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Shaunodon on 22 October 2017
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
fatslob-:O said:

You're right going by the fan wiki that 4 games did come to mobile but practically all of them were spin-offs including Layton brothers aside from Curious Village. Mystery Journey returning in full form since the first game at the same date as the Nintendo platforms is a first in a while ... 

Inazuma used to be a Nintendo centric franchise but that came to an abrupt end when it had no history on Sony platforms. Layton will have to eventually appear on PS4 too since the game's strongest market is in Europe. If both Inazuma and Layton tumble there's no reason to believe Yokai Watch won't either barring some backdoor deals like capcom did with Nintendo for Monster Hunter ... (if their new IP, Megaton Musashi comes to PS4 then it should be taken as sign that none of their IPs will be sparred as an exclusive) 

I also expect SMT to make a return to PS ...

Even though I agree with you(and i kind of predicted this in January) it's kind of depressing ...

I do believe in the idea of generally letting any game be on any platform for consumer friendly practices, but this essentially means most of the Japanese exclusivity is now on Playstation and all of Nintendo's old exclusivity is also on Playstation. 

Goes both ways though, especially with the Switch being significantly more popular in Japan.

Monster Hunter World will be an interesting one, seeing as they're trying to make a big console experience which will appeal to gamers worldwide, kind of like FFXV was attempting.

Simply being the best-selling console MH in Japan (which is a low bar anyway) won't be enough for them, unless Sony are actually paying them a lot just to keep the series away from Nintendo.

I'd expect to see many Japanese games from both sides start to focus on multi-plat, especially games from Vita which aren't really finding a great market on PS4.