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Soundwave on 10 December 2012
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JTurner82 said:
Soundwave said:
VGKing said:
These numbers don't really mean anything....just look at the Vita launch, its was pretty good but look how its doing now.

Anyway Japan shows the same trends as USA and EU....3rd party isn't selling.


I dunno I'd say that Monster Hunter attach rate is pretty good, given that it's basically just an up-resed 3DS game slapped together for launch. Basically just free money for Capcom. 

Things like Tekken are just dying franchises unfortunately, they bombed on the PS3 in Japan, and the Wii U wasn't going to save them with a newborn sized userbase. 

Yeah, the success of that title SHOULD ensure that WiiU's 3rd party support in Japan will gradually get better, despite what the opening launch week says.

I think you'll see a fair bit of PS3-Wii U multi-plats in Japan for a while. It's too bad most Japanese franchises have gone down the toliet even in Japan things like Tekken, Ridge Racer, Street Fighter, Tales, Silent Hill, aren't what they used to be and Final Fantasy has declined massively too. Monster Hunter will probably always stay handheld centric. 

But Nintendo should have some ammo to make some kind of deal with a Japanese third party. 

Like I don't know which "big" third party Japanese games are even coming out for any non-3DS platform in the first half of next year. DQX on Wii U, OK, but being a MMORPG basically caps it audience. Then ... uh, Metal Gear Rising for PS3/360 I guess ... and uh .... *crickets*. 

Nintendo will as usual have to do most of the heavy lifting on Wii U until probably next fall, maybe even 2014, when better third party options are available. 

They gotta push the Mario Kart team, expand it, double the size, whatever it takes, that game they need to have it as soon as possible for all territories, but Japan especially since I think it's the next biggest Nintendo franchise that could reasonably be finished this year. Smash Bros. is probably at least another year out, and Sakurai is not going to be rushed on that.