KH is Nomura's series. Nothing doing without him, unfortunately. Otherwise KH3 would've been released like 5 years ago.
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KH is Nomura's series. Nothing doing without him, unfortunately. Otherwise KH3 would've been released like 5 years ago.
Hero of Legend
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We ever get numbers for KH3D aside from what we have from Japan?
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Nx will get everything... EVERYTHING
Xp
James Scott
Banned
I guess it depends on how DQXI shapes up. Being similar art styles and the same engine if it ends up ok on NX SE might consider porting it.
SE has been cultivating a fanbase on Nintendo handhelds for over a decade now. Probably not as big as PS, but should be a sizable market
Alex_Mexico
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Can't say I'm surprised.
I will be aghast if they cancel the XB1 release worldwide though. It won't happen tho.
And you guys suggesting it'll come to NX are nuts. It's not happening. Not day and date with the PS4 version. Maybe further down the line.
I will be aghast if they cancel the XB1 release worldwide though. It won't happen tho.
And you guys suggesting it'll come to NX are nuts. It's not happening. Not day and date with the PS4 version. Maybe further down the line.
Primethius
Banned
Not a surprise. It would've sold barely anything on XB1 to warrant even printing the necessary copies and materials.
Quintin DM
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LOL probably cause it's not happening, I mean it's not like the game was gonna sell well on xbone in Japan anyways.
DXB-KNIGHT
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1. Depends what is the NX
2. Can NX run it
3. If the NX market share worth it
Currently nothing points out for an NX release except for wishful thinking
The series has a history on Nintendo systems, NX is supposedly capable of running UE4 (which KH3 is running on), and since NX is a handheld/console hybrid, it's "possible" that Japanese publishers would want their Big Money Japanese-Made Games to sell to a big Japanese audience, which largely plays games on portables/mobile nowadays.
Scalebound already has a store page but KH3 doesn't. Also, multiple pages removed around when Xbox store moved to microsoft.com, not only KH3 and Scalebound.
Yeah, it'll probably do better on PS4 here but most likely there'd be ENOUGH who just want a Disney adventure on XB1 to merit the effort still. Japan, man, probably not unless Microsoft foots the full bill for manufacture and promotion.
Can't see Microsoft getting the promotion for kh3.
DriftingSpirit
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FFXV and KH3 were set to come to X1 before it was announced. There was nothing to indicate it would be this bad.
Mediking
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Also... we need Sora and an Atlus rep in Smash....
jmaine_ph
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Yea from a business side I agree but they never even attempted to ingratiate the Xbox community with the previous entires of KH
Newtype-001
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If actually cancelled in japan im surprised it took this long. Atleast they can put their resources to something more useful.
GoldandBlue
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Those two people planning to get a Scorpio in Japan are gonna be psyched!
It's not completely unfathomable, since Nintendo platforms do have a Kingdom Hearts fanbase. The question is if the NX can even handle Kingdom Hearts 3.
As for the Xbox One version of Kingdom Hearts 3, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a Persona 4 Arena Ultimax situation where the Xbox One version comes out for everyone else except Japan (though in P4AU's case, it was the PS3 & 360).
I played 5 of those games and still don't know what's going on. The side games just made the story so confusing,
Drilbit777
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It wouldn't be surprising if the japanese xbox one version got cancelled considering the abysmal sales of FF Type 0 HD in japan and the console itself as a whole in the country. Xbox One just doesn't have a presence in japan at all compared to PS4 or even Wii U
Arby 'n' the Chief
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won't be surprised if they cancel it all together considering we never get any KH game anyway....
Ps4 is getting 2.8 while we're barely getting this
Ps4 is getting 2.8 while we're barely getting this
Around 100k if I'm not misremembering
ChasingComets
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What I gathered from the interviews over the years was that Yasue was pretty much the one overseeing the day-to-day work of the Osaka team (where the majority of the game is being developed) while Nomura routinely reviews and provides direction to him and the team on how the game should come together. So it's not really a case where one can take the role of the other, but neither does it mean work is ever halted.
