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pokoko on 13 August 2018
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Mnementh said:
bananaking21 said:

I simply never understood why Japanese Devs go exclusive with their games instead of multiplate. Why is persona not on Nintendo? It would sell so much more on there. Same goes for yo Kai watch. Why didn't they release it on PS?. And there are a lot more.

I agree. In these times with multiplatform enabled engines and programming and development tools that support multiple platforms it should be a no brainer. You see it for indies: as these don't care that much about platform politics and their games haven't the visibility and pull of bigger productions they often support a multitude of platforms.

Japanese business is notorious for "you wash my back, I'll wash yours" deals.  Octopath Traveller is a good example.  There is no reason in the world why that game shouldn't be on PS4 and PC.  While favor-for-a-favor business might be great for company executives, it's the customers who get screwed.  That it still seems to be going on in today's world is incredibly short-sighted.