The beta was a good idea to build up interest for people who already have PS4s, however not being in portable takes a bit away from the viral aspect and I suspect will contribute to shorter legs. It's a lot harder to get someone to come over to your house to see and try the game to convince them to buy than handing them a PSP or 3DS and letting them have a go.
tbf MHW won't have much competition aside from a Bayonetta collection for a whole month,if the game has "it",its legs should be good
It's funny that both Kirby (March 16th) and PriPara (March 22nd) are coming out very soon, so that's two games for the female audience (someone said Kirby would attract female fans earlier):
Wonder if this was at all planned.
There is really no competition, Bayonetta and any other game Nintendo releases aren't really going for the same demo as MHW. As to MHW having 'it' not sure that's going to convince casuals to buy a TV, PS4, and subscription to PSN if they haven't already played a MH game and really really love the series.
I don't believe there are many children with TVs in their rooms. I don't think most parents want their kids hooking up a console to the TV either.
Office Ladies. Women who work in offices.
I think the problem is more about whether those people really want to play tv games than whether those people have TVs or not,so far most of the main buyers of the game right now are probably high schoolers and male young adults.
even if the games legs are actually short in the future,nothing is guaranteed right now,there is still a chance that the game actually makes it and have good legs
I don't think there are no families that allow it, I just believe there is a general tendency to opt for alternate ways of letting their children play video games without taking control of the family space. I am sure there are families that let their children play PS4 on the family TV, but I think it is something that happens in the minority, and such tendency has decreased since the PS2 days.
I admit that I am baffled at Pokken's performance. When the Wii U game got lukewarm sales I chalked it up to players not being into the game, and I dismissed the Switch version as a lazy way to pad the Switch library. Seeing its sales now leaves me scratching my head at where all the new players are coming from. Or is it simply that Croagunk is THAT popular?
or maybe it's just the game actually shows its true potential now that it's available on a popular platform
MHW restocks today at Yodobashi Umeda, massive
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Switch is such a monster, if it wasn't for the fact that we know it has stock issues, you wouldn't be aware of it given the space on store shelves. New units for today. Software as well, Pokkén and Zelda are out of stock at Bic Camera Kyoto. Reservations for some games are available and have their own stands.
Pokkén and Zelda are completely sold out
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