Watch yokai watch 4 be PS4/XboxOne/PC to appeal to western market
For how pathetic L-5 had been doing all this year, at least they are not as insane as Capcom lol.
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For how pathetic L-5 had been doing all this year, at least they are not as insane as Capcom lol.
thestopsign
Member
I think if Nintendo is in the 1.5-1.7 million range for the quarter it would be about expected... it would put them at comfortably above 4 million since launch. Hopefully they get up to the 2.5 million for FYQ2 though.
Both Yokai and Inazuma Eleven new games would make sense on PS4, since both usually sell the best on southern/central Europe (outside of Japan) and the PS4 is popular over here and would probably be 199 or less by the times this games are out. If Sony really want to expand their audience they should talk about these games with Level 5. Switch and/or 3DS version are abvious choices.
Moor-Angol
Banned
Switch unlikely will get 1000 games
Don't count indies or small games?
Problem is that both Yokai Watch and Inazuma Eleven (and most Level-5 output actually, like LBX and so on) are aimed at kids, hence the 3DS focus. I mean, Yokai Watch is basically a Pokémon clone, that's not something you expect to play on PS4, or on any traditional home console. Same goes to Inazuma Eleven. These two games put a lot of focus on local play (trading Yo-Kai for example), even outside of Japan.
It would be a better discussion if we had precise informations on PS4's demographic, but based only on the library, the ads and Sony's focus, I don't think PS4 is really a kids console. That's why something like Megaton Musashi makes sense for PS4. It can aim to old gundam fans from 80-90's.
James Scott
Banned
It'll likely go simultaneously on mobile. Level 5 seems to have started with Yokai Watch 1 mobile and Lady LaytonWatch yokai watch 4 be PS4/XboxOne/PC to appeal to western market
They can't even get a single game out on mobile let alone a simultaneous launch of a new one.
I think it only counts retail titles. Special editions and bundles do count as separate games though.
"The number of titles for each system is the number of packaged software."
It's has to be. There's over 600 games on the Japanese Wii U eShop.
PS4 is not a good platform for Yokai and Inazuma demographic though. Hell even Switch right now is not suited for L-5 IP as the price is damn steep for children. I would think, them staying on 3ds for probably another year is their biggest plan.
Laplasakos
Member
First lets see if Youkai Watch 1 will actually come out for mobile lol.
I agree with you that right now the focus isn't on the kids for the PS4 marketing, even though I'm pretty sure there are plenty of kids that have a PS4 and play Fifa, etc... but the PS4 should be a console for everyone, the price is getting lower and the software library needs to become more diverse. I can see the barrier on local play to be difficult to pass in these games but an online system could be implemented (not an easy solution but still a solution). Mind you, I think these games could be more important for the PS4 in the European market than in the Japanese market because the level of success of the PS4 in the 2 markets is really different.
I wasn't really talking about abandoning the 3DS and/or the Switch in favor of the PS4, I was talking about the fact that a port of a 3DS and/or Swtch game could probably do relatively well and could be important for Sony.
PS4 hasn't really had any major children/young demo software or software successes (or said better, anything that sells like, say, Minecraft on Vita or any Nintendo broad audience brand or something within even an order of magnitude of relevance of YW). There have been token efforts or third party releases but all with minor end results.
Even DQB, a title with a lot of nostalgia value and about the only mildly unique/strong young demo leaning title wasn't lighting anything on fire and was competing with the Vita release... a console that children actually own.
The coming changes to Minecraft will make the PS4 even more irrelevant to this demographic.
A lot of this comes back to the fact that Sony has struggled this gen to make any internal software for younger demographics. They've tried but one R&C game along with a good awful movie once every three years isn't much of an effort. Maybe Spiderman will hit it off with kids, though, it's a very popular brand with children but the title isn't for kids.
Even DQB, a title with a lot of nostalgia value and about the only mildly unique/strong young demo leaning title wasn't lighting anything on fire and was competing with the Vita release... a console that children actually own.
The coming changes to Minecraft will make the PS4 even more irrelevant to this demographic.
A lot of this comes back to the fact that Sony has struggled this gen to make any internal software for younger demographics. They've tried but one R&C game along with a good awful movie once every three years isn't much of an effort. Maybe Spiderman will hit it off with kids, though, it's a very popular brand with children but the title isn't for kids.
test_account
XP-39C²
Switch owners being able to play together with Xbox One owners is going to be huge in Japan.
Other versions will still continue to get updates, still remains to be seen how much the cross play between all the platforms will change things.
Phones and Tablets. It's not just the X1 that's involved in this and why Sony are being obstinate idiots.
