Famitsu Sales: Week 38, 2022 (Sep 12 - Sep 18)

[Ashadelo]

Shatts said:

PAOerfulone said:

That Splatoon/Animal Crossing studio is just hitting for Nintendo like Aaron Judge is for the Yankees right now!

Ye EPD5 might just be Nintendo's best studio in terms of sales.

Because they understand their home turf market better than most Japanese companies right now. The Japanese culture for a long long time has been a culture that is more colorful, and lighthearted in its esthetics. Outside of the video game pop culture and anime, it has been this way for a few decades and I don't see that changing anytime soon. From the food you buy, to outdoor activities it's vastly different from the western counterparts. So when you make a game that lines up with a lot of what you see in everyday pop culture, along with portable multiplayer you have a good recipe for a potentially massive hit in the video game market. When a Japanese video game deviates from this multiplayer/colorful/kawaii overtone then it's way more of a gamble if your game will be super successful or not. 

Last edited by Ashadelo - on 24 September 2022