{"id":1365182,"date":"2025-10-21T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/QDEC4pnTy8YThoL3VeMjBh"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:37:06","slug":"nier-automata-creator-yoko-taro-says-nearly-half-of-his-autographs-being-resold-are-actually-fake-since-he-puts-small-unknown-features-in-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nier-automata-creator-yoko-taro-says-nearly-half-of-his-autographs-being-resold-are-actually-fake-since-he-puts-small-unknown-features-in-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says &#8216;nearly half&#8217; of his autographs &#8216;being resold are actually fake&#8217;, since he puts &#8216;small unknown features&#8217; in them"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I already knew scalpers and the like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/van-gogh-museum-forced-to-stop-distributing-special-pikachu-cards-after-scalpers-storm-the-gates-we-take-the-safety-and-security-of-visitors-and-staff-very-seriously\/\">probably weren&#8217;t the most reputable people on the internet<\/a>\u2014but I&#8217;ve just had that assessment re-affirmed, because they&#8217;re trying to grift game developer&#8217;s autographs now.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s per a post <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yokotaro\/status\/1980304441493582021\" target=\"_blank\">by Yoko Taro<\/a>, director of the Nier games, to X. Taro was shown an image of a signed copy of the Nier Reincarnation OST being sold on Vinted, a site typically used for more noble purposes, like reselling clothes or old books. Mind, flogging a signed something-or-other isn&#8217;t inherently scummy (times are tough!) but what <em>isn&#8217;t <\/em>great is faking the signature entirely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This autograph is a fake. I include small unknown features in my real autographs to prevent reselling, so I can tell when one isn\u2019t genuine,&#8221; Taro says, before adding that &#8220;I&#8217;ve confirmed that nearly half of the autographs being resold are actually fake, so please don&#8217;t buy them.&#8221; Oof.<\/p>\n<p>This has naturally led to a flurry of people asking whether or not their autographs are genuine, or sharing genuine ones\u2014which sort of defeats the point, though I imagine ol&#8217; Taro switches it up from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>The real moral of the story here is to not just trust any old listing saying they&#8217;ve got the genuine article online. Again, nothing wrong with selling your old stuff if you need the money, but I&#8217;ve been writing on this website for just two years and I&#8217;m already intimately familiar with the tactics scalpers use, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being so aggressive at an exhibit meant for children that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/van-gogh-museum-forced-to-stop-distributing-special-pikachu-cards-after-scalpers-storm-the-gates-we-take-the-safety-and-security-of-visitors-and-staff-very-seriously\/\">have to stop giving out Pikachu cards.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Selling the promise of a handheld console <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/scalpers-are-already-selling-the-promise-of-an-asus-rog-xbox-ally-x-for-over-usd2-000-when-its-still-available-for-pre-order-at-half-the-price\/\">before it&#8217;s even out(???)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tricking checkout systems into letting them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/card-games\/let-the-criers-cry-42-000-pokemon-tcg-phantasmal-flames-products-have-been-swiped-by-a-scalper-group-thanks-to-a-massive-error-on-the-pokemon-center\/\">purchase 42,000 products<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Making sure nobody can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/board-games\/games-workshop-hits-the-panic-button-temporarily-shuts-down-warhammer-site-after-scalpers-descend-upon-it-with-abominable-intelligence-and-bots\/\">read a new Warhammer book<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Flipping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/scalpers-are-already-trying-to-rip-off-gamers-by-flipping-rtx-5090-graphics-cards-they-dont-actually-have-for-up-to-usd7-000\/\">RTX 5090s they don&#8217;t actually have.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trying to sell copies of Concord, which I guess did become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/scalpers-swarm-ebay-as-concord-kicks-the-bucket-charging-punters-up-to-dollar25000-for-physical-copies-of-the-ps5-editionand-some-are-spending-hundreds\/\">limited edition item by technicality, for like $25,000<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other words, attending an event <em>just <\/em>to get a signature to sell later isn&#8217;t beyond the pale. Nor is just deciding to fake that signature entirely, which I&#8217;d like to note is super illegal in a lot of countries. Especially when Yoko Taro&#8217;s encrypted signature DRM has got your number.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"42fe5dca-d979-4a93-98c7-ddbd94279113\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nier-automata-creator-yoko-taro-says-nearly-half-of-his-autographs-being-resold-are-actually-fake-since-he-puts-small-unknown-features-in-them.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"42fe5dca-d979-4a93-98c7-ddbd94279113\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/nier-automata-creator-yoko-taro-says-nearly-half-of-his-autographs-being-resold-are-actually-fake-since-he-puts-small-unknown-features-in-them\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I already knew scalpers and the like probably weren&#8217;t the most reputable people on the internet\u2014but I&#8217;ve just had that assessment re-affirmed, because they&#8217;re trying to grift game developer&#8217;s autographs now. That&#8217;s per a post by Yoko Taro, director of the Nier games, to X. Taro was shown an image of a signed copy of the Nier Reincarnation OST being sold on Vinted, a site typically used for more noble purposes, like reselling clothes or old books. Mind, flogging a signed something-or-other isn&#8217;t inherently scummy (times are tough!) but what isn&#8217;t great is faking the signature entirely. &#8220;This autograph is a fake. 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