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NinjaCoachZ said:
Every Persona game has received an enhanced handheld version.

They are also not strictly Sony exclusive.

Let's say P5 gets one in 2019.

Sony is probably done with handhelds by then.

Atlus's options are thus porting the game to the Vita or the Switch.

I don't think it's that unthinkable.
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It really depends on what atlus jpn wishes to do in end really.
You also have to remember that nintendo have stated that switch is a home console first, not a handheld.
 
megaStryke said:
THAT'S the difference
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Quoting myself from earlier in the thread (it got ignored the first time, unfortunately)

Mpl90 said:
Acutally, you know, I've rewatched the E3 2011 Conference (the slide was taken from there) and, after doing it, I think that isn't the slide representing Wii U's initial pulibhers' backing. It happened at the end of the conference, then followed by several games logos appearing on the sylised titantron, games present at the show / announced there for Wii, DS and 3DS.

https://youtu.be/p1JJPkd4Q28?t=1h9m37s

You can see it here.

I don't know if we have an actual third party partners slide outside this one (which should be NOT what we thought) , now that I think about it.
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Sir Blaming said:
It really depends on what atlus jpn wishes to do in end really.
You also have to remember that nintendo have stated that switch is a home console first, not a handheld.
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Who cares what Nintendo said? You can't be serious with "Nintendo said it's a home console guys! So, all developers have to pretend it's not a portable too."?

It's a portable and a console. This is where 3DS successor games and other handheld games are meant to go to.
 
jedivulcan said:
The last two rows of Switch developers are all middleware or tool developers. I mean, no offense, but they're filler. It does make the list look a bit larger. It's not a bad thing but it does fill out the list a bit more.
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As I and others said earlier in this thread, full engine support from the likes of Unreal and Unity means more than any individual studio or publishers support.
 
Sir Blaming said:
yeah I know. But the main ones have not seen multi plat yet
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Unless trinity is real, Switch would be the place for a hypothetical P5 portable. I think portable version probably outweighs Sony loyalty, so I'm guessing P5 will come over in a couple years. P5 Crimson PS4/Switch cross release makes a lot of sense.
 
Dark Cloud said:
Who cares what Nintendo said? You can't be serious with "Nintendo said it's a home console guys! So, all developers have to pretend it's not a portable too."?

It's a portable and a console. This is where 3DS successor games and other handheld games are meant to go to.
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Even Ubisoft understands that it's a portable too.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/11...atform-great-guillemot-calls-true-innovation/

Second, most importantly, despite the huge competition from mobile gaming, Nintendo managed to sell more than 55 million 3DS since launch. The Switch will benefit from this strong demand for Nintendo games on a dedicated handheld platform.

If potential is reached, then Ubisoft, as the leading third party publisher on Nintendo consoles over the past ten years, will benefit disproportionately.
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NinjaCoachZ said:
Every Persona game has received an enhanced handheld version.

They are also not strictly Sony exclusive.

Let's say P5 gets one in 2019.

Sony is probably done with handhelds by then.

Atlus's options are thus porting the game to the Vita or the Switch.

I don't think it's that unthinkable.
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What about iOS and Android?
 
ShadyPenguin said:
Actually, how did Persona Q perform?

Was it in line with the other Spin offs?
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I don't think it did amazingly well. It was rather meh so I wouldn't be surprised. Couldn't finish it despite adoring Person 3/4
megaStryke said:
THAT'S the difference
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Yeah, a lot of podcasts/videos I've watched discussing Nintendo Switch have usually brought up "Nintendo said the same thing with Wii U!!!" but it does seem fairly different.
 
James Scott said:
I don't think it did amazingly well. It was rather meh so I wouldn't be surprised. Couldn't finish it despite adoring Person 3/4

Yeah, a lot of podcasts/videos I've watched discussing Nintendo Switch have usually brought up "Nintendo said the same thing with Wii U!!!" but it does seem fairly different.
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Naw for a Spinoff it did extremely well.
 
