I don't know, last week they said they were gonna have 10 reveals this week.Which were the 10 Famitsu reveals?
I don't know, last week they said they were gonna have 10 reveals this week.Which were the 10 Famitsu reveals?
If you just wanted to say the PS4 can't support a 4m+ selling game that's pretty easy. If you want to say the game would sell more than 4m if it released last year on 3DS that assumes a lot of things but sure, lets say it's possible.
Someone posted a link saying they started the 3DS version mid production to expand the userbase so knowing that I can agree that they probably could have had it ready last year. If the argument is just that from a profit perspective they would probably do better just releasing it as a 3DS only title then yeah probably. But I feel like we have this discussion every week where major Japanese publishers are trying to expand their global market and they can't ride the 3DS to do that since it's not a particularly strong console in the West.
I assume that there are reasons for going PS4 beyond just profit. I assume they added 3DS for Japan because they saw some easy money there. With a Swtich release they may still actually pull numbers close to DQ9. But even if they don't the DS is still the best (or second best by a hair) selling console in history. The bar being DQ9 sales is unreasonable. By any metric.
It wasn't my argument, though; and I explained better later on.
Of course there are: ease to port to PC; long-term investment (sooner or later, they must jump to HD graphics); global audience. I just don't think that it works for every franchise out there. This might work for mid-sized releases, because they sell well in Japan on PS4 (as their sales targets are not that high, like Persona or Tales of), and they are big success at 1.5-2m units worldwide. But if you must forgo 1.5-3m units in the domestic market, you must carefully think whether it is a smart decision, otherwise you can try to grow on mobile, where surely there are profits to be made, and you have versatility in development.
I'm sure there won't be many people interested, but it seems Attack on Titan 2 (Koei-Tecmo game) is still hitting Vita - listed on the PlayStation Japan TGS site as PS4/Vita (could well be Switch too, they wouldn't list that here though):
http://www.jp.playstation.com/events/tgs/title-all/
I'm sure there won't be many people interested, but it seems Attack on Titan 2 (Koei-Tecmo game) is still hitting Vita - listed on the PlayStation Japan TGS site as PS4/Vita (could well be Switch too, they wouldn't list that here though):
http://www.jp.playstation.com/events/tgs/title-all/
As far as MH and DQ go pretty much they had to move to HD with this release or the next games release. While for DQ the series relevancy is mostly a Japan thing and mainline games dont release often with MH they only really had 2 choices since they released like 5 games on the 3DS. Switch or PS4. Switch wasn't out and PS4 was but with a low userbase. They pretty much were not going to be able to avoid losing 1.5m+ domestic sales regardless.
DQ already moved over to mobile. MH isn't suited to it. I don't really think DQ11's final ltd is going to be as dire as you do. The ROI will be lower but that's what happens when you have to balance a handheld that's shit in the West with a console that is shit in Japan but dominant in the West. Shrug.
Strategy is weird but everyone in Japan is trying to get away from Vita and 3DS is on its last legs. Now or never basically.
Poorly, like it was always going to be, regardless of how packed Q1 is.
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By the way, I just remembered... what happened to Sony's "Kids no Hoshi" project thingy with Shogakukan? Has anything at all come out from that?
> http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news...-collaborate-on-kids-no-hoshi-project/.106398
The official source would be Square Enix themselves.
And Horii's been inconsistent on this too:
I know Kirby is Spring....
When is Mario + Rabbids?
This doesn't prove what you said at all (that they decided to make a 3DS version because the PS4 one wouldn't sell).
I still think MHW will do 2.5 million in Japan and possibly reach 3 million with the west around 2 million on both platforms.
It does but I see you don't speak PR.This doesn't prove what you said at all (that they decided to make a 3DS version because the PS4 one wouldn't sell).
It's plain weird so many Japanese publishers are so eager to neglect/kill their home market/core audience over it though. To bite the hand that feeds you and all that.But I feel like we have this discussion every week where major Japanese publishers are trying to expand their global market and they can't ride the 3DS to do that since it's not a particularly strong console in the West.
January launch will be awesome for kirby actuallyWait, so there's no console bundle for MHW in the West? What, why?
M&R has a nice early January launch, will be curious to see how it does in Japan.
Kirby is a bit nebulous, though, somewhere between January and April:
Robobot: April 28, 2016
Triple Deluxe: January 11, 2014
But since its Spring-release, I'd lean towards the later release date.
