While there was some good news today that Idea Factory International will not be excluding Australia from their release plans for Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, there still seems to be some disappointment that gamers in PAL regions will only receive a digital-only release whereas all previous instalments published by NIS America were physical + digital.
Idea Factory International have today issued the following statement via their Facebook page:
Hello European Neptunia fans,
We apologize for not being able to bring Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 to the European market in its physical format. We are a small independent subsidiary company that was established just a little over six months ago. That said, our business is still unstable, and we are still working to establish our business foundation in the European market in order to be able to publish and distribute our titles to European fans.
It was a difficult decision to go digital-only for the European region because we understand that many fans of the Neptunia series live there. As we become more stable, we promise to release Idea Factory titles in their physical formats in both the North American and European markets.
Again, we apologize that our fans have to experience unnecessary frustration. We do promise that we are working towards bringing physical releases of future titles to European stores. Our steps may be small, but we are constantly moving forward, and each small success will help us leap towards more games and better products for everyone.
IFI
Let me guess, Digital only + 50% more expensive then US milking us even more, I really really wish this could STOP already.