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Shuhei Yoshida: Asian developers may join Worldwide Studios in future
- Thread starter patapon
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Well if Sony buys a studio they will developing for the worldwide market and won't have to worry about it.
It is especially frustrating because Sony owns 3 JRPG ips and two of them were resurrected to be mobile gatcha games. Such a waste and a complete slap in the face of their customers who buy ps4 primarily Japanese games.
Yet they have most rpg's on their platform. Maybe that's why they're in no rush? That so called hole is already being filled.
Western rpg's are different from JRPG's. Don't know why you listed MS.
First party and third party are two different things. And Sony should know from last gen that expecting third party RPG developers to stick around just because they have them at the moment is a foolish assumption that can (and already HAS) bite them in the ass.
As for why I mentioned Microsoft, they have three RPG studios period. Sony has none, for JRPGs or otherwise. That's the problem.
Honestly seeing an rpg from a chinese or korean dev is much more interesting to me than any japanese dev. I'd like to see another perspective on the genre. I also completely forgot about Project EVE. It looks pretty good.
That last one reminds me of the mid budget action rpg's we used to see on ps3. Looks cool.
Sony has good relationships with 3rd party Japanese developers, and growing Asian ones. I see no reason why that wouldn't continue into next gen. Even if they lose a few exclusives I still don't think that matters. As long as they're still on their platform.
Point is, it isn't something Sony is lacking. So they probably don't see it as something they need to fix at the moment in the first party.
Well this is a thread about Asian developers and your original post mentioned JRPG's. MS has 0 presence with any developers in the Asian region.
I'm aware. The reason I made a comparison with Microsoft was because Microsoft has a terrible first party stable and even they at least have SOME RPG developers, even if they aren't Asian. By comparison, Sony is a Japanese company and they have zero RPG studios, Japanese OR Western. That's the point of that comparison.
Great but Sony isn't lacking in output from either region in RPG's. Unlike MS. I would like an in house RPG studio too, but it isn't like the PS4 is starving for them.
I see this argument similar to people wanting FPS or GAAS games from Sony first party.
Holyyyyy. Wow. This looks amazing. Searched but couldn't find any release date or info on it's future. do u have leads ?
I honestly disagree, though. There are almost NO AAA JRPGs on the PS4 right now. It's basically just Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. And if Square decides next-gen consoles are too expensive or too much of a headache to develop for next gen, PS4 suddenly has no RPGs, just like what happened for the entire first half of the PS3 generation.
They have to fill the gap in their own way, they CANNOT rely on an expectations that third parties will do the work for them. It's bitten them in the ass before and it will again.
Right now, Nintendo has multiple teams working on major JRPG projects AND getting third party games, including some WRPGs. And Microsoft has multiple teams working on major WRPGs while ALSO getting third party games and some JRPGs.
Meanwhile, Sony is serving NEITHER market. If y'all don't understand why this is a problem I don't know what to tell you. I've spelled it out multiple times.
It is not, because does games dont really sell on the ps4.
Their best JRPG (Persona 5) sold like 3M copies.
FFXV and KH3 both absolutely demolished Persona 5 in terms of sales. Persona is not the perfect JRPG and it only selling 3 million copies does not mean there's no market for the genre.
True, but does 2 games are like big franchises, the same way FF7 and they are both multiplatform.
If Sony is going with a JRPG it needs to be a new ip and selling a new ip is kind hard, specially a JRPG.
If Sony puts the right kind of marketing behind it and actually treats it like a marquee title, and it's actually a good game with a solid hook and a good visual design, it would do fine.
The issue comes down to if they just put out some mediocre anime nonsense like White Knight Chronicles, of course it won't do well. But that doesn't mean that Sony CAN'T nail it. Look at Bloodborne. Look at Horizon. You just need a hook.
I wish haha. I'm as blind as you are. Apparently it was at E3 last year but no one talked about it? I know it's been in development for years.
EDIT: Some guy on reddit claims it's being reviewed by the bureau in China which handles this stuff. Not sure if it's still coming since that post was from last year:
Still, this is probably the kind of thing Sony needs and people are talking about in this thread.
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I been saying for awhile Sony needs to either create or acquire game studios in Asia and Canada.