I didn't, but that was not milking FFXII, just taking some low budget NDS games and setting them in the same world.
So making spin-off is noy milking anymore. I guess Atlus never milked P4 either.
I didn't, but that was not milking FFXII, just taking some low budget NDS games and setting them in the same world.
So making spin-off is noy milking anymore. I guess Atlus never milked P4 either.
There are thousands of Monster Hunter doujins.
They can easily do a gatcha with different armor sets from different artists.
Did Atlus milk p4 to recoup costs from developing p4 because it underperformed? because that's the premise we're discussing here
How did Sony get all these licenses like Fate and Magica Madoka? They literally print money.
Apparently the reason for the special bundle is Splatoon 2 update and amazon was informed for it for it many weeks before in advance. This looks another good week for Switch shipments.
How did Sony get all these licenses like Fate and Magica Madoka? They literally print money.
On the topic of whether FFXV can run on the switch, I think it is worth noting that it likely would not be a PS4/XBone port but a Windows one. The game is already being ported to PC, and PC games tend to scale extensively, even if they don't always scale that well. People can mod GTAV into running on the GPD Win, I am far from certain that with some optimization work SE couldn't get FFXV running on Switch, perhaps with reduced draw distance. A whole lot of overhead was probably created by the original engine, and if they actually bother to port it to PC rather than merely brute forcing it then they will have the basis for a Switch version.
I went to look if any new mobile games had come out, and I see that Sony Aniplex's newest game is Fate/Grand Order, but Magica Madoka.
It's off to a strong start at #3 on the top grossing charts.
You need to dig into the history of Square Enix when Versus was in the so called 'development.'The project that became FFXV began production in 2006.
You can split hairs about "full production" all you want, there had been significant amounts of work done on that project before it was rebranded, and significant amounts of work done under Tabata built on top of that existing work when he came aboard to salvage it.
I mean, I don't even know what you're arguing - that for 6 years it was just Nomura sat at a cubicle by himself doing sketches and rough plot beats with no other staff? Come on.
It can still be successful without living up to their expectations for the franchise.
Do you believe that SE are 100% satisfied with how it has performed at market as their premier franchise?
Do you believe that they consider FFXVs development an exemplar for how to develop a modern AAA titles, and they will do everything they did with it over again in their next project because it was such a trouble free project that was so stress free and enjoyable to work on?
It was a troubled project that they successfully brought to market, that in no way diminishes that that is an achievement in and of itself but - again - my impression is that they wanted more that it achieved, and will continue to produce spin offs reusing assets because those can contribute to what they want the franchise to be, and can be made cheaply on top of those already sunk costs.
Is it normal for Amazon jp to get such a high ratio of available hw?
Numbers of these bundles have been pretty high compared to the total weekly sales
Nintendo's (7974) mail order site "My Nintendo store" has been access restricted due to congestion since 12 o'clock on the 23rd. Nintendo also began accepting reservations for home video game machines "Nintendo Switch" from around 12 o'clock on the same day.
 "My Nintendo Store" had accepted reservations for "switch" on 22nd, but due to congestion, we limited the number of accessible people. Although the planned number is unpublished, acceptance is terminated when it reaches. [Nikkei QUICK News (NQN)]
The Nintendo site for ordering Switch units was down?
Google translate:
http://mw.nikkei.com/sp/#!/article/DGXLASFL23HBD_T20C17A8000000/
I went to look if any new mobile games had come out, and I see that Sony Aniplex's newest game is Fate/Grand Order, but Magica Madoka.
It's off to a strong start at #3 on the top grossing charts.
Get? Aniplex is involved in the production of both series.
It is going to be interesting to see if this one can stay strong considering how long the anime have ended and i heard the gacha rate is also quite bad right now?
/opposite world logic
So yeh, Versus XIII alone didn't make SE bleed money but it was the combination of FFXIII, Crystal Tools and FFXIV so I don't see why you can just single out FFXV here.
Opposite world logic is where 3DS games cost more to produce than PS4 games because of Speedtree.
I thought we were talking about the definition of milking. I wouldn't be surpried if Atlus indeed used milking to recoup P4's cost though. Atlus' last year financial report wasn't pretty, look at they are milking P5 now.
Are we getting sales info today?