seems like the sort of game that would do better on the go considering the success the likes of Minecraft on Vita has found in Japan.
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seems like the sort of game that would do better on the go considering the success the likes of Minecraft on Vita has found in Japan.
I mean there's not many options going forward and it remains to be seen whether Switch will be meaningful contributor so PS4-only titles are something of an inevitability.
Kresnik258
Member
Lol. Not many options going forward, so make sure you pick the worst possible one!
(We're also not really talking about "going forward" since it'll be releasing this year too. Heck, shrink it down and make it their first 3DS game if they don't want to make it for Vita/Switch, but not this. I'm still waiting for some sales numbers for Birthdays: The Beginning after all).
Where's that xbox looking from outside the window picture when you need it.
I don't think it is a strange thing there. I mean, Birthdays by Harvest Moon creator is still PS exclusive right? Even when Switch had launched.
Kresnik258
Member
Seems like a good bar to aim for right? ~2k domestic sales first week.
Maybe but they have to balance it against their creative desires too. They don't want to be making 3DS games and the concept might not even be feasible at that level.
That's also why stuff like Sen No Kiseki is going PS4 exclusive.
It's like 7100yen. It's not going to do well on anything.
Missed that little snippet. Wow.
Kresnik258
Member
I won't echo my thoughts about that SnK decision. But at least that has a little basis in your "creative desires" quote. I fail to see any reason what we've seen of NIS' Minecraft would be crippled by tech.
*shrugs* I only watched the teaser but maybe it has too much of an emphasis on environmental destruction.
PdotMichael
Banned
Another company releases a game NOT on the Switch. And the entire Media Create Sales thread is shocked, wasn't the Wii U Switch supposed to dominate Japan?
IIRC it took a long time before big support and regular releases happened in Japan for the likes of the PS4 too.
PdotMichael
Banned
There were way more releases for the PS4 in the first 6 months than what is for the Switch announced, so either it gets some surprise announcements soon or the release list is indeed lackluster.
Developers have known about the Switch for less than a year. All these announcements that are happening were likely planned before the Switch even had a launch date. Japanese developer teams are often heavily controlled by the execs and penny pinchers in the company and are unable to make rash decisions like porting the game they have been developing for the past year or two to a new platform.
This is how it has been for a very long time, and this is how software companies react to any new hardware in Japan.
Why can't I remember any Japanese games in the first 6 months of PS4's life in Japan?
Well I'm sure deep down you can think of one.
The games he is talking about must be Nobunaga, and Three Kingdoms... (these sound familiar for some reason) Which came out at the launch. Oh, there was also Yakuza, pretty much everything else was a western game, which shouldn't have to be explained do not count as Japanese Developer releases...
PdotMichael
Banned
Because you can't even google PS4 launch lineup Japan for example.
darkstar0155
Member
ha!, I wasn't paying attention at that time as there was a heat wave going on
Hah, good one.
It was a rhetorical question but since you replied, I'm going to have some fun with this.
PS4 launch lineup (Japanese only):
Dream C Club: Host Girls on Stage
Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition
Knack
Nikoli no Puzzle 4: Sudoku
Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou
Onigiri
Yakuza Restoration
Tottemo E Mahjong Plus
Truly a memorable selection of Japanese video games.
Not only are they memorable, but this list of 8 games is way more than the Switch's 20 Japanese developed games released at launch.
PdotMichael
Banned
So we are goalpost moving from no Japanese title at all to not "memorable".
You clearly missed the joke. "Why can't I remember..." because it was a shit-tier launch. PS4's Japanese support wasn't worth a damn until 12 months later with the first wave of notable Japanese software, starting with Dragon Quest Heroes.
Calm Mind
Member
You really are too much.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Mpl90 already showed what titles released on each platform early on: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=232377953&postcount=670
And yes, the PS4 had horrible Japanese support its first year. There's a reason it was trailing even the Wii U in Japan in hardware sales for quite some time.
And yes, the PS4 had horrible Japanese support its first year. There's a reason it was trailing even the Wii U in Japan in hardware sales for quite some time.
But it doesn't count when you want to trash the Switch, who needs facts ?
thestopsign
Member
I think by the end of December this year the Switch has comfortably more 3rd party releases than the PS4 did in a similar time frame in Japan and they will comfortably outsell what the PS4 titles did.
Edit: Someone posted a link to their Japanese sales archive website either in this thread or in last weeks Media Create thread that I can't find anymore. Anyone know which one I'm talking about? I want to bookmark it for future reference.
Calm Mind
Member
PS4's first year was truly amazing. Truly.
PdotMichael
Banned
Post wasn't about the incredible lineup of the PS4 (which also got more games than the WiiU) but that the Switch suffers a situation which can only be described as luckluster.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Switch is going through what most platforms go through in their first year on the market. It's nothing new or unexpected.
Actually, I made an update of that post, including also the total of releases for each console, in the last thread, since I didn't include some games.
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=232713155&postcount=682
Also, here's a third comparison criteria I added, i.e. Japanese games sales in the first years of the different platforms
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=232681377&postcount=642
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Oh whoops, didn't realize I linked to the earlier version of the post. Thanks.
PdotMichael
Banned
It is a worse case. As Nintendo handheld advertised it shouldn't get that third party treatment right now.
The system literally came out a few weeks ago. 3DS didn't get much in the way of notable games until its first holiday season when Mario and Monster Hunter came out. You're jumping the gun.
HD games take time to make so I don't know why you're expecting so much so soon.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Do we expect any bump for FF15 due to the DLC releasing this week?
PdotMichael just showed he doesn't even follow the Media Create threads to make his arguments consistent. Poor Mpl90 being ignored.
Do games ever get bumps due to DLC? I don't know either way, but I'd have thought not unless it coincided with a sale and/or a rerelease with DLC packed in
I know this was intended as a joke about the current state of MC's discussions, but I wanted to restate that, as you've already said in the past, if sales are good overall, third parties will come as time goes on. It happened with the DS, it happened with PSP, it partially happened with Wii as well (unfortunately other factors influenced negatively its support potential - nope, not merely talking about the graphical power here) ...and if Switch sales keep on being good / strong, Japanese third party developers won't be that hesitant in bringing content to it.
SporeCrawler
Member
Dat yakuza isshin though. Best game in the series
Don't think so. The game is down 2,500yen already, and this is from last week. Next week, FFXV will be down 2,000yen.
