| Samus Aran said: It is. Good sales increase chances of localisation. |
There isn't much of a correlation, or else why is it like pulling teeth to get Dragon Quest or Ace Attorney localized when it seems like every other Vita game comes over? If anything, it seems like if a game sells a whole lot in Japan the developers are often satisfied with those sales and focus on churning out an immediate sequel rather than prioritizing a localization. And if it doesn't do well, then they're as likely as not try to get some return on their investment by foisting it off on western Japanophiles who will buy anything.
I also get the feeling that it's like eating shit to some of these publishers to see their vaunted Dragon Quests or Monster Hunters shift so many units in Japan only to be borderline irrelevant in the west when they are released here. It's like they'd rather not bring it over at all than to suffer the humiliation of mediocre sales.
