not made lightly, and we understand that many of you will be upset about this news. For that, and most importantly, for the delay, we are very sorry."

However, it should be noted that the announcement doesn't affect the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita relocalization updates, which will be injected into the title on January 30, 2018.\

As for the reasoning of the delay?

Low framerate issues and memory leak problems. Quoting the announcement:

"Low framerate issues and memory leak problems were apparent from the earliest PC builds we received. To help combat these, we looked into the drawing processes, which lead to an overall improvement in performance. However, we are still encountering framerate drops in specific circumstances. The systems regulating these framerate issues are heavily reliant on the architecture of the original PlayStation 4 version and, as such, are not existent in PC architecture. The memory leak issues are somewhat less complicated and expected to be resolved this weekend. But in order to solve these issues, we have determined that we must modify the core level of data in the game."

They wanted to focus on PC performance optimization without touching too much of the core programming. However, the team has learned that it is impossible to avoid modifying the core programming.

NIS America will be moving development to an entirely different developer who will focus on frame rate improvements and other PC optimizations.

They want this title to launch, but they want it to launch without any issues or game-breaking bugs.

Finally, they go on to say that if you've pre-ordered on Steam and would like a refund, then you should use the link provided: http://bit.ly/YsVIIIPC_refundprocess

You can learn more about the Ys VIII delay on Steam.