Eliseo said:
I hope we get overwatch on NS =(
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Would love to see that and Hearthstone too. But I don't know what Nintendo could offer Blizzard for support (it's Blizzard, they don't need Nintendo's marketing money) and if there was no cross-play (which I doubt that's even remotely in the cards) it would be a dead player base at the beginning. Maybe a year down the line when there are enough Switch consoles out there.
 
oti xero said:
Would love to see that and Hearthstone too. But I don't know what Nintendo could offer Blizzard for support (it's Blizzard, they don't need Nintendo's marketing money) and if there was no cross-play (which I doubt that's even remotely in the cards) it would be a dead player base at the beginning. Maybe a year down the line when there are enough Switch consoles out there.
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Does the PC version have cross play witth consoles? I can see it having cross play with PC at least.
 
oti xero said:
No. And you really think Blizzard would let PC players (using KB+M) compete with Switch players? No.

You don't want that.
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It would be interesting to pit IR/pointer players against kb/mouse guys. I wonder how that would work out. Either way, I would get Overwatch if it had pointer controls.
 
Eliseo said:
I hope we get overwatch on NS =(
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Online dependent games probably aren't gonna be that big on Switch. Yeah they'll be perfectly playable in console mode but the tablet mode would have less reliable. If Nintendo's straight up mandating that every game runs in both modes, then a lot of online driven games can effectively cut off.

Diablo's probably the only viable Blizzard game to expect.
 
Aters said:
???
The portable version of Persona 1 came out a decade later than the original. What makes you think a portable version of P5 is coming out soon?
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It's probably more pertinent to point at how quickly they ported P3 and P4 to portables than it is to point at how long it took for portable versions of P1 and P2 to happen given those games had larger gaps due portables not being really able to handle ports that wouldn't have been incredibly compromised.
 
So I can assume there'll be meltdowns when Switch gets the Persona 5 Portable and not the Vita?

Edit: I'm looking at the HDD space for Persona 5 on PS3, 16GB. What's the biggest game cards Vita can use again?
 
Nairume said:
Probably depends on if the Vita is still receiving enough support in 2019, otherwise people might not care at that point.
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I guess it all depends on what Sony is doing. They have to keep manufacturing Vitas for the Japanese developers that do a PS4 and Vita version of a game but, it's hard to follow how Vita is doing worldwide because Sony doesn't provide exact numbers. (Especially annoying not knowing how many have been shipped each year.)

So the question is whether or not Sony will release a successor to the Vita soon. Some people had too high hopes thinking that was going to happen at TGS because of the Foxconn guy that saw the PSP-Like device which was possibly the Switch or a Chinese Android Handheld.
 
EDarkness said:
It would be interesting to pit IR/pointer players against kb/mouse guys. I wonder how that would work out. Either way, I would get Overwatch if it had pointer controls.
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Overwatch (and FPS in general) could be incredible on Switch if the IR pointer was on top of the right Joycon. It would be the first proper mix of pad and pointer controls where you'd move around and aim with the dual analogs while making small adjustments with the pointer. I think that control scheme could give mouse/keyboard a run for its money.
 
EDarkness said:
It would be interesting to pit IR/pointer players against kb/mouse guys. I wonder how that would work out. Either way, I would get Overwatch if it had pointer controls.
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That would be pretty interesting. Also kinda exciting for eSports reasons.
 
Aters said:
???
The portable version of Persona 1 came out a decade later than the original. What makes you think a portable version of P5 is coming out soon?
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Persona 5. Coming to Switch 3 in 2027!

I actually don't have a clue when a portable version of P5 would launch, but I'd be surprised if one doesn't happen eventually. And considering both 3 and 4 received portable versions within a few years of their original releases, I don't think it'll take a decade.
 
OrbitalBeard said:
Persona 5. Coming to Switch 3 in 2027!

I actually don't have a clue when a portable version of P5 would launch, but I'd be surprised if one doesn't happen eventually. And considering both 3 and 4 received portable versions within a few years of their original releases, I don't think it'll take a decade.
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I'd hope it's within a couple years, say 2018, 2019 and is PS4/Switch with Persona 6 being, say, Switch(2)/PS4(5) from start. That's the ideal imo, but we'll see.

