Gaming wasn't as ubiquitous worldwide in 1997 as it is today. A game releasing in one region wasn't guaranteed to make it to another, which still happens now, but to a much lesser degree. The original PlayStation saw plenty of games that never received wider release outside its home market in Japan, but one has made a return 29 years after it first launched, with a belated landing on PS5.
Most of the marquee PlayStation games that were originally sequestered in the Japanese market have long since made their worldwide debut. Even big-name franchises like Final Fantasy still took months; fans in North America had to wait eight months to get their hands on the iconic Final Fantasy 7. Timed exclusives are still a regular occurrence in the PS5 era, but most localizations have a rather quick turnaround.
Nearly three decades after it first released for the PlayStation, The Conveni has come to PlayStation 5. It's an early management simulation game, putting you in charge of a convenience store. You arrange your entire store, select the employees that will help customers, try to out-strategize rivals, and hope it doesn't all come collapsing down. It's available now on...
