Well, I was more talking about the eventual sceario where the game is only on home consoles (PS4/PS3, or just PS4), never had anything against PS4 getting it, I was expecting it anyway. But just PS4 seems to be way too risky. That's why I'm expecting another SKU (a handheld one, probably NX at this point) to appear in the future. But your last sentence about Horii and Sugiyama's age...how old are them? O_O
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Yuji Horii: Dragon Quest 11 will be an offline game, for home consoles
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Well, I was more talking about the eventual sceario where the game is only on home consoles (PS4/PS3, or just PS4), never had anything against PS4 getting it, I was expecting it anyway. But just PS4 seems to be way too risky. That's why I'm expecting another SKU (a handheld one, probably NX at this point) to appear in the future. But your last sentence about Horii and Sugiyama's age...how old are them? O_O
MatrixMan.EXE
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People may be thinking this is an odd choice over 3DS but if I'm honest, sometimes install Base isn't everythinG. You know this.
The console market in Japan isn't healthy right now and Square Enix seems intent on not letting it collapse completely. A Dragon Quest XI for consoles could help massively.
Also, if it is on PS4, this could be a good chance for the series to get another shot at growing it's global reach, given how well PS4 is doing and how it's being positioned as THE place to go for JRPGS.
Horii isn't getting any youner either. I imagine he'd want this to be something ambitious and less driven by what the market conditions are and more about the kind of game he wants to make. Exciting stuff. PS3/PS4 is the likely platform mix.
The console market in Japan isn't healthy right now and Square Enix seems intent on not letting it collapse completely. A Dragon Quest XI for consoles could help massively.
Also, if it is on PS4, this could be a good chance for the series to get another shot at growing it's global reach, given how well PS4 is doing and how it's being positioned as THE place to go for JRPGS.
Horii isn't getting any youner either. I imagine he'd want this to be something ambitious and less driven by what the market conditions are and more about the kind of game he wants to make. Exciting stuff. PS3/PS4 is the likely platform mix.
Sugiyama is 84 years old. Horii is younger, 61, but still probably thinking about winding down. Also probably thinking about the series after Sugiyama is no longer able to work on it.
Dark_castle
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Imagine the next gen cel-shaded Dragon Quest on PS4.
The Cartographer
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Horii is 61 and Sugiyama is 84!
Glass Rebel
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I hear Hiroyuki Sawano is free right now.
Palette Swap
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Interestingly enough, he mentions they had PS4 in mind from the start for DQ Heroes and decided afterwards to have it running on PS3.
Edit: he = the Musou guy, not Horii.
Edit: he = the Musou guy, not Horii.
clay_ghost
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Sales still do matters after all?
disgusting
Basileus777
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I'd be down just to see the reactions to it.
Well as for DQH, PS4 version is 1080P and 60fps, while PS3 version has 720P and 30fps, so it's clear which was the lead platform..
SnowFlakeCake
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Ah yes, if all goes wrong with DQ11 on PS4 then there is always the promised land that is Dragon Quest sales on PC.
Load up this game on PS3/PS4/Wii U and whateverfucking else SE. Dragon Quest had seen such little evolution this past decade that even on PS3 the game would be a major step up.
That's a good reason to put the game on as many home consoles as they can, so the sales are affected less. That they are willing to take a risk doesn't mean that they will take any risk. A 3DS version would force the game to be designed around the 3DS, since it would be the less powerful platform. That's not the case with WiiU.
I was sure that I had read that they designed the WiiU enviroment to be used in future platforms (this was before the NX was revealed), but I can't find a quote for it. Perhaps I was wrong.
Alcoholikaust
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awesome news to wake up to! Dragon Quest on a home console is what I miss.
sublimit
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Imagine the next gen cel-shaded Dragon Quest on PS4.
I would actually prefer something like this to be honest (but with Toriyama's style of course) :
Or something like this:
Sebastiano
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Great news! I think they will do a PlayStation 3-PlayStation 4 combo or just PlayStation 4, maybe PlayStation 4 and Xbox One if they already think about an occidental release... So many options! Wii U? No chance at all.
This trailer was CGI, no? It isn't a good exemple to promote cel-shaded PlayStation 4 games, unless they said it was running on a PlayStation 4, don't remember well because I let it die.
Imagine the next gen cel-shaded Dragon Quest on PS4.
This trailer was CGI, no? It isn't a good exemple to promote cel-shaded PlayStation 4 games, unless they said it was running on a PlayStation 4, don't remember well because I let it die.
Technically he's differentiating homes consoles from smartphones in terms of game design of a Dragon Quest game. Portable consoles have the same game design as home console versions of Dragon Quest (seeing as almost all of the traditional games are available on a handheld system in some form) so he could be being sneaky here.
But having replayed (and finally beaten this time) Dragon Quest VIII recently I welcome Dragon Quest on the big screen again.