It's doubly weird since Japanese 3rd parties have done relatively well on 3DS in the west anyway, even compared to PS4.It's plain weird so many Japanese publishers are so eager to neglect/kill their home market/core audience over it though. To bite the hand that feeds you and all that.
January launch will be awesome for kirby actually
It's doubly weird since Japanese 3rd parties have done relatively well on 3DS in the west anyway, even compared to PS4.
Platforms are supposed to be fully confirmed this fall IIRC.
The first sold below expectations but it had good legs (below 300k across all versions).
It's above 300k retail+digital with its 3 versions, 200k in its first month, 250k after 2 months (Famitsu) and the Vita SKU alone went on to sell 50k retail (it appeared a few times not so long ago on Dengeki top 50 thanks to the 2nd TV series), ps4 sales probably didn't stop either and with leftover digital and PS3 it's probably above 350k.
Or a look a Media Create CY 2016 tells you it's 300k retail only in 2016, with digital and 2017 additional sales easily above 350k too.
It's plain weird so many Japanese publishers are so eager to neglect/kill their home market/core audience over it though. To bite the hand that feeds you and all that.
Kirby is late-March at the earliest if the said Spring. I wonder what they will have for the first quarter besides Mario + Rabbids in January. I doubt they leave February blank.
Skyrim!?
I'm sure there won't be many people interested, but it seems Attack on Titan 2 (Koei-Tecmo game) is still hitting Vita - listed on the PlayStation Japan TGS site as PS4/Vita (could well be Switch too, they wouldn't list that here though):
http://www.jp.playstation.com/events/tgs/title-all/
it got mentioned in the presentation earlier, but I forgot what it is about, something something that will exist soon? lazy to recheck it atm
If not a listing mistake, then Switch version is indeed confirmed.
So with Steins Gate Elite seemingly coming to Switch when and where are they going to reveal the info? Does 5pb has a livestream during TGS?
I still think MHW will do 2.5 million in Japan and possibly reach 3 million with the west around 2 million on both platforms.
You think MHW will be one of the top 10 non-Nintendo console games in history? (would come in 8th or 9th) Beating all but 3 PS2 games in sales?
For reference only 1 PS4 game is currently over 1 million and only FFXIII on the PS3 did more than a million.
It's a bold prediction. I will give you that.
I still think MHW will do 2.5 million in Japan and possibly reach 3 million with the west around 2 million on both platforms.
Vita and not Switch would make the not sure if powerful enough talk they have given so far pretty irrelevant.
Reminds me of K drama--chasing that Chinese audience all the while looking the other way as their shows increasingly fail to capture the interest of their domestic audience. It'll be interesting there because China has declared a little war on Korean cultural imports, so they're having to remonetize for making the domestic audience viable again.It's plain weird so many Japanese publishers are so eager to neglect/kill their home market/core audience over it though. To bite the hand that feeds you and all that.
M&R has a nice early January launch, will be curious to see how it does in Japan.
That makes logical sense but I don't think we can assume much of anything.
Yeah. Unfortunately logic and Switch ports rarely go hand in hand.
It doesn't make sense to me to have a big reveal in famitsu and the teaser site without Switch, only to announce another platform a few weeks later. But what do I know!
How does Japan feel about the Rabbids? I know they aren't exactly popular in the US, but the game seems to have done well enough there.
It does but I see you don't speak PR.
I'm actually not the one looking at this in a binary literal sense. I'm reading between the lines and keeping some real world awareness in mind. And it's not exactly rocket science here.Only thing i am seeing is you trying to make the black white. From official sources, we know that SE always considered two versions for the game. They started with PS4 first and later with 3DS after seeing many people expecting the next one to be on a portable device/3DS. The fact that 3DS got so many DQ games before XI is a clue for this. Everything else you say is speculation from your mind.
This game could come to Switch, even as a later release. KT has stuffed the system with Musou titles and there is the AoT sequel coming to 3DS too. Everything plays a role.I don't think its necessarily unlikely given KT's public comments on Switch support and announced stuff so far, but I definitely don't think anything should be considered a lock.
Only thing i am seeing is you trying to make the black white. From official sources, we know that SE always considered two versions for the game. They started with PS4 first and later with 3DS after seeing many people expecting the next one to be on a portable device/3DS. The fact that 3DS got so many DQ games before XI is a clue for this. Everything else you say is speculation from your mind.