To me the PlayStation 4 exclusivity breaking down comment means we will be seeing titles like Judgment and Shin Sakura Taisen come to at least PC, but I hope they can come to Xbox One as well just for the exposure. Any other viable games should come to all platforms though.
It is going to be interesting to see how they handle the power divide between next gen consoles and Nintendo Switch. I suspect the SEGA AGES line will remain exclusive to that platform (sadly), but for their big Sonic games and the like I imagine they will have to get a second development team to handle alternate versions for the hardware. If stuff like Valkyria continues I think they will not really try to push tech, so that will probably be on everything again.
Atlus is the biggest elephant in the room here though. I expect more Atlus games to come to PC, but I have no idea what they would consider in terms of new or old titles. I would say at least Persona 5 S is likely, though.
Just keep up the awesome ports I say. I have my fingers crossed for a Skies of Arcadia remastering for all platforms. Any day now...
The big problem to me is that if a game that should be an EASY cash cow like Sonic Mania (Plus) isn't enough to revitalize interest in the franchise and therefore in the company's other IP--which their earnings unfortunately demonstrate--what is?
They've made it clear that in their road to 2020 they intend to make more games that satisfy their fans rather than just focus on what can make them the most money. Restablishing their fanbase has been working wonderfully IMO. I have not seen this much constant love for the company since the Dreamcast days.
It's really no surprise to me, Judgement probably won't sell half as much as a Yakuza title will... However, the Yakuza team have not shied away from trying lots of new things, story elements within the Yakuza titles, so not the worst loss.
It's bitter-sweet for me, I do love SEGA's new IP's, like Judgement, but when I think of the enormous catalogue of existing great IP's they could revisit I'm very excited about the prospects.
I am actually expecting Judgment to sell
significantly better in the west than all past Yakuza games have. It being presented as a new IP along with an English dub means more people will be willing to give it a shot already, but I suspect SEGA's going to push this one hard in marketing too.
Honestly I would be as so bold to say I am expecting it to sell double (if not more) in the west compared to what it did in Japan.
Any change is welcome. They've been a disaster on the switch so far
Absolute nonsense. They are one of Nintendo Switch's strongest supporters. Easily.
