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Media Create Sales: Week 22, 2019 (May 27 - Jun 02)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Tales of and Soul Calibur are two series that actually appealed to Nintendo fans. For Tales of there still is a fanbase (somewhat kept alive with a release here and there) but it could have been bigger by now with actual support over the years. They really botched the Soul Calibur fanbase on Nintendo systems after the success of SC2 on GameCube.
Harada is an example of someone who started his career around the 32/64bit generation and basically built bis career with Tekken (3), a IP that was strongly tied to PlayStation and even more so supported by Sony. Recently he even got promoted and has even more influence.
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That's the point, both FFXV and KH3 hit bomba bins very soon.
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If Bandai Namco doesn't have anything to recover at Nintendo direct after Tales, Square Enix will take the place of biggest Japanese Switch supporter.
Disgaea 4 Complete+ announced for Switch / PS4.
Out This Fall in EU / NA, so I assume it's the same for Japan.
Out This Fall in EU / NA, so I assume it's the same for Japan.
Well, in this case we can simply see by how Somy shifted into console only and leaving handheld business at all. During the time of Vita or even PSP, Sony publishes a huge amount of third party smaller games on those platform. Remember the Hunting game push on Vita? Thats example of Sony pushing third party games for its platform.
However as we see how they shifted more on their focus to the west, they dont publish as much anymore Jp third party games as there is bigger lucarative deals on the west. Dlc, marketing deals all is big money maker that Sony is now focusing more.
Nintendo at least this gen seems to have been doing much more active in courting third party into their system unlike previous gens. Like the latest recent example would be Sakuna and how it would be exclusive to PS4 if Nintendo dont directly went to Marvelous to ask for that game.
This shows there is a change in Nintendo in their third party relation too unlike in the past where they seem to not care much whether 3rd party will hit their platform or not.
The only big advantages from staying strong to Sony i believe atm is those Asia and Mid East Asia sales there. As Sony often help the third party to localize their games and Sony is stronger on those territory especially Mid East.
But in the case of Asia market will save the game, it is not a guarantee too as we have seen many games come and go there too.
Considering they have a product page for Tales of Arise despite the generic 2020 release date anything from the direct would have leaked.
Ni no Kuni announced for Japan, out on September 20th. Switch and PS4, 5500 Yen.
They're also the easiest platform holder to work with in terms of content approval (there is none, just get a region rating) and were the first to allow crossplay/progression with other walled gardens (Wii U / 3DS / iOS). It's been a long time since Yamauchi era Nintendo, in fact it's been longer post-Yamauchi now than it was during in consoles. Any company still operating in response to those years is only doing self-harm at this point.
Is there a list of the 3rd party games Sony published back in the days? I never really thought much about that. I found a list on Wikipedia, but i'm not sure how complete that is, especially for japanese titles. Sony did indeed push some hunting games for the Vita, but werent all of those from the big(ger) companies? I guess its all relative, but i would consider Bandai Namco (God Eater and Koei Tecmo (Toukiden) as the bigger ones.
You're right about Nintendo. Are there any 3rd parties that Sony could pursue to be on their platforms? Maybe Init-Create? I guess my question is also if smaller 3rd parties (or 3rd parties in general) feel that they're not getting enough support from Sony these days compared to before. If they feel that they're not getting what they got before, wouldnt that be a reason to not stay loyal (in regards to not making games for other competing platforms)?
Do we know the price for the west? I guess $40 like Tales of Vesperia was?
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That presentation was so strong that I don't even think animal crossing being 2020 will significantly impact sales. This is going to be far and away switch's best year yet even without it
yea frankly with how 2nd half of 2019 is looking, strategically having Animal Crossing in March might be better as far as maximizing hardware sales and keeping momentum.
September 13 - Daemon X Machina (Marvelous)
September 20 - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Level-5)
September 20 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo)
September 26 - Contra Rogue Corps (Konami)
September 26 - Ninja Box (Bandai Namco)
September 27 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S (Square Enix)
November 15 - Pokémon Sword & Shield (The Pokémon Company)
November TBA - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (SEGA)
March 20, 2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
September 20 - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Level-5)
September 20 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo)
September 26 - Contra Rogue Corps (Konami)
September 26 - Ninja Box (Bandai Namco)
September 27 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S (Square Enix)
November 15 - Pokémon Sword & Shield (The Pokémon Company)
November TBA - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (SEGA)
March 20, 2020 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
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At least March should be great month for sw with AC and FF VII Remake (well hopefully lol) both coming out.
Is Nintendo lining up the new Switch model for September? It felt like so many games were September.
Luigi's Mansion looks stellar, going to be a big seller
It's still this fiscal year, which is what really matters for Nintendo's financials
It's still this fiscal year, which is what really matters for Nintendo's financials
Not only Bamco had nothing, Squeenix actually had a couple more announcements (Mana Collection for the west, Mana 3 remake that's also multiplatform).
No, it was there. No release date, still 2019 release. Also, I know you were really waiting for them, so here goes: RE5 and RE6 announced for Switch ;)
AC delay is a shame, buf ot should make for an amazing March next year along with FFVII!
DQXIS is September 27th, so technically Fall, indeed. Very curious to see how that one does in Japan (and worldwide).
DQXIS is September 27th, so technically Fall, indeed. Very curious to see how that one does in Japan (and worldwide).
Maybe Luigi's Mansion 3 ends up being the December title. Though, I don't think they announced anything specifically for October either.
Delaying AC is smart move - their new titles + evergreens and the revisions release will be enough to keep Switch sales high this Holiday season.
AC in March will make sure they have something to own the Spring.
PS. Nintendo promoting Capcom overpriced RE ports - cant blame them though, with MH incoming they gotta make sure that that relationship is solid lol.
AC in March will make sure they have something to own the Spring.
PS. Nintendo promoting Capcom overpriced RE ports - cant blame them though, with MH incoming they gotta make sure that that relationship is solid lol.
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AAA Capcom support just began.
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Bandai's no show is a big step back for their Switch support.
I'll do it before he makes an another account
They are bringing God Eater 3 what more do you Nintendo Stans want /s
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The Monster Hunter Switch game that is in development almost half decade.
I know we read too much into things, but the high profile Nintendo gave to Capcom's ports this time definitely seemed out of place with how they have been treated in the past.
Nintendo knows its a marathon and not a sprint - people here were acting like Capcom is treating Nintendo like Squaresoft the Nintendo 64 in the 90s.
Once Iceborne is out we can start talking about NEXT.
Agreed. Knowing now what else is coming this CY, having animal crossing too would kinda be overkill.
It's releasing March 20th. It'll have a boost on hardware that month, but most of its impact will leak over into the next fiscal year, especially knowing the kind of sales pattern animal crossing follows.
Astral chain is in august (almost september but still august :p)
Super Mario Maker 2 is June too. I'm just being a bit silly.
It is weird how bunched up those 2 months are. But, if LM3 is October, June through November is nicely staggered.
I guess if the revision didn't come with SMM2 it must be around then instead? I dunno
My wallet weeps anyway.
Maybe.
Since it wasn't dated I was expecting to be the early December game.
October works too, but it's wierd it isn't dated yet.
Nah, I remember they were being vague about LM 3DS last year too. Probably to be announced in "September" Direct.