| DigitalDevilSummoner said: Not really, FF is as strong in Japan as it is in the west. And an augmented Vita version like "Type-0 the Golden" or something will make people even in japan consider it again. PS2's Persona 4 (2008) was stronger in japan than in the US and it still pushed good numbers (and consoles) in Japan. |
You're missing the point here. Type-0 is available on PSN in Japan and supports dual analogue control. What would an enhanced version do? Slightly improved graphics and touch controls? That's not going to draw many people in. Japanese people who want Type-0 will either:
a) Buy it on UMD
b) Already have it on UMD and use the passport program to put it on Vita
c) Buy it on PSN for PSP/Vita.
They'd have to add a lot more perks for it to be a worthy buy over there, in my opinion of course. Maybe it would be like Monster Hunter where they added negligable differences and it still sold like hot-cakes, but somehow I doubt it.
Alternatively, they could go the Persona route and add a lot of features. And that may make it sell.
But I have to say, your P4G comparison isn't just. That game was 4 years old, not 1, and available only on PS2, not handhelds. I'm sure you know as well as I do that Japanese gamers prefer handhelds to home consoles, so it was a bigger deal that an enhanced Vita port was coming. I don't see many ways an enhanced Vita port of Type-0 would do anything like Persona's numbers (which still aren't excessively high anyway), simply because it's so easily available on the system.
So that leaves the west. They could do an enchanced Vita port and I'm sure that would sell well. Alternatively, they could put minimum effort in and release it translated on PSN. Probably wouldn't sell as well, but wouldn't cost as much to make either. So their options are pretty much limited is the way I see it.
