Bofferbrauer2 said:
IcaroRibeiro said:
No, even with a Switch becoming the best console of all time they absolutely need a second platform if the point is to increase the IP branding. If the point was to sell only to Japan where Xbox and PC gaming are irrelevant and PS5 software are struggling to sell 50k, then yeah, Switch is enough because japonese people play on Switch and that's about it The point of increasing the strength of an IP is to make it available in as much system as possible, that's why even Sony is releasing Horizon on PCs, they want to increase the IP awareness and farm some coins in the process. Not releasing DQ XII on other platforms is just plain silly because we are ignoring where gamers are playing the most Of course, Enix can be satisfied with current DQ popularity and decide they only need Japan, but looking the news about UR5 and the more darker and mature style? I doubt, my gut feelings are telling me they want a new Monster Hunter and they will need PCs and Playstations to make this work |
If the Switch was only selling well in Japan, I would say you have a point, but considering how it's sell very well everywhere, putting it on another console is not really necessary. It will certainly also release on PC, but getting a Playstation or even Xbox port is not guaranteed. You mention the Horizon: Zero Dawn PC port, but you fail at the reason why: Yes, it was to increase IP awareness. But it's NOT the Horizon IP whose awareness Sony wanted to increase, rather it is to boost the awareness of the Playstation by basically telling PC players: "Yo, look what games you could get on a Playstation". So the situation is very different to what Squeenix has at hand with DQ XII. |
If it get released on PC then I don't understand why it wouldn't be released on PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Series XS
