| Mnementh said: I don't discount the XB1, but you have to face some realities here. The game may be directed at a western audience TOO, but it is certainly, that it will sell most in the japanese market. This is the first market. And without a doubt XBox is nearly irrelevant there. Also the japanese market is strongly into mobile gaming, that's why I though at the first thread announcing the game PS4/Vita. As the wording is home consoles, this excludes the Vita, but leaves the Switch, which certainly can emulate the Vita experience (and more). That makes Switch more probable, as in Japan alone this game could sell well enough on Switch. So, let's ignore Japan and look to western markets. Even in western markets the Xbox is weak in this japanese gaming experiences. Games like Persona and Nier are missing Xbox completely. Games that hit the Xbox are selling weak compared to PS. See Final Fantasy XV: on PS4 it sells 1.36M in NA and 1.6M in europe, while on XB1 only 0.53M in NA and 0.23 in europe. The western gamers liking such japanese RPGs are certainly more likely on PS4 than on XB1. So, now look at Namcos view: the game will sell most in Japan. It will sell reasonybly well on PS4 in Japan AND in the West. It will practically sell nothing in Japan on XB1 and in the West (which probably will make up the weaker region for sales (Nier sold more than half of it's worldwide sales in Japan) it will be strongly behind PS4 (based on FF less than half in NA and less than a fifth in europe). It probably sells decently on Switch in Japan and an unknown amount in the West. It is likely that with japanese sales the Switch can match the XB1-sales in the west. So XB1 really isn't more likely than Switch from a sales perspective (while PS4 is a no-brainer). There might be other reasons (always are), which might bend the decision in either direction. For me PS4/Switch, PS4/XB1, PS4/Switch/XB1 are all similar likely, I cannot say which side Namco tends. |
If I am Bamco and I am trying to target the Dark Souls fan why would I choose Switch over XB which already has that userbase? Souls game is more popular in the west than the Japan which Namco is trying to target here. Hard ARPG. That is not NIer, Persona, Tales of , FF XV and etc. so those games are irrelevant if they are targetting the Souls fan. Now tell me does the Switch or even Wii U or 3DS have those type of games? Does Swtich have enough install base to cover the loss of potential sales for XB1? Do you think those DarkSoul XB1 user will buy a Switch so they can play Code Vein? What's stopping them to just purchase a PS4 which has BloodBorne and Nioh?
Code Vein as I have read all the information is like Dark Soul and Bloodborne with anime style of artwork. Just by looking at the screenshot it's dark. The Blood reminds me of BloodBorne it heals you everytime you kill an enemy. Blood enables you to power up your skills. I thnk Code Vein will apply that setup.
Also with regards with Japan. It's also possible that it will be PS4 exclusive in Japan and mulitplat WW. IMO PS4/Switch is riskier than PS4/XB1. As I said above switch doesn't have the userbase Namco is trying to target. Proven userbase and platform as oppose to New platform that doesn't have the userbase they are trying to capture. This is more likely PS4/XB1/NS or PS4/XB1 > PS4/NS.
