Famitsu sales: Week 33, 2021 - (9th August - 15th August)

[IcaroRibeiro]

curl-6 said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

I admit  the way japanese studios still giving sub-par treatment for Switch make me REALLY concerned with the state of japanese market. If they continue following Sony blindingly and PS5 keep tanking in game sales many of those studios won't last very long which overall will diminish japanese gaming output except the big studios that can sell very well outside Japan (Capcom, Square, Bandai Namco, etc) 

There's still time for them to wise up; we've already seen some companies pivot in their support of Switch, and others should follow as it becomes more and more impossible to ignore which way the wind is blowing in Japan.

I get some of their concern however. Switch is far underpowered when compared to other platforms, many of them want their games to be competitive with western games to sell well on PCs and whatnot. 

In big scope, Switch domination in Japan will further deep the already immense distance between big Japanese studios and mid sized Japanese studios. Only the big ones will remain competitive in western space, which was something that always happened but was changing last generation with more and more Japanese games getting traction outside Japan. 

Perhaps Monster Hunter Rise PC port sales will be my ultimate measurement to know if there is any hope for Japanese developers to make any breaktrough while still prioritizing Switch. If it sells fine, then I can see Switch-designed japanese games can still having market in West, if not then I must JP market and Western markets will evolve to be completely different from now on, except by Nintendo first and second party games