The PS3 wiped out all the cumulative profit Sony made off of the PS1, PS2 and PSP up til like FY 2011.
You are more than spot on.
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You are more than spot on.
Are we talking on Sony results?
Sony's results in the last few years are very good, this year's result is the 2nd best ever.
Any update from retailers about MegaMix's performance? Its early stats seem promising, at least
On Amazon.co.jp
Regular - 4th
Limited Edition - 5th
Limited Edition (Amazon.co.jp exclusive) - 20th
eShop code - 27th
It's also 3rd on the Japanese eShop (behind Animal Crossing and Overcooked 2).
On Amazon.co.jp
Regular - 4th
Limited Edition - 5th
Limited Edition (Amazon.co.jp exclusive) - 20th
eShop code - 27th
It's also 3rd on the Japanese eShop (behind Animal Crossing and Overcooked 2).
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A company that doesn't embrace a system into multiplatform strategy will always give it secondary treatment. Even if this famous game exists it won't change a lot in the big picture. Everything will return to previous situation after its release, meaning almost zero support.
That's a massive IF at this point.
But yeah, agreed. Although I'm not sure I see the issue with Spike Chunsoft, they seem to have pivoted too recently.
Do you guys think that Pokemon Sword / Shield will outsell Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in Japan?
There's a lot of denial about Capcom's crappy support of the Switch.
RE8 is confirmed for Switch huh?
If you think releasing late ports constantly, no AAA games and the only new game being Mega Man 11 is good support then...
It's been two years since I've had people tell me in this thread that I'm wrong and that a new MH title will come to Switch. Funny enough, those same people were convinced that a Switch Pro was releasing last year.
There's even been certain people that have claimed since 2017 that a new MH title is coming to Switch.
It's funny how it feels like people are just trying to convince themselves that a new MH title will come to Switch when there's not even any leaks about it like how there's leaks for Resident Evil 8 and Resident Evil 3.
With digital it probably already has, and it's pretty close at retail too. With the DLC coming it's basically a given
I'm not hopeful, I feel like it's too late so they won't bother at all, Wii style.
We keep hearing that support will come after Switch first year and yet almost every 3rd party AAA keep skipping Switch, even mid-budget like BN anime games are still skipping despite some being greenlighted after Switch's release.
It'll be interesting and fun to compare how fast the PS5 will get those supports.
Yeah I don't see people saying the switch has it easy in terms of competition like they do with the ps4. The reality is it has no real competition so should we expect it to easily outsell the 3ds or match the DS? They had stronger competition and didn't have the full weight of Nintendo behind them as their efforts were split between a home and handheld console. Now it's all rolled into one.
How can we say profits don't matter? That's the ultimate goal from these companies.
Pretty much. Capcom told us what their strategy is for the Switch, multiplatform titles. I can't think of one Capcom game on Switch that is exclusive and not playable on anywhere else... Funny enough, Ultra Street Fighter 2 is actually the only Switch exclusive. Which is why when the Switch became successful from launch did Capcom decide on November 2017:
It's not an issue if Switch no longer gets exclusives as long as it gets multiplatform titles but... It's not getting AAA multiplatform titles so this one Monster Hunter game that might come to Switch isn't going to change Capcom's support of the Switch if Switch can't get multiplatform AAA titles.
Capcom isn't going to abandon PC, Xbox and PlayStation for Switch. Monster Hunter World's success changed how they want to compete since May 2018:
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That's pretty hilarious looking back on it since the only new multiplatform title Capcom has released on Switch is Mega Man 11.
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You are right, it's Acquire developing. Spike Chunsoft is Bandai Namco's alter ego when it comes to internal resources and Switch.
AI: The Somnium Files, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and that.
They're devs on One Punch Man but this is more a Bandai-Namco problem.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them port stuff like Danganronpa and Fire Pro this year, especially as NISA was the publisher in the west for the former.
edit: Spike isn't really big, I see them more like one of those small/mid tier devs that took too long to pivot, than something like Capcom, From, and Bamco.
Weren't Spike Chunsoft specifically looking for PS4/PC Devs who like Danganronpa?
I think that speaks for that franchise.
Acquire seems to be prioritising Switch, Octopath clearly had an affect.
Undoubtedly, and I imagine it's part of the reason for Switch's consistency in weekly sales but I don't think it outweighs the hardware those big hitters moved.
I think that speaks for that franchise.
Acquire seems to be prioritising Switch, Octopath clearly had an affect.
Undoubtedly, and I imagine it's part of the reason for Switch's consistency in weekly sales but I don't think it outweighs the hardware those big hitters moved.
