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Yo-kai Watch 4 coming to Playstation 4
- Thread starter Xenosaga
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Man, this sucks. I love Level-5, but they don't seem to be able to get good sales anymore.
Definitely still interested in the PS4 version. The game looks excellent from trailers.
Definitely still interested in the PS4 version. The game looks excellent from trailers.
Only if Level-5 pays the localization and publishing on their own, in the past they had Nintendo doing it for them. Going multiplat means Nintendo won't do it for them anymore, assuming N even cared at this point considering how YW is even more dead in the west and in Japan.
They announced it was being localized before the announcement of the PS4 version during Anime Expo.
Now when will it be released...we have no clue.
Yeah but DQXI sold 950k in its first week in Japan on PS4, not 2k.
It will probably come if they announced it, but I think both versions will bomb, the PS4 will just bomb more.
Classic audience mismatch. Always seemed like a somewhat desperate move - lets hope the western release will make up for it.
They better beg Bamco to make it happen - otherwise it will be a hard sell, as you said....self-publishing would mean its death.
This reminds me of the witcher 3 switch version bombing when it sold around 7K copies.
Clearly audience mismatch in both cases, but I think the witcher 3 is the worse case here because the port obviously took more effort to be made.
witcher 3 has sold 13,609 [physical] copies in japan so far.
and your comparison is very weak. it's not like the ps4 version of witcher 3 was some megahit in japan. it sold 230K copies. witcher on switch sold much better outside japan. japan wasn't the market it needed to succeed in.
edit: not to mention CDPR said they're happy with the sales of switcher so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I expect them to self-publish like they are with Katrielle DX and Snack World Gold.
TW3's core audience isn't Japan (if it was it'd be a bomb on PS4 too given the scope of the project) and the Switch port did well enough globally for CDP to credit it for the upswing in their financials last quarter. Good try though, I remember you also implied Switch to be responsible for YW4's original subpar sales in the MC threads before funny enough.
Well, they did sacrifice the Nintendo localization deal for the PS4 version. Who knows?
They probably thought of Europe.
Where Yo-Kai Watch is even more dead than in Japan and will probably release at the same time as the PS5 launch games.
Solid strategy
Still better than Japan sales only. Everyone that's slightly interested in Japan already bought on Switch.
I just want a localization, no matter which console lol
Since long ago I wanted to show this pic. This happened in Akiba during the launch of a Sword and Shield.
WARNING, CRUELTY DEPICTED
WARNING, CRUELTY DEPICTED
3DS accesories being cleared from stores is cruelty now? Not sure what are you trying to prove.Since long ago I wanted to show this pic. This happened in Akiba during the launch of a Sword and Shield.
WARNING, CRUELTY DEPICTED
the imagery of the YW branded merch in the discount bin right next to product it competed with on a fancy table
Yeah Level 5's plan to try and get another audience was a bust. I'm not sure it was worth it, given the original version released in such an incomplete state.
It's a joke since Pokémon is doing well sales wise while Yokai watch is in the bargain bin.
How well are they doing financially? Surely these poor launches are going to come back to bite them?
I don't doubt that Pokemon branded 3DS accesories are being discounted too. Of course SwSh sold way more than YK4 but in the case of that pic is an unfair comparision.
I mean, yea, but that's not why the picture was taken, it's all about the imagery of Pokemon vs YW. fairness isn't the point
Updated numbers
089./000. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4++ <RPG> (Level 5) {2019.12.05} (¥6.480) - 51.623 / NEW (10.885 <17,78%>)
305./000. [PS4] Yo-kai Watch 4++ <RPG> (Level 5) {2019.12.05} (¥6.480) - 8.650 / NEW (4.321 <36,39%>)
Well, about that, it's been 9 months since its release and still no signs of a localization.
But we know it always takes years for Level 5 to localize their games.
And if anyone is wondering about it, Inazuma Eleven
Level 5 confirmed a western release so it'll happen some day. Katrielle DX and Snack World Gold both took well over a year so I'd expect the same with YW4.
I'm not even sure if it's worth waiting for the localization if the NSW version is about to leave the top 100 soon.
Yeah it'll come here, it's just disappointing that Level 5 still take so long for WW releases.
At this point, it's not happening until Spring 2021 at the earliest., which would still be 2 years after its Japanese initial release.
Even when their games were successful they'd take 3 damn years, now that all their games are flops we can't expect miracles 😂
妖怪学園Y ～ワイワイ学園生活～ ダウンロード版
任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「妖怪学園Y ～ワイワイ学園生活～ ダウンロード版」の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch（スイッチ）やゲームソフト、ストア限定、オリジナルの商品を販売しています。
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What is going on with Level 5 lol
EDIT: This is also coming to PS4 *sometime*
they confirmed it so long ago, plans may have changed.
personally i don't expect it to be localized. who's even gonna publish it? i know they self published the last layton but nintendo was still handing the distribution of physical copies. i don't think bamco (publisher of ni no kuni games outside of japan) would be interested either.
They are flopping around real bad which sucks because I really just want the next Inazuma Eleven game to come out.Also, a Yokai Watch spin-off anime happened, and also a game that was download only on Switch.妖怪学園Y ～ワイワイ学園生活～ ダウンロード版
任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「妖怪学園Y ～ワイワイ学園生活～ ダウンロード版」の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch（スイッチ）やゲームソフト、ストア限定、オリジナルの商品を販売しています。
What is going on with Level 5 lol
EDIT: This is also coming to PS4 *sometime*
snack-world and and layton mystery journey were self-published by level-5 but nintendo handled the physical release. so unless yw4 is digital only, they need someone to handle the physical release for them.
Thats not too hard, they can ask someone like Merge Games or Limited Run Games to handle physical release
I don't know if NISA can handle the transmedia aspect.
Of course, on the other hand I doubt that there are television networks interested in broadcasting the anime, at least among my nephews and no one is interested in Yo-kai Watch.
Worse than that the owners of YW4 on Switch could upgrade their copy digitally for around 1650Y (~15€).
Updated figures for YW4:
021./000. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4: We Are Looking Up at the Same Sky <RPG> (Level 5) {2019.06.20} (¥5.980) - 277.719 / NEW (150.462 <59,68%>)
i guess that's possible, yeah. i'm curious to see who's gonna publish it if they actually end up localizing the game.
Oh I just assumed NISA would localise and distribute the game. Level 5 could handle the rest of it with other partners. Though honestly I'd prefer it if the transmedia thing wasn't a part of it. I'd rather have an authentic localisation for the game.
If Level-5 is holding up the western localization because of a last ditch effort to get the anime back on TV and merch back on the shelves, they will have no one but themselves to blame when those choices sink them for good. Not that I would expect YW4 to push anything in the west regardless, but they have to read the room.
Not so long ago here in Spain, anime and toys were quite popular with children, that has completely disappeared.
It also doesn't help that Level-5 themselves said that you have to watch some of the unlocalized Yokai Watch movies in order to fully appreciate the plot of YW4.
But regardless, it's been over a year now with no new updates about the localization and Level - 5 seems a bit preoccupied right now just trying to get something successful out the door domestically.
But regardless, it's been over a year now with no new updates about the localization and Level - 5 seems a bit preoccupied right now just trying to get something successful out the door domestically.
