Related reading: Ginny's review of Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds, another excellent Otomate game released this year. In order to retain their identity, which would otherwise be slowly stripped away from them, they break the rules as often as they can: skipping classes, not wearing their uniforms, breaking curfew, and so on.This brings them into conflict with the Prefects, who violently enforce the law, but that’s the price they’re willing to pay for freedom and identity. These freedom-loving delinquents have a bigger goal in mind, too.The consolidated group is now known as Sony Interactive Entertainment, and its worldwide headquarters are located in San Mateo, California, rather than Tokyo.

The Bad Apples’ theory is that it would let the expelled person return to their old life, and though its just an unproven hypothesis, the appeal is enough to make this a rule worth finding a way to break.

Sales came in at 330.4 billion yen (.21 billion), a 14.5 percent year-over-year jump that Sony attributed to a "significant increase" in sales of Play Station 4 games.

was released during the quarter and racked up sales of more than 2.7 million copies during its launch week, making it the fastest-selling first-party PS4 game to date.

The first quarter of Sony’s 2016 fiscal year saw marked declines in sales and/or operating income almost everywhere across the company — except in the Play Station division, according to the company’s quarterly earnings report.

Sony reported sales of 1.61 trillion yen (.66 billion) during the three-month period ending June 30, a 10.8 percent year-over-year decrease.