If Switch takes off, especially in Japan, it would be really silly to stop the trend now. Switch can handle a game originally set to be a PS3 game. Don't have the issue PS2 to PSP had, which means don't have to change the game presentation like P3P or wait for stronger handheld like P4G.

As to P1...Clearly they started the trend and have been going at it faithfully since they did.
 
Snakeyes said:
Overwatch (and FPS in general) could be incredible on Switch if the IR pointer was on top of the right Joycon. It would be the first proper mix of pad and pointer controls where you'd move around and aim with the dual analogs while making small adjustments with the pointer. I think that control scheme could give mouse/keyboard a run for its money.
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But you shouldn't need to aim with the analogs if you have a pointer aim. Just movement and turning.

Faster to aim immediately with pointer than needing to first aim with analog. Like in CoD games for Wii, only CoDs I've enjoyed.
 
Hero of Legend said:
Let's see (retail published examples that Switch shows that was on Wii U but not shown in the Wii U pic):

505 Games: Terraria
Activision: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Codemasters: F1 All-Stars (was retail in all but NA IIRC)
Koei Tecmo: Warriors Orochi 3: Hyper
Level-5: Yo-kai Watch: Just Dance
Spike Chunsoft: Epic Mickey 2 (JP-Only)
Take 2: NBA 2K12
Telltale Games: Minecraft: Story Mode Complete Series
THQ Nordic: Legend of Kay Anniversary (THQ Nordic didn't exist in 2011 though)
Warner Bros: Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition

Just one example for each that's at least hardcore if there is one.
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I'm sorry, your English isn't great so I'm struggling to grasp exactly what you're trying to communicate. Are you trying to say that each of those developers/publishers only released a single game for Wii U?

If that's the case, then a cursory search of Wikipedia should prove enlightening for you.

Also, are you suggesting that only retail releases (physical) count?

My point is simple, the two slides look dramatically different when you compare them. But actually, there's quite a small difference when you consider all the names on the Switch chart that actually did end up doing work in the Wii U.
 
MAtgS said:
Online dependent games probably aren't gonna be that big on Switch. Yeah they'll be perfectly playable in console mode but the tablet mode would have less reliable. If Nintendo's straight up mandating that every game runs in both modes, then a lot of online driven games can effectively cut off.

Diablo's probably the only viable Blizzard game to expect.
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Splatoon says hi.
 
James Scott said:
Didn't sound like it did, but would be nice.
I would like to play Atlus' games on a portable since that makes grinding acceptable in some cases. Partly why I loved P4G so much
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It did about as well as a regular Persona game, better than DAN or the Arena games. Famistu sales.

PS4 Persona 5 - 395.486
PS1 Persona - 391.556
PSV Persona 4 Golden - 325.681
PS2 Persona 4 - 294.214
PS1 Persona 2: Innocent Sin - 274.798
3DS Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 267.172
PS2 Persona 3 - 210.319
PSP Persona 3 Portable - 208.877
PS1 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment - 200.103
PS3 Persona 4: Arena - 191.748
PS2 Persona 3 Fes - 165.471
PSP Persona - 156.205
PSV Persona 4: Dancing All Night - 124.334
PS3 Persona 4: Arena Ultimax - 120.109
PSP Persona 2: Innocent Sin - 112.412
PS3 Persona 5 - 111.740
PSP Persona 2: Eternal Punishment - 57.905
360 Persona 4: Arena - 12.869

Aters said:
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The portable version of Persona 1 came out a decade later than the original. What makes you think a portable version of P5 is coming out soon?
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It was longer actually but this is a dumb argument anyway.

Persona PS1 -> PSP: 13 years
Persona 2 IS PS1 -> PSP: 12 years
Persona 2 EP PS1 -> PSP: 12 years
Persona 3 PS2 -> PSP: 3 years
Persona 4 PS2 -> Vita: 4 years
 
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