Spike-Chunsoft now handles localisation and publishing duties for the west, so NISA publishing Danganronpa on PS/PC before would mean nothing. It just ain't happening.
Well, at least Spike-Chunsoft does not skip Switch version for their localisations, so there's that.
Nah, that doesn't mean Spike as a whole has pivoted. Somnium Files had Uchikoshi on board, and he likes Nintendo's handhelds. PMD is a licensed title. If you check their list, anything that isn't developed by Uchikoshi's team or has Pokemon in it are usually PlayStation console-exclusives. The Danganronpa team is notorious for being like that, and that's because Kodaka is a huge PlayStation fan (he outright said he doesn't like the Switch).
Btw, I'm honestly surprised Sega absolutely refuses to make the new Sakura Wars multi-platform even in the west. I thought they would at least add a PC port after commenting that its sales in Japan disappointed. I wonder whose fault is it? Sony money or some PS fan in Sega wanting it to be exclusive?
They care about Japan in the sense that the region is an investment that pays off in third-party exclusives, which boosts the appeal of PS globally. There are plenty of people who prioritize Sony consoles simply because they often get first dibs on Japanese content.
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I didn't say it will happen, at least not with Harada in charge, but if Bandai Namco decides to include Switch into the internal pipeline it will be a big hit for Sony in Japan since Xbox basically doesn't exist and everything can be considered PlayStation exclusive.
Fair enough.
I was more thinking about how NISA announces surprise ports at PAX and such nowadays, but I didn't know Spike dropped them.
We'll see.
For Sakura Wars, given their financial results where they note it underperformed, and the fact they announce a basic release for a localization 2 months before release make me think they are not planning anything anymore for it now.
Making it an exclusive (timed or not) was a terrible idea, but it seems SEGA loves exclusives as much as Atlus nowadays.
Yeah it wouldn't make sense to do a late Sakura Wars port at this point. Sega had a chance to bring back one of their legacy IPs in a big way and wasted it.
To get an idea on Animal Crossing hype : it took less than a week for the game to have more preorders on ComG than FFVIIR.
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If Nagoshi is behind he doesn't need money for making something PlayStation exclusive, for full or limited time. A PC release could come one year later.
To this day I still don't understand what Nagoshi's gripe with Nintendo is and why Sega's management lets him get away with it
Nintendo has proven to be a very reliable plateforme holder for Sega with lots of their games performing very well on their devices
I guess once yakuza has been ran into the ground someone will hold him accountable
Yakuza in the next generation will be super interesting to follow. They've been milking the property hard too.
I think if they were holding off for next gen, Yakuza 7 wouldn't have been made into a turnbased rpg
I'm expecting more decline from the series no matter what they do.
It's a combination. A series either has to give players new experiences, or be put on platforms not previously available to expand market. They tried the first, but not the second, nor the combination of the two. Who is to say what the correct strategy could have been, but trying only the first when your series is shrinking as fast as this one seems a bit of a half-measure.
Nintendo wouldn't be selling more hardware if they had Sakura Wars or Yakuza, so Sega is the only loser here.
BUT we are talking about what - 50k units sold on Switch? Would that even cover dev costs? Those games are not popular enough to benefit from Switch success. They will bomb and sell what they usually sell with every entry, PS4 exclusive or not.
BUT we are talking about what - 50k units sold on Switch? Would that even cover dev costs? Those games are not popular enough to benefit from Switch success. They will bomb and sell what they usually sell with every entry, PS4 exclusive or not.
50k more in Japan for both of those games in Japan would be a nice chunk of sales and as we've seen from other series their Switch sales grow as more entries release on the platform. You also have sales outside of Japan when talking about recouping dev costs.
If it costs so much to port that gaining an additional 33% more sales can't cover the cost, imagine how unprofitable the original games were, where they have to write all the code from scratch, create the scenarios, the assets, write the script, hire the voice actors, etc. If an additional 33% sales isn't worth it, the original game most likely wasn't worth it either.
I had this thought earlier but what if super mario party is selling so well that Nintendo might just keep it the only one for the switch generation
You'd think that after they ported Yakuza 0 to the Xbox One they'd greenlight a port of it for the Switch as well.
they're deliberately avoiding the Switch. someone's dog got ran over
You'd think people would abandon this argument when Sega bothered porting Shenmue and Yazuka games to Xbox. And then kept going regardless.
Someone in charge of yakuza has to have some form of beef to pick with the Switch at this point. There isn't anyway to justify the Xbox One port that won't also validate a Switch version of the game as well. It's just so odd.
