Nem said:
The bad business decision would be to not release it in the west as westerners dont have such a strong sense of brand loyalty. I'm actually a bit surprised that Monster Hunter managed to make the transfer. But that was like grabbing the japanese by the balls. lol |
It has a lot to do with the systems as it does brand.
The Tales games were initially released on the SNES but transistioned to the Playstation systems and those that had trouble in Japan after the initial game mainly had to deal with the hurdle of being released on unpopular systems (Symphonia) or questionable development (glitch filled initial Graces release).
Had this been a different collection of Yakuza games, such as 3, 4, 5 or Dead Souls, instead of a port of the two oldest games and one that was just released the year before, it probably would have had a stronger showing. But that has been the problem Nintendo and 3rd parties have had since the Wii, they put out the easiest port they can muster and then wonder why people aren't buying the same game that can buy cheaper used or new on a different system they may or may not already have.
Monster Hunter made the transisition because they released a brand new exclusive game, then upgraded that game for a portable system that was pretty popular and only continued to grow. It doesn't matter if you add tiny extras that use the different hardware like Gamepad or motion control mini games, you have to give the gamers something that can't be found elsewhere otherwise why should they bother.
