Great bit of journalism here. This was a very good read. Thanks for all the new info you provided for us as well.

There’s a mod on pc version to save whenever you’d like. Also the lead dev has said today that in the first patch they are adding in a save when you want option.

Amazingly enough, ps4 sales in Japan after it’s first 26 weeks were around 660,000 units sold. While switch in it’s first 26 weeks in Japan has sold 1.5M units. And completely sold out everywhere there. Whereas Playstation’s were still widely available in Japan.