think-man said:
I think its a good idea, most Nintendo franchises don't usually appeal to me but if this was one of their franchises then that would change. |
Er. But it IS one of their franchises.
Or do you mean that if it was a guaranteed regular release on a Nintendo system, you would be more interested? If you don't buy it, then there won't be more Nintendo franchises like this.
Also, the point raised earlier about piracy of Xenoblade discouraging Nintendo from pushing X in a major way, you could read that the other way around. Piracy of Xenoblade was rampant because Nintendo stated the game was not coming to North America, and because European stock was extremely limited. Nintendo deprived people of a legitimate way to obtain a highly anticipated and critically acclaimed game, so people resorted to piracy to obtain it. If anything this shows how much interest there was in Xenoblade, hence Nintendo talking about X during their Direct broadcasts. Nintendo know there's an audience for this game, and that the audience will pirate it if they can't obtain it legally. If Nintendo don't do everything they can to push the title in a big way, then they are essentially turning down consumers money.
I don't think X can be a 5 million selling affair because JRPGs are increasingly niche products in the West, and Xenoblade was less appealing to the Japanese market than the more linear Last Story, suggesting that the latter title is more akin to what the Japanese market wants. With enough marketing I'm sure X can match and exceed Xenoblade's success, but expecting it to become a multi-million selling affair doesn't really pay attention to the wider state of the market. That being said, if X can go onto sell 1 million or more, and turns a profit, I'd consider it a success. Not every game or franchise needs to be hitting 3 million or more to be successful, we've only reached that point because of inflated marketing and poor budgeting across many major publishers.
