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Aion on 27 January 2010

Great i hope MH does well in Japan.



 

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rccsetzer on 27 January 2010

I think Persona 5 will just be announced for Xbox360. What do you think? Is it possible?



loves2splooge on 27 January 2010

Persona 5 wouldn't bring as many Japanese gamers to the Xbox 360 fold as Star Ocean and Tales already did. Persona is not an obscure IP by any means but it doesn't have name value on the level of Tales and Star Ocean in Japan. So if Persona 5 was moneyhatted, that would be a bad idea. And ATLUS wouldn't make it 360 exclusive without a moneyhat. The Xbox 360 would receive a spike for a week or two but then after that it'll go back to normal levels. That's not worth a moneyhat.

Also, NIS didn't publish Cross Edge Dash. IdeaFactory self-published it in Japan. It's not NIS' game at all (they just license it for NA publishing). So technically, NIS is a Xbox 360 virgin. If NIS turns out to be one of the new Japanese developers to the 360, I wouldn't be surprised. A number of niche Japanese developers have developed for the Xbox 360 (Cave and other shmup developers, 5pb and other visual novel/dating sim developers). The console is cheap to develop for (making it ideal for niche projects) and has a hardcore install base that likes to buy niche games. Install base does matter but when it comes to niche jrpgs, shmups, visual novels, dating sims, etc. sales potential is very limited anyway so cheap development solutions become more important in these situations. Disgaea 3 sold 110k on PS3 and a comparably niche jrpg (moreso than Disgaea since it's a new IP) Eternal Sonata sold 80k on the 360. Taking that into account and the fact that the 360 is cheap to develop for, a Xbox 360 exclusive NIS jprg wouldn't be a bad idea. Especially after Last Rebellion bombed hard (famitsu rated it poorly, pre-orders are very low), what do they have to lose? lol.

@Deidara
That's why the Xbox 360 has the best tie ratio (software to hardware ratio) in Japan right? Buying a lot of 360 games is quite a unique way for them to show their hatred for M$.



Hisiru on 27 January 2010
rccsetzer said:
I think Persona 5 will just be announced for Xbox360. What do you think? Is it possible?

 

Yeah, I think it's possible. Microsoft is really trying to have more japanese consumers, so my guess is that one of the games is:
-Another Monster Hunter game (2 Monster Hunter games can make the x360 sell like water in Japan but it's very unlikely)
-Another game from Capcom (Famitsu 360 said that a japanese developer is making a lot of x360 titles, Monster Hunter Frontier was announced for the x360, so maybe Capcom is this developer and maybe Microsoft has a deal with Capcom)
-Persona 5 (I don't think it's unlikely, Atlus is a "small" company and their games usually don't sell that much, so Microsoft could easily buy the exclusivity)
-A DQ game (Excluding the Monster Hunter series, what can possibly make the x360 sell?)
-A big JRPG (obvious)
Yeah, I think it's possible. Microsoft is really trying to have more japanese consumers, so my guess is that one of the games is:
-Another Monster Hunter game (2 Monster Hunter games can make the x360 sell like water in Japan but it's very unlikely)
-Another game from Capcom (Famitsu 360 said that a japanese developer is making a lot of x360 titles, Monster Hunter Frontier was announced for the x360, so maybe Capcom is this developer and maybe Microsoft has a deal with Capcom)
-Persona 5 (I don't think it's unlikely, Atlus is a "small" company and their games usually don't sell that much, so Microsoft could easily buy the exclusivity)
-A Dragon Quest game (Excluding the Monster Hunter series, what can possibly make the x360 sell in Japan?)
-A big JRPG (obvious)

 



epicberserk on 28 January 2010

Yea monster hunter fronteir was the first but I think the next two will be dragon quest and kingdom hearts I hope



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Deidara89 on 28 January 2010

But... but... no one has talked about "exclusives". Why are you thinking about that?



jarrod on 28 January 2010

After MHFO, I'm setting expectations low...

1. New Mistwalker/Feelplus MMORPG
2. New Tokyo Vikings project (Itadaki's studio)
3. Final Fantasy XIII International (exclusive)



loves2splooge on 28 January 2010

Hopefully Microsoft delivers. But honestly if they feel that a port of a 3 year old game (Monster Hunter Frontier is a port of the PC game right? And apparently Monster Hunter Frontier sold poorly on PC) is going to be one of their big three killer Japanese apps, they have a naive perception of the Japanese market. A completely new Monster Hunter MMO could potentially be a hit but not a port. Final Fantasy XI was also a PC-to-360 MMO port and it didn't exactly light up the charts in Japan. FFXI seemed successful enough on the west (not as much as the PC version though I'm sure.)

Games from Mistwalker, Feel+ and Itagaki's studio would be nice and would benefit Microsoft and Xbox 360 owners in the long-run.



jarrod on 28 January 2010

Monster Hunter Frontier didn't "sell poorly" on PC? Where is this coming from?

Also, unlike FFXI, MHF didn't have a PS2 port 3 years before the 360 release.



red_dragon on 29 January 2010

Looks like we can count out Mistwalker because his their new game is for the Wii. The other game they are developing is for the Iphone.



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