Good thing DBFZ is a vague 2018 release with no solid date.
No one at ASW has said it won't hit Switch at the same time.
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DBFZ producer declines to acknowledge Switch port demands, wants you to buy XV2
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No one at ASW has said it won't hit Switch at the same time.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Excuses like these are a major reason why Nintendo needs to have a more strict control and overwatch over third-parties in order to avoid them using bad sales from late ports as excuses to shift support for their systems. This was done by many third-parties since the GameCube days. XV2 Switch was obvious been developed with this strategy in mind and seems to be the case despite Switch sales surprising everyone and demand for DBFZ.
Uno Venova
Banned
I don't know..is that going to translate to sales if/when FighterZ comes out?
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Generally speaking if it isn't already planned it's not happening. It's not really common for games to add platforms mid development
Gotdatmoney
Member
I get why they want to do this. Push people towards current releases. But I also am not going to buy shit I don't want in "hopes" of getting something I do want. Release a product people actually want then we can talk about whether I am in for your next product.
Generally speaking, people don't ask for things they don't actually want, and all the RT campaigns and petitions total up to over 50,000 people who have done so. And that's just from the people who know such campaigns exist.
So yeah, I believe it would.
Herb Alpert
Banned
They're right. Is there really an audience on switch for Japanese fighting games? They have to gauge it first with a late port no one really cares about.
/s obviously
A $40 SF2 reboot surpassed sales expectations. Let that sink in.
Kacho
Member
Source?
I mean its probably not a super easy thing to do to port to the switch. So they want to see how xenoverse does on the switch / want to sell that to dbz fans before talking about the other dbz game.
I'm sure they put a lot of thought and research into this decision and it wasn't just a "hahahaha lets hold this game back because screw all the people who have a switch!" Which isn't very surprising.
Do people think about possible reasons why they would actually do this from a business standpoint or just immediately jump to knowing that they want game Y thus they must bring it to console A or else I am personally affronted and these people are terrible humans who ignore everyone who wants the game Y.
I'm sure they put a lot of thought and research into this decision and it wasn't just a "hahahaha lets hold this game back because screw all the people who have a switch!" Which isn't very surprising.
Do people think about possible reasons why they would actually do this from a business standpoint or just immediately jump to knowing that they want game Y thus they must bring it to console A or else I am personally affronted and these people are terrible humans who ignore everyone who wants the game Y.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Well it was a launch title on a console with not a lot of software on the market, and the SF2 remake also wasn't planned for 3 other platforms
I thought that came out in May?
Cbajd5
Member
It came out like 3 months after launch.
Glitter and Gold
Banned
The point I was trying to make with the launch comment is that there's not really much else to buy on the platform atm
But your point was inaccurate/disingenuous...
Glitter and Gold
Banned
Yeah you're right I'm sorry
Valkerionseven
Member
I mean I know where shes coming from, and what other answer could she give. I know people run wild with assumptions and read what they want to read instead of what is written (and said) but let's face it, theres no switch version of this game coming at the moment, and most likely at all.
This was a "we got a dragon ball game coming on switch if you want one, get that" not a buy this other one then we will do the other thing.
This was a "we got a dragon ball game coming on switch if you want one, get that" not a buy this other one then we will do the other thing.
I willing to wager that the creation of the assets for DBZF is an order of magnitude greater than the total developmental cost of DBZ Extreme Butoden.
The one thing they did say is that if a Switch port were approved, it is not guaranteed to launch the same time as the others. Meaning they wouldn't start on it if it would hold up progress on the other versions. That's not to say it wouldn't launch at the same time, but that they wouldn't make promises
Anyway, its not up to ASW if a Switch port is made. Its Namco. And seeing as Namco wants XV2 to sell, this was obviously going to be the PR response
Most likely a Switch port won't be announced until after XV2 is released on Switch. Maybe not until the end of the year or beginning of the next. If it gets a port at all