Some Nobody
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Okay, is this good enough for everyone now? He's been saying this for at least a year, possibly longer. Only thing to wonder now is when they officially unveil the game.
Also: PS3/PS4 almost guaranteed.
Also: PS3/PS4 almost guaranteed.
sublimit
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Please no. I want to actually play it one day.Or at least be able to import it.
Nintendo = Region lock.
They said they will be looking into region locking with their next system. It's not an absolute certainty.
Palette Swap
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To expand on some of the stuff, sorry for the loose translation but this is coming from the French interview.
Bolded are questions, the rest is Horii.
About FF7 and potential DQ remakes:
On smartphone gaming :
Edit: apparently, Horii (laughs) is a thing.
Anyone feel free to correct any inaccuracies or liberties I took.
Bolded are questions, the rest is Horii.
About FF7 and potential DQ remakes:
On smartphone gaming :
Edit: apparently, Horii (laughs) is a thing.
Anyone feel free to correct any inaccuracies or liberties I took.
This is just further compounding the sentiment. He's been talking about consoles for a while with the game.
Palette Swap
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He's unequivocal about designing it with a controller in mind so I really don't think it's a portable game.
Sure, either that or large amount of moneyhats. I wonder what´s more realistic considering there actually is Sonys direct involvement in several SQEX announcements and the absolute pathetic state of the PS4 in Japan, which makes Japanese centric announcements even more suspicious.
Something that has been ignored is that Sony sold their shares in SQEX right before this rekindled focus. It would be interesting to know who largely bought these up.
EDIT: According to an IGN article (Shinji Hashimoto quote also talking about giving favours), it seems it was an agreement with SQEX themselves with Sony selling to SMBC Nikko Securities. "The expected sale price is significantly lower than the Y16 billion (nearly US$157 million) that the shares are currently worth, according to their current market value." This would explain quite alot.
The Last One
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Thanks for that!
Night Hunter
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Square Enix is in a roll. And there is no way this won't come to the west if it is on PS4. Even if Sony have to do it themselves.
Palette Swap
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A home console game generally means it's coming west. The only scenario where this isn't happening is a WiiU exclusive that releases at the end of the console's life.
Well tbf he has been saying people may want to play DQ on "big screen", which could mean (new)3DS LL models. Even though some staff like Ichimura was heavily hinting DQ to be released on home console (he was saying SE is aware of some people were disappointed by DQ9 being handheld game), I think this is the first time Horii himself confirmed this.
Newtype-001
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ah!
Turn based
Home consoles
Not an MMO
Hallelujah!
And by consoles at most he probably means PS3/PS4.
Home consoles pretty much gurantees a localisation.
Lorddd let the words ring true.
Pretty sure itll atleast be on PS4,maybe wii u and ps3 too.
Herb Alpert
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I hope the series won't skip nintendo for its 30th anniversary. 8 out of 10 iterations were on these platforms.
Augemitbutter
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i've been waiting for this since the original DQVIII release. i think most people would be cool with upgraded DQVIII graphics. remake the other games in this same style too and people might notice the games more again in the west. thanks.
Hopefully that continues.
It probably will which is a bit odd considering DQVII and VIII will now both be on Nintendo systems too. Of course as they said when they announced DQ Heroes the franchise is "returning home".
Newtype-001
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There will be a presentation by Hori today at 14:15 local french time at Japan Expo, but I think it will be mostly about DQH. But I'm hoping for more
Gonna hijack this to tell people to follow the newly opened official english @DragonQuest twitter account since it's cute as hell
Oh man i need that.
Glass Rebel
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I just don't think it makes sense to spread themselves thin on 4+ hardware configurations, especially if it doesn't add substantially to the sales. I think their reasoning will be PS3 primarily for Japan and PS4 for the West.
I am fairly certain that they were very vague about what tech they would use, it might as well just be the streaming stuff. If what we know is true, it makes 0 sense to go with a PowerPC based architecture.
Herb Alpert
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It would be kind of sad. Lots of people discover DQ with 8 (myself included) but the roots and most of the life of the series has been on Nintendo platforms. Saying PS sytems are "home" of DQ is absurd. as you said, they even released the missing games on 3DS.
If nintendo lets DQ go, it would be a disaster.
QuiteWhittle
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SE has been talking about saving the Japanese console industry and increasing PS4 sales all last month. This is their last and best card to play so I'm not surprised.
Herb Alpert
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It would be kind of sad. Lots of people discover DQ with 8 (myself included) but the roots and most of the life of the series has been on Nintendo platforms. Saying PS sytems are "home" of DQ is absurd. as you said, they even released the missing games on 3DS.
If nintendo lets DQ go, it would be a disaster
Katana_Strikes
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YES!!!!
This will be glorious. Been too late long. Cannot wait. Possibly top 3 most wanted game.
This will be glorious. Been too late long. Cannot wait. Possibly top 3 most wanted game.
Kenzodielocke
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DQ is always releasing on the plattform, that sold the most. At least that's what I always thought.
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