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zorg1000 on 07 December 2016

Why are people using western sales as an argument for the Japanese gaming market?



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Boutros on 07 December 2016
zorg1000 said:
Why are people using western sales as an argument for the Japanese gaming market?

Because people are using Japanese sales as an argument for FFXV not being profitable.

There's no other choice but to bring western sales in the discussion.



zorg1000 on 07 December 2016
Boutros said:
zorg1000 said:
Why are people using western sales as an argument for the Japanese gaming market?

Because people are using Japanese sales as an argument for FFXV not being profitable.

There's no other choice but to bring western sales in the discussion.

The OP literally says nothing about profitability, its specifically talking about the Japanese gaming market so western sales are irrelevent to the discussion.



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Jranation on 07 December 2016
Sprash said:

You find that FFXV sales funny? 



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gigaSheik on 07 December 2016

Maybe, just maybe, japanese gamers are getting tired of FF.



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zorg1000 on 07 December 2016
gigaSheik said:
Maybe, just maybe, japanese gamers are getting tired of FF.

The series has been declining in Japan since the PS1 era so you may be right.



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deskpro2k3 on 07 December 2016
Soundwave said:
deskpro2k3 said:

 

It has nothing to do with playstation. japanese gamers just don't like square enix, and SFV launch was half baked (no arcade/campaign).

To ask a question as to why Nintendo haven't gotten a mainline Final Fantasy game is hilarious. To put it in simple terms, the hardware specs that nintendo been putting out is too weak.

I'm saying *now* there is no excuse for no Final Fantasy on Switch. 

There is no doubt the situation in Japan is dire and Nintendo is really the only one who has shown the ability to be able to move hardware in a real big way in the last 10 years there. 

But Nintendo can't do everything by themselves, this notion of Japanese devs sitting back and watching Nintendo try to save the entire Japanese industry on their own and being thrown a bone here and there ... that needs to stop. And now. There is no future for Japan's traditional game market if that is how this is going to go. 

It's time for Final Fantasy VII/XVI, Kingdom Hearts III, Tekken 7, Resident Evil 7, Ni No Kuni 2, Dragon Quest Builders, Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite, and all these types of games to be on Switch just like Dark Souls III apparently is. No more excuses, no more of this "well lets make a Vita game even though the 3DS has 4x the userbase, this sounds smart" type nonsense. 

All of Japan's big support needs to help Nintendo now, Switch is the last hope traditional gaming in Japan has and if Japanese developers don't realize that, quite frankly they deserve to work on iOS/Android and nothing but. Even Sony needs to be rooting for the success of Switch in Japan, what's at stake here is far bigger than just one generation.

 

You're falling for the hype, just as when nVidia had all sorts of glowing praises for the revolutionary RSX at the heart of the PS3 etc. This is part of the normal hype cycle of a new product. The truth of the Nintendo Switch hardware is that it will be more powerful than a PS3, but will not be more powerful (nor quite as powerful) as an Xbox One, Xbox One S, PS4, PS4Pro or any Xbox successor that arrives about this time next year.

Nintendo builds their consoles with their own franchise in mind, and going by their track record they don't give much thought into 3rd party. The only other reason why I think they don't get support is because the cost of porting a game to it is not worth it.



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Boutros on 07 December 2016
zorg1000 said:
Boutros said:

Because people are using Japanese sales as an argument for FFXV not being profitable.

There's no other choice but to bring western sales in the discussion.

The OP literally says nothing about profitability, its specifically talking about the Japanese gaming market so western sales are irrelevent to the discussion.

Maybe if you read the next >100 posts? Especially Soundwave's  lol



zorg1000 on 07 December 2016
Boutros said:
zorg1000 said:

The OP literally says nothing about profitability, its specifically talking about the Japanese gaming market so western sales are irrelevent to the discussion.

Maybe if you read the next >100 posts? Especially Soundwave's  lol

People brought up western sales way before profitability was mentioned in this thread.



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Boutros on 07 December 2016
zorg1000 said:
Boutros said:

Maybe if you read the next >100 posts? Especially Soundwave's  lol

People brought up western sales way before profitability was mentioned in this thread.

In the OP:

"Japanese developers better hope Switch does well in Japan, because it's curtains to the traditional  Japanese game industry if it does not take off."

How can you not talk about the importance of the west for a franchise like Final Fantasy after a statement like that. Profitability is an underlined theme here.