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Ljink96 on 28 March 2018
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fatslob-:O said:
Ljink96 said:

And again, no we're not saying it's a failure and switch would save it, we're saying Switch has Japan by the balls and will soon surpass the PS4 with ease and will have a greater install base to sell software to consumers. That's what we're saying. We have Japanese developers blaming themselves for writing off the Switch before it released and scrambling to support it. Those who supported it early on, namely Koei Tecmo and Bandai Namco, which saw great returns on software. 

Easy for you to say when the game's target release date got delayed twice and it was well into mass production ... 

You seem rather concerned that Level-5's first release had to be Ni No Kuni II for the Switch but why that game specifically instead of The Snack World or Inazuma Elven Ares when Level-5 never released a title yet for the Switch prior to Ni No Kuni II ? 

At best what the Switch deserves are late ports in this stage of it's life and at worst it doesn't deserve the game because cutting into a developer's schedule isn't acceptable since they have better things to do than to just do ports of their games ... 

What are you talking about? I'm not concerned about Level 5's first release on Switch. Again, never said that. Is this some running gag to put words in my mouth? All I said is that Level 5 should put Switch on the radar for all future releases to stay strong and grow in Japan. Switch is where software is thriving in Japan, it'd be silly to ignore it for much longer. 

I even acknowledged the fact that NNK 2 was being developed before Switch was even thought of. My issue is not with NNK 2. It's with the complacency of Japanese 3rd parties on Switch as a whole. It will get better. A gaming company's first and foremost goal is to make profit off of software, Switch is the best place in Japan to do so. Well, besides mobile. 

Last edited by Ljink96 - on 28 March 2018