If this yielded such strong benefits, then everyone and their mom would do this - and on PS4/XB1 too I reckon. But they don't. Not nearly everyone who wants to buy physical will go digital because of stock issues: plenty will just move on. Internet around the world isn't good enough got plenty of people to just have everyone decide in a whom to go digital instead.
Bayonetta 2 Wii U + Bayonetta 2 Switch will end over 1,5m at full price.
Sure, but there's Bayonetta 2 bad and then there's SaGa Scarlet Grace bad ;p
Bayonetta 2 bad is actually worse considering it sold less than Scarlet Grace for the Vita.
That number would make it among the 3 biggest entries that came after the Super Famicom (Source):
SFC Super Famista 5 158.438 382.731 Namco 29/02/1996
SFC Super Famista 4 120.216 261.869 Namco 03/03/1995
3DS Pro Baseball Famista Climax 43.572 113.459 Bandai Namco 20/04/2017
NDS Pro Baseball Famista DS 44.664 112.029 Bandai Namco 15/11/2007Yeah but Scarlet Grace isn't out in English yet.
It's not really comparable at all. Kawazu is a big executive in Square Enix. He was never like Asano at all. While he was never just doing one thing. When he was producing GC and Wii games, he was also producing and writing stuff like Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song, Unlimited SaGa, and The Last Remnant. He also took over production on FFXII when Matsuno got ejected.
Scarlet Grace will finally get the recognition it deserves from west. I'm ready for Octopath Traveler level sales.
I'm ready too. With amazing reviews on Steam the road to 2 million is totally possible!!!!!!
True thats actually a good fit for DQ as well.
This release period would tell me that they dont see it as a next big 2D Mario replacement. I have a hard time believing that they would launch Animal Crossing and Mario Maker so close to each other....unless AC is being released in the second half of the year.
TR was never confirmed, just inferred when that one insider changed his tune following a post about TR being on Nintendo before
Localisation is already done, so it shouldn't be too hard to make it a simultaneous worldwide release.
Is there a specific reason why you place Animal Crossing in H1 2019? It reads a bit like you are assuming it, rather than speculating.
you cant force the market into digital acceptance, is like saying why does not every publisher drop books and just sell on kindle. the current people that goes ALL DIGITAL ration vs physical is not high enough, and likely would take a 2/3 vs 1/3 ration for publisher to even consider going full Digital
Thanks for the pic. Very tempted to pick up Okami.Many retailers received games today, an example:
I thought it was supposed to be a billion seller?!