Also "support" and support are very different things. The PS4 is effectively being relegated to legacy support for Minecraft.
test_account
XP-39C²
Sure, i know, i edited that in just before you replied to show that i know its more platforms involved
Still remains to see how much it will change the popularity on certain platforms.What do you refer to regarding "legacy support"?
Sure, i know, i edited that in just before you replied to show that i know its more platforms involved
What do you refer to regarding "legacy support"?
PS4 will follow the old codebase which is itself an offshoot with delays from Java. Java and Bedrock will now run in parallel but Bedrock is effectively a soft relaunch of Minecraft that will utilize the update codebase for new features and upgrades, while Java will run on the older form but with the saving grace (on PC) of major modding scenes. (The old Java code is a hell of a spaghetti code mess anyway. The switch to Bedrock will help clean it up a lot.)
The PS4 will have none of this except slow updates from whatever hits Java, at some point. That's legacy support.
test_account
XP-39C²
I was thinking more regards of what you think of content updates. Thats what really matters, how the versions are being supported further on. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the update brings in terms of content and how things go forward.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Watch yokai watch 4 be PS4/XboxOne/PC to appeal to western market
Isn't PS4 popular in France, Germany and Spain?
OfficerRaichu15
Member
YW4 will be Switch and PS4 probably(will sell better on Switch though).
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Everyone is happy!
Jon Carter
Member
Can't wait for Youkai World. Nate is now in his thirties, has a stubble, a buzz cut and comes home from war only to find that the bad Youkai are invading and the only way they can be stopped is by giving the good Youkai military training. Also, his hometown is now a gloomy, depressing shithole.
And the watch is now a rifle.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Oh snap, I wonder how this is going to do. Hot Shots used to be super popular but it declined with ailing console market. This is Playstation's first real mobile effort right? That Fate game is massive so expectations have to be pretty high for this stuff.
I think the biggest reveal here is that his name is Nate outside of Japan.
Sounds like a hit.
James Scott
Banned
Keeping FF14 is probably more important to them than Minecraft+
That sounds fairly stupid to me, why not just have both? ¯_(ツ
They are thinking of the safety of all the children playing FF14.
It looks like Kamiya got a Switch now.
https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/881055394897854464
Obviously in reference to when people were talking last time about him not getting a Switch at a lottery.
https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/881055394897854464
Obviously in reference to when people were talking last time about him not getting a Switch at a lottery.
Cotton Mather would be proud. Someone is building that city on a hill and virtue rules somewhere. Rejoice! There is a better future for mankind and it starts with our kids playing on their Playstations online, cocooned safely from the vicious masses on Xbox and Nintendo.
I wonder if he ended up getting this one through a lottery.
Don't know, it looks like Hashimoto got one too.
https://twitter.com/PG_y_hashimoto/status/880231247343009797
Unless he was buying accessories while waiting for one to be available since it says he's waiting for something next month.
Thanks.
Twitter machine translation is awful, so it gets weird having to interpret things like:
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Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Hmmm. I would like to think PG is making some games for the Switch. If that is case I figured Nintendo would give a Switch to Kamiya. But maybe PG isn't making a game for Nintendo. Or maybe they are and Kamiya is just like us regular consumers. Or maybe I'm just over thinking things.
PG already said they have game(s) in development...
Just because your office gets a development system doesn't mean you can take it home to play Zelda on...
Machine translations of Japanese should be outlawed. That's really bad.
To be fair, that's the sort of thing Kamiya would totally do.
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Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, but Kamiya is totally like that. Lol.
Dark Cloud
Member
Kamiya can finally make a game for the Switch.
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James Scott
Banned
Kamiya didn't have a Wii U after W101 came out. I guess it's a bit weird, tho.
Because SE would port it to Switch and XboxThat sounds fairly stupid to me, why not just have both? ¯_(ツ
I am interested with this too as Fate GO early life is probably one of the worst launch i had ever see. They are lucky that Fate series had tons of rabid fans supporting the series.
Industry is over.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I wonder if Japan will take notice of the wests emphasis on high budget licensed games. We're seeing Marvel, Disney, Warner Borthers, etc be very aggressive with their IP.
The only japanese game i can think of off the top of my head that looks like it has a decent budget is Dragonball FighterZ. When's the last time Japan had a big budget licensed game?
Seems like a missed opportunity not to have a big Evangelion game or something popular like that.
The only japanese game i can think of off the top of my head that looks like it has a decent budget is Dragonball FighterZ. When's the last time Japan had a big budget licensed game?
Seems like a missed opportunity not to have a big Evangelion game or something popular like that.