Nice to know : Ni-Oh, Yakuza 0, KoF XIV, Ni No Kuni 2 were all shown as "Console exclusive/debut on PS4"

[Chazore]

patronmacabre said:

Chazore said:

So they just don't make for other plats?, that I could understand but to say they can't fit on another platform seems to be stretching it. We could also use this same example with Firaxis.

If I were to give a wild reasoning for why Level-5 doesn't port games to PC, it might be this:

If you look at the trends of which Japanese games get ported to PC, you actually see a fairly interesting trend: the higher the perceived quality of the developer, the less likely that developer will port their games to PC. Atlus and Level-5 don't touch the platform, but Compile Heart and Koei Tecmo port to PC constantly. Final Fantasy is the outlier, because that franchise sells millions even on platforms that aren't particularly conducive to JRPGs, like Xbox and PC.

My reasoning is this: the PC platform is only relevant to the west. Atlus and Level-5 are very ardent and passionate fanbases in the west, so they're just going to buy the game on whatever platform it comes out on. Other companies with weaker reputations have much more to gain from making their games appeal to a wider audience.

Seems somewhat odd to just ignore a platform for years and continue to do so because they don't want new money or fans, when other Jap devs do it they set an example that money can be made, praise can be given and quality is something that improves with time across all platforms. That said with time the longer they ignore and then become weaker, the les chances trhey have of making more money in the future, not everyone has an infinite level of patience though so there's that to consider.

Also are all VN's played only on consoles in the east?, if so Japan and China lied to me.