It'll be the best selling version in Japan so no.
Hope you like MIDI, PC is the way to go.
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Dragon Quest XI on Switch still needs many things worked out, can't say more now
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Square was pretty non-transparent with DQ11 Switch for a while. We still don't have a clear idea of when this started development or how many resources Square is spending on this version.
Since it will likely be a port of the PS4 version with all the improvements that DQ11 in the West got, the Switch version will be the definitive edition in Japan, won't it? If so I wonder if they'll finally implement that orchestral soundtrack (and if they do, I hope they update the PS4 version with it).
The hell is this. I mean, if there's someone who should had remained silent about this game was Square Enix when they announced it 3 years ago. It is perfectly understandable that people want to know what's going on with this version.
no. 3DS version is and always will be. a late port has virtually no chance.
Oh for sure. They announced they were going to do it before the system was even announced, then it took a long ass time to know it was UE4, and presumably the PS4 game, not the 3DS one, but we still know almost nothing. I would want greater transparency, but some is better than none to me.
I'm pretty sure the composer (along with being a terrible person) just doesn't want to do that and won't put in the good version of the soundtrack.
They revamped the game (newer UE4 version) and added a PC version for the western release - lets not act like they didnt put any resources towards the western release.
The Switch version could have been further along if it was a priority...but SE was more interested in making the version they (PS4) better while adding PC. Not a bad decision but i still think they missed the boat on DQXI Switch and its western release.
Needing more than two years to port a UE4 PS4 title to Switch ? Sounds like very limited resources for the Switch version to me and they never really planned to have it out around the same time in the west.
No, this is entirely on Square Enix. If they never announced the game, they wouldn't be in this situation. Just like when Tabata teased Switch-related shit back at GamesCom. These were unforced errors.
They've done a little bit of work for the American and European version but somewhere along the way they decided this game is going to do terrible numbers in the West because they've promoted it basically not at all and given it a terrible release date.
That was all on Yuji, he's KNOWN for announce stuff he shouldn't.
In what situation? There is nothing bad about the situation. The game isn't done yet. For people with a Switch who want to play it, they aren't being encouraged to get a gaming PC or a PS4. It seems ideal to me.
If I was a die hard DQ fan, and they hadn't mentioned anything about the Switch version, and I bought a PS4 to play XI, then they announced the Switch version after, I would be pissed. That is unfair to your audience. They're giving you the information to use as you please.
Japan has had two versions of the game for a long time now. The Switch port is going to be a guaranteed flop there.
The answers to those questions are probably "very recently" and "very little." I really don't think Square has been putting much development resources into this, and they're probably adhering to the popular theory that 3rd parties are scrambling to support the console after it was clear that the Switch wasn't another Wii U flop (though that's yet to be confirmed considering the situation is still godawful).
To all those asking "why did they announce it so early?" it should be noted that it was an offhand comment at the end of the game's original announcement presentation. It was clear from the getgo that it was a mistake.
So they can do DQ11 3DS, but can't do a Switch one?
And isn't DQ11 on Unreal? If Epic can make FN on Switch...this should be easy as well.
But whatever, SE doesn't care anyway since they aren't going to release the 3DS to the West, so they probably have a few guys porting it to the Switch as well.
And isn't DQ11 on Unreal? If Epic can make FN on Switch...this should be easy as well.
But whatever, SE doesn't care anyway since they aren't going to release the 3DS to the West, so they probably have a few guys porting it to the Switch as well.
Idk about flop but the PS4 version hit 950k and the 3DS version hit 1.1 million so I don't think the switch version will match those. Maybe 500k but that is not a flop really.
DQXI on 3DS is basically a different game and it's where most of the sales from their main market came from
And just because Fortnite and DQXI are both UE4 doesn't mean they can really be compared in ease to port
The situation where they're asking people to stop asking about release dates. There's some level of annoyance going on there, but that's on SE, like I said.
As for concurrent announcement/late release, it's not like it hurts the PS4 version. The switch version will sell considerably less anyway. It might be unfair to the audience to announce it late, but that's already factored into expectations; and they probably aren't a audience that's worth as much, just look at how Bamco treats Switch owners.
This is what Square-Enix said a few months before the release of The Last Remnant 360 to GameSpy:
Shortly before the release of The Last Remnant 360, videogamer had an interview with them:
Shortly before the release of The Last Remnant 360, videogamer had an interview with them:
https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2017/10/12/110239.html
http://my-nitenndo-game-life.com/dq11-ue4-15/
DQ11 Switch
UE4.15????
PS4
UE4.13????
http://my-nitenndo-game-life.com/dq11-ue4-15/
DQ11 Switch
UE4.15????
PS4
UE4.13????
Well lets see how it plays out - between PS4/Steam it should do well if they promote it just a little bit. But im not gonna lie...DQIX on DS back then felt like a bigger event the way Nintendo promoted it.
So far this feels like just another release when people should really celebrate the western release be hyped for it. They took a bit too long for the western release....i initially thought it took this long because they were adding PC and Switch to the western release. No 3DS also obv. pissed parts of the fanbase off.
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Kinda a slap in the face for Nintendo....they probably decided to bring over DQ7 and DQ8 3DS here because SE announced DQXI for 3DS/Switch.....only to get nothing when its time for the western release... lol.
Yeah... the platform is the problem, clearly not the development hells this studio has went through with nearly all releases in the past decade.
I already lost my hype for it, the localized version is taking too long compared to other titles that have been releasing worldwide this gen
The Switch version will likely be Japan's introduction to a version of the game with voiced cutscenes, possibly an orchestrated soundtrack if they can convince Sugiyama, and maybe some other changes. It probably won't be the best-selling version but I don't know why people think it'll be a bomb?
Yeah if I remember Horii just kinda randomly dropped that and SE sorta backpedaled afterwards and barely talked about it since.
The plan seemed to have been to make it something they could try out later down the road and introduce some features and content that they weren't able to get into the 3DS/PS4 versions, not an immediate day-and-date thing.
Yeah if I remember Horii just kinda randomly dropped that and SE sorta backpedaled afterwards and barely talked about it since.
The plan seemed to have been to make it something they could try out later down the road and introduce some features and content that they weren't able to get into the 3DS/PS4 versions, not an immediate day-and-date thing.
