Kuro releases in Japan this year, there's no western release announced yet and it won't be for 3 years at this rate.
They're going to release 3 Trails games + Nayuta in the span of a single year. Sure, there's a big gap to get there (simliar to the one from FC to SC), but it's not like they're not putting the work here.
Oh, I confused Kuro for Hajimari. Yeah so about 2025/26 for Kuro.
Couldn't roll my eyes harder
You're optimistic
No one believes that it's solely Crossbell, but Crossbell definitely has an affect on Hajimari. Which is why I wished Hajimari was the priority over Crossbell.
Yeah but a lot of those PS4 owners already have or will be upgrading to PS5, and you can play the game on there with no problems.
That's clearly not what he's disappointed about. It's great that the games are getting official releases for those who didn't play the Geofront releases, but it's unfortunate since we'll be significantly behind again. Kuro comes out this year and it'll be about 6 more years until we're finally able to play it. By then the Calvard arc will be well on it's way out if Falcom has a better handle on pacing this time around. I was expecting to keep the pace of us only being at most 2 games behind.
I can't see there being that much of an issue with PS4 releases for the next couple years given how hard it is for most people to get a PS5 still, and with the chip shortages it's likely to continue well into 2022. Sony themselves are still releasing their big games like Horizon, GT7 and God of War on PS4 even. This is a very different situation than the PS3 -> PS4 transition was.
Wait, why 6 more years?
I think PS4 software probably will be in decline as time goes on, surely, but the games themselves can still be played on PS5 and it's not like Falcom even makes games that would take advantage of the extra power of the hardware. Their games already run at ~4k 60FPS on PS4 Pro and while Kuro looks a bit better I doubt they have the capability to make a PS5 version that would be much better looking for the eventual sequel.
That's true. I at least expected it about a year after Hajimari, but I'm just caught up in my disappointment, that's way more reasonable. I didn't know that SC and CS1 released that close together.
Nayuta is a fun game but it's not really a Trails game other than for marketing purposes. I liked it when I played it years ago but most of the Ys games (and Tokyo Xanadu) are better as far as Falcom ARPGs go.
honestly your best bet is that Hajimari is spring 2023, and then Kuro is holiday season 2024.
Unfortunately, someone who apparently has knowledge of the situation posted that they are going to be simultaneous releases so we're gonna be waiting.
That's what I meant? This is the closest gap we've had between games, instead of like you said the 3-4 range. It felt refreshing compared to what we're used to. It's unfortunate since there might be a bigger gap if Kuro's sequels are a year apart.
