Ljink96 said:
Well, historically Nintendo's fanbase is more receptive towards these types of games. Sure, PS is as well on a level, but in Japan (Where Nintendo kicks ass) I definitely think it would have sold better on Switch in Japan. I never said every Level 5 game has to be for children...I don't even know why you brought that up to be frank. Has nothing to do with that. Level 5 developed DQIX on DS...wasn't for children, same for Professor Layton, Inazuma, etc. They've done well on Nintendo platforms, even the DS version of Ni No Kuni outsold the PS3 version in Japan. Almost 2X over. We're just saying, Level 5 and other Japanese developers should definitely have Switch on their radar as a platform choice in the future. Since the second game entered development almost immediately after the first, and Switch wasn't even a twinkle in Level 5's eye, it makes sense it didn't release on Switch. Again, has nothing to do with age. IT's more of brand recognition and audience reception at this point. |
Just because the game is cell-shaded doesn't make it similar to their other works. It doesn't have the merchandise to push it to mainstream (as every popular L5 property has anime and manga as primary gateways into the games), so I don't see why you'd compare to the previous games. Inazuma Eleven and Yokai Watch were absolutely developed as kid's games. Complete with anime in Saturday morning timeslots lol. DQIX isn't a L5 game, so I'm not sure why you're bringing that up.
As for Ni no Kuni 1, the DS and PS3 version weren't the same game and released far apart from each other. That's not a fair comparison at all. It'd be like saying that Switch fanbase doesn't support RPGs/DQ whenever DQ11 inevitably sells less than the PS4 version.
As for bolded, that's not the way it really comes across. It says, "this game is a failure and Switch would have saved it from failure. Super 3rd party developers."
PwerlvlAmy said:
I think it could've done better numbers on Switch if it was on both platforms. People keep underestimating the portability factor. Of course its a mute point as it will never happen and isn't even a viable scenario. Still, sucks to see the 2nd game not do so well out of the gate. |
Why is that? Has there been an RPG where the Switch version has sold better than the PS4 version? I know the Switch version has outdone the Vita version a couple times.
