curl-6 said:
I don't think it's guaranteed necessarily, money can always change hands and deals can be made. Sony has been aggressive in moneyhatting big games many times before. |
Did you read my other posts in this thread? Did you see how much more the Switch version of DQX sold? And it sold out faster too. Do you realize that DQ Treasures is Switch exclusive despite there not being any deal of any sort? It's being published by Squre Enix WW.
Despite all the efforts from Nintendo for over 35 years the best the franchise could ever sell outside of Japan was barely 1.5mil out of 6.5mil with DQ XI.
It doesn't matter that it's in UE5, that can run on Switch. It doesn't matter that it's seems like they want to go for a darker tone, that won't be the first time in the franchise. That isn't something completely new for DQ.
The creators and owners of DQ won't sabotage the future of their only money maker for a quick buck for PS5 exclusivity. PS5 exclusivity would also hamper the sales potential in the west. The Switch audience is gigantic and JRPGs always sell better on the Switch in the west in every single instance that we have any data on. When the game releases the Switch installbase in the west will be bigger than the PS5's WW installbase will ever be.
"Money can always change hands" is not a good argument. Sony has never been interested in DQ deals.
