Apparently the first demo has been downloaded 1.5 million times now, though of course downloads of a free demo won't be 1:1 with sales of the full game.
I am actually very interested to see how this game performs; I feel like it's something of a wildcard. It's a new IP, but then so was Bravely Default. It's deliberately very retro, which could scare of a lot of mainstream gamers, but then that could also bring in lots of older gamers who grew up on the 16-bit RPGs its based on. It strikes me as the kind of game that'll land in the high 70s/low 80s on Metacritic, so I can't see it getting the kind of critical acclaim that boosts sales, but then games like Kirby Star Allies, ARMS, and Xenoblade 2 sold well on Switch despite not being critical darlings.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 07 July 2018