Roto Prime
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Sorry Japan ;___;
Slim to none my friend
Well. YouTube it is.
Makes sense to cut their losses for Japan. I'd also say it would make sense worldwide, but there are some people who will get KH3 on XB1 who would be really slighted, so they should still do it.
I still don't think it'll do well at all on XBox in general though, and FF15 will still be dwarfed on PS4 compared to Bone, but by a marginally lesser extent
I still don't think it'll do well at all on XBox in general though, and FF15 will still be dwarfed on PS4 compared to Bone, but by a marginally lesser extent
Iced Arcade
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All 17 people are going to be devastated
It was before the current gen started. Higher ups wanted some return on investment and so Xbox port had to be done. But after seeing the MS userbase, changed their minds on most games, due to most being uninterested in Japanese titles and Japan not taking to Xbox at all. Xbox 1 will in all sell less than 1/10th of what the 360 did in Japan.
Nomura's presence is not dependent on whether or not KH3 gets developed. Tai Yasue and the Osaka team are completely different from the team working on FF7R.
So while Tai Yasue works under Nomura and Nomura is the main director, Tai Yasue does what Nomura directs him to do and controls day to day operations.
KH3 would not have released 5 years ago in general because SE 5 years ago was still in their FF13 FF14 clean ups stage, where no AAA games besides lightning were being made period.
Confused as to why it's coming to XB1. I'm basically saying Square Enix don't use the same logic we do.
Primethius
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I think it's 50k actually.
Which is still ridiculously high for most Japanese games on Xb1. By a lot.
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Maybe once they saw how Type-0 HD performed on Xbox One, they gave out putting JRPGs on the Xbox One.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Everything is coming to NX? Haven't you heard?
But OT, this doesn't surprise me. I actually don't understand why this was ever announced for Xbox One. I mean, when it was announced I can understand SE expected XB1 to do a lot better than it is, but the fact they've made no effort to get the Xbox fanbase up to speed with the franchise and it's convoluted story just tells me of a lack of desire to actually establish the franchise on the platform. It's definitely strange.
Doctor_Thomas
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I'd say that's it. I also feel if they hadn't already started FFXV and KHIII, they wouldn't even be coming to XB1 anywhere.
Yasue is handling the day to day directorial duties on KHIII. Nomura is the mastermind behind the game and everything ultimately goes through him but Yasue is perfectly capable of doing a majority of the hard work of directing the game's development and Nomura trusts him & his team while he himself is directing FFVIIR.
Also, people who expect this on NX should temper their expectations. KHIII is a game that should push PS4 & Xbone hardware. Unless NX is considerably more powerful than it's rumoured to be, I'm not sure if KHIII is the kind of game that NX is going to be able to run without significant downgrades.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Can yall unban him so we can see how its good? 🙃
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Wait Noctis got banned for that?... really
Pancake Mix
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Oddly, FFXIII-2 and Lightning Returns did release on 360 in Japan though.
Exceedingly unlikely this is worldwide, but it'd be very good if it was, for Sony.
Altered Juice
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Blackleg-sanji1
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I mean the nx port begging in every game thread isn't much better so I don't get it but whatever
You get the sense that the devs didn't really want to do these ports to begin with, but orders from the top made them before the systems came out, and now its just because they said they would do it that they are getting released at all. I really doubt KH3 would be released if they didn't already announce it. FF15 had a good chance atleast because its aiming for a wider market, closer to the Witchers and the Skyrims of the world
Call Me A Hero
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Weird that SquareEnix didn't release the HD collection on Xbox yet. Seriously they should release it on both Xbox One and PS4 in order for KH3 to sell more.
One reason will be that Microsoft makes them print 10x as many discs as they're likely to sell.
McMoneyman
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Surely PS4 versions of the collections must be in the works, Xbox who knows, they've been pretty reluctant to put 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 on anything Xbox so far.
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