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Forums - Sony - NIS President: 'PS Vita Version of Disgaea 5 is Impossible'

drdante on 30 December 2014
Troll_Whisperer said:
"the team realized that if the PlayStation 4 does not sell well in Japan, there is no future for the platform. He noted that Nippon Ichi Software has been publishing its games on Sony platforms since the release of Jigsaw World on the original PlayStation in 1995, and wanted to assist the growth of the PlayStation 4 as much as it could because of this. (...) In conclusion, Niikawa noted that all development at Nippon Ichi Software has shifted to the PlayStation 4"

Man, Japanese third parties really are behind Sony. Square Enix said the same thing about aiding PS4's install base with Type 0 HD before the release of XV.

If only they had put so much effort in saving Wii U, lol. XD


But what about Xbox One?



         

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Kresnik on 30 December 2014

MasterVG71782 said:

  Disgaea 3 on the Vita sold around 240k WW, which isn't too bad, but Disgaea 4 on the Vita only sold half as much. Don't forget that the Vita has been doing poorly in sales pretty much outside of Japan (or some would think it's about dead).

 

And Disgaea 4 for Vita has been on sale for a fraction of the time of Disgaea 3 on Vita ( ~ 30 months for Disgaea 3 vs. ~ 4 months for Disgaea 4).

That's if you believe VGC's tracking.  If you don't, then we've only got official Japan sales to go on, and the two games are only a small amount apart:

45   PSV Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention 21,848 59,355 Nippon Ichi Software 2011-12-17
51 - PSV Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited 29,904 54,566 Nippon Ichi Software 2014-01-30

And again, that's in a year for Disgaea 4 vs. 3 years for Disgaea 3.

Regarding the rest of your post, this feels like a perfect time to pull out the XSEED quote I just discovered:

http://forum.marvelous-usa.com/index.php?showtopic=27878&#entry871763

"Yeah, I don't get when other publishers shy away from the Vita. It's like last generation, when other publishers shied away from the PSP -- a system is only dead if you make it that way! There were tons of good games being released on PSP last gen, and there are tons of good games being released on Vita this gen. And there's no reason to ignore those good games because "nobody owns a Vita" -- obviously, people do, because we're doing quite well with our Vita releases. "

When you're a publisher of niche Japanese games, like NISA/XSEED/Aksys/IFI, you don't need a massively inflated installbase because your games aren't targeting the masses.  If the niche is there and buying your titles, then you're sorted.



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MasterVG71782 on 31 December 2014

Of course, the Vita has become the home for the niche audience (I love it for that), but NIS has mentioned that they developed Disgaea 5 with the PS4 architecture from the beginning. Whether that means it's possible that the Vita could run it or not is something I can't know, since I know nothing about programming and the technical side of things. It's hard to believe, considering the magnitude of games like GTA V, and they would certainly sell more if they went with a PS3/Vita version as well.



Fusioncode on 31 December 2014
Troll_Whisperer said:

"the team realized that if the PlayStation 4 does not sell well in Japan, there is no future for the platform... (he) wanted to assist the growth of the PlayStation 4 as much as it could (...) In conclusion, Niikawa noted that all development at Nippon Ichi Software has shifted to the PlayStation 4"

Man, Japanese third parties really are behind Sony. Square Enix said the same thing about aiding PS4's install base with Type 0 HD before the release of XV.

If only they had put so much effort in saving Wii U, lol. XD

Just goes to show important good 3rd party relations are.



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thatguymarco on 31 December 2014

Wat. I just saw the trailer and from what I saw, even the 3DS could handle this game, I'm talking out of my ass of course, but saying that you NEED a the specs PS4 to make this game run and look as it should, I'm sorry, but that's just a lie. Wouldn't buy this game anyway, it's way too much of a weabookawaiidesunewatashinissa for me to like it.



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TheGoldenBoy on 31 December 2014

That's a good thing. Although I do expect a Vita version at some point, we need more games that take advantage of the current gen consoles.



rutea7 on 31 December 2014

Im happy for this. NISA has always been great at supporting PlayStation. Its good to see it take the leap so soon in the game. Cant wait to see the other two games they are making for ps4



Aerys on 31 December 2014

I love their way of thinking, great dev



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m