RolStoppable said:
Most Japanese developers don't have the money to make games above Switch level to begin with. As such, it's probably a good thing for them that there's only one console left, because it eliminates the worries whether they chose the right console. Last generation hundreds of games were made for the Vita which pretty much killed the potential for overseas sales due to misguided brand loyalty. Now they have to make games for a globally successful console where their games aren't hopelessly outclassed in graphics by the few big publishers; that makes it easier for them to be competitive. Really, things got easier for them. On the other hand, the developers who do have the money for high budget games have stopped giving much weight to domestic sales years ago, so nothing changes for them. The reason why Japan lost its importance is because in almost all cases it became unfeasible to make profitable games without banking on the overseas market right from the outset. I really have a hard time thinking of any developers who are seriously negatively impacted by the PS decline, obviously aside from those who deliberately ignored market realities and made their games for PS only. |
To be more clear I was focusing less on the developers there and more on the consumers. For example there will be Japanese console gamers who care a lot about stuff like graphics and fps so that development would be very bad for them.
