| Kai_Mao said:
It will be interesting to see where the smaller Japanese devs go from here. The Vita is like a background character, the 3DS has already taken its victory lap and a half, the PS4 has reached to a certain point in its lifespan in Japan, and the Switch is pretty much the focus. It showed based on this week's Media Create charts when the PS4 had two big AAA games in Resident Evil 2 Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3. To just barely top the Switch by only ~200 units says a lot about the PS4 and its place in Japan. Sure, there will be people who want a PS4, but the Switch has taken the mantle emphatically since it launched. So why resist the Switch at this point, Japanese third party developers? The user base want more games and not just nothing-to-write-home-about ports. Unless you want to rely on mobile, the Switch is a great console to find an audience for. I'm not saying we should get games that look like (the actual) FFXV or Ghosts of Tsushima. But there is potential for the AA games to make a mark on the Switch. Professor Layton, Ace Attorney, Yokai Watch, Bravely Default, Rune Factory, Etrian Odyssey, and Story of Seasons have made their mark on Nintendo platforms, mainly handhelds. Why not start providing new entries in those series along with some new original games like Octopath Traveler? I cannot say that they will definitely be successful, but I think that they will not take as many resources as creating AAA games. |
Most A-AA Japanese titles this generation were either 3DS exclusives or on a combination of PSV/PS3/PS4.
Most of the 3DS exclusives will transition to Switch and the PSV/PS3/PS4 multiplats will evolve into NSW/PS4/PS5.
Switch will get a ton of A-AA Japanese titles in the next few years.
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