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Soundwave on 07 December 2016
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spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

Well they can port FFXV if they want. 

But Final Fantasy VII Remake and even Final Fantasy XVI ... should be on Switch and should be developed concurrently with any PS4 version. 

That's what I'm talking about and where tha bias needs to stop. I think the Square side of Square-Enix IMO still harbors a grudge over stuff that happened 20 years ago with the N64/Playstation ... Hiroshi Yamauchi isn't even alive anymore. Let it go, let it go. 

The future of Final Fantasy may well be iOS/Android if they don't realize that. I hope maybe the Cloud in Smash/Cloud Amiibo being held back for the Switch release is a sign that Final Fantasy is returning to Nintendo platforms. 

Switch needs to sell 20 million units in Japan, which is good for *everyone*, hell it's probably even good for Sony rather than the alternative, which is Japanese execs gutting their companies and for low/no budget smartphone games. At least if Switch is successful Sony stands to see a lot of PS4 versions of said games. But to sell that, even Nintendo needs help, my question is are these Japanese companies actually going to help or will they sit on their ass and be a sideline participant in their own market demise. 

The situation is far more complicated than you're giving credit for when it comes to SE not supporting Nintendo.

In the past it was. It isn't now. 

Switch is the only system that has the potential for a *healthy* sized userbase in Japan in the range of 20 million systems. That is good for *every* Japanese developer, because then companies will be willing to greenlight games knowing there's at least some userbase to sell to. 

PS4 is never going to be a big thing in Japan. Never. I don't care if they release another model with 8K resolution. It ain't happening. 

Switch is the only system that has a shot at a Super Famicom/Playstation 1-2/3DS size userbase in Japan. So to me this is real simple. Japanese devs you either support this fucking thing or you don't give me the sob story 3/4 years from now that traditional gaming in Japan is dead and your boss will only let you make your IP on smartphone and you don't know how this possibly could've happened. 

But even the "it's complicated" stuff ... the 3DS has 20 million sold in Japan. And the only Final Fantasy games its really has it two fucking music games. What does it have to sell to get some respect from Square? 30 million? 40 million? They'd rather put World of Final Fantasy and are willing to jump through hoops and headaches to make Dragon Quest Builders run on a Vita though. Real smart. Why is the Vita getting a port of Final Fantasy X for example? That would run fine on a 3DS.