Ya, it’s not “beef” so much as it is fanboyism in business decisions.
There’s nothing wrong with having preferences, but you better believe if I was a game developer, I’m putting my game on any platform where there’s demand. I may prefer Nintendo but, if the Ooya fanbase loved my games, was begging for my games, buying all of my games... guess where I’m going to put my games?
The Nintendo Switch’s fanbase wants the games. Loves the games. Is buying the games. And Falcom is so reluctant to accept that fact. They don’t want to accept it. They want to live in a world where they only have to make games for the platform they have a personal attachment to. Money still has its draw, so they are dipping their toes in the water, slowly, toe by toe, but it’s clear they don’t want to accept an even playing field. They’re quick to admit how it’s an even playing field overseas in the west, because out of sight out of mind. They don’t live in the west so it’s a little easier to admit that. But in Japan it’s “oh the barriers”.
Hmm. You released a game in Japan a full year after you already released it on 2 other platforms, both handheld and console, covering all bases, and sold under the pretense that it would never release on Switch. Of course there weren’t many sales left to be had. But release on Switch and Vita and see how well a PS4 release fares a year after (hint: see Yokai Watch 4, which couldn’t even chart in the top 30).
That’s not evidence of a lacking market- that’s evidence that in Japan, people will only re-purchase the same game so many times which has already sold to both handheld and console gamers. Release day and date with PS4, and like Atelier Ryza, you’ll see Switch can account for a staggering percent of overall sales, especially given the relative newness of the franchise on Nintendo platforms going against decades of establishment on PS. And the percentages keep climbing.
They don’t want to admit that, because they don’t like what it implies. It implies they should not be making their games with preference for one platform anymore. And they like giving their choice platform an advantage whenever and wherever possible. This is what happens when you involve personal feelings with business decisions.
I’m quite sure that if Trails of Cold Steel 3 underperforms in their eyes (which is to say- if it doesn’t perfectly match sales of the established platform, even releasing a year later in JP and half a year later in the west), that’ll be all the excuse they need to put their shoes back on and walk away from the shoreline.
Falcom will just probably have to learn the hard way like SEGA and Square Enix. Since those two focused less on exclusivity, we've gotten: Playstation exclusive Final Fantasy on XB1 and Switch, Yakuza on XB1, Kingdom Hearts on XB1, Nier Automata on XB1, etc.
Sure a lot of XB1 but not Switch though these are the kind of things that may appear in Directs. Nintendo fans would go crazy if a Direct announcement had Sora in Smash + all the KH games on Switch for example.
Kingdom Hearts will 100%, definitely come to Switch. No ifs, ands or buts. Probably not KH3 (just like FFXV couldn’t run properly), but all the rest, yes. Just like Xbox. Not sure why it wasn’t announced at the same time- could be an Xbox deal thing, could be a Nintendo Direct thing, could be a Smash DLC announcement tie in thing... who can say. But what can be said, is the games are coming. There’s just no way they say nah, we want FF on Switch and Xbox, and we want KH on Xbox, but we don’t care about KH on Switch. Let’s do something else.
We all know it’s happening, it’s just a question of when.
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@JaxonH
Agreed. Kingdom Hearts collection(s) definitely incoming to Switch, and I will be there day one. I played the original when it first came out on the PS2, but I never played any other KH games. I really did love the first one and I don't quite know why I didn't keep up with the series.
@JaxonH Yeah, Kingdom Hearts is the most likely of those to come to Switch. Yakuza's probably the least likely because of what happened in the Wii U era.
Yikes. I just ordered 2 more copies of Witcher 3 to buy a little more space on my digital-only Switch and Switch Lite. 1TB microSD cards can only do so much, and an extra 28gb can buy enough room for half a dozen more normal sized games. Got one cartridge slot to keep a game in at all times. So it’s like expanding storage by an extra 30gb. With BestBuy’s sale and GCU, I figure half price is as good as it gets.
Maximum storage capacity of Switch = 1TB + 32gb internal + 28gb Witcher 3 cart = 1,060GB.
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Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
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Ya, BestBuy and Amazon have it for $45, which is the lowest I’ve seen yet. Of course, I already own the game, but since GCU took it down to $35.99 and BBCC took it down to $33 and change, figure why not.
It looks really slick in handheld mode. Better than my GPD Win 2 can run it. TV mode doesn’t look good. No two ways about. But it is playable. Which is enough for me when I’m at home and just want to relax with controller in hand. A worthy sacrifice for having the game on handheld/portable console tabletop. Sounds great with headphones too. Do recommend.
Speaking of which, The Witcher Netflix series is out. First episode was surprisingly good. I’m into it.
@JaxonH not a bad deal at all. I watched the first 20 minutes of the 1st episode then my family came in and started interrupting it. So ill pick it back up later
I'm not really improving in my Shogi game so this might be good for me. May inspire a woodworking project or two.
Looking forward to the Fairy Tail game...I've been watching the series recently.
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which Would anyone buy a switch or a new nintendo 3d's xl. I saw some great games on
e-shop for the new nintendo 3d's xl . And I think people are just playing Mario kart on switch. there's a lot of re-releases on switch like PN03.
@Ninfan uh... Well, it depends on what you're interested in. Switch has a ton of great titles (BotW, Super Mario Odyssey, Octopath Traveler, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Mario and Rabbids, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Luigi's Mansion 3 and a bunch of smaller titles like Golf Story. Many of these are easily up to be considered the best in their franchise.
Plus some good but not great ones in Super Mario Party, Mario Tennis Aces, Yoshi, Kirby, Arms, Travis Strikes Again etc. And on top of that, it'll probably get another four years of continuing support.
Now, the main question for you is what systems have you had in the past? If you had Wii U (as implied), obviously the titles also on that aren't important to you, but if not the Wii U titles that came over are all top notch games. We've also received a ton of titles that were otherwise exclusives to PS4, PS3, PC, Vita, 360, or XB1, so unless you have all those there's definitely multiplayer for you too.
And from a hardware perspective, the Switch is some of the best hardware made (joystick issues not withstanding.) Full powered console titles on the go makes a difference for a lot of people.
Now on the 3DSes end, it's got it's own benefits. There's a vast library of titles to choose from, including the entire DS library. And right now, the games are probably as cheap as they ever will be. You've got wonderful titles like Luigi's Mansion 2, Kid Icarus Uprising, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, an utter boatload of JRPG exclusives, Etrian Odyssey, all the Professor Layton and Ace Attorney titles, and a bunch of experimental titles. The games all feel far smaller in scope than their Switch counterparts when they have one, but they are fun in their own right.
Edit: Also... Pn03 isn't on switch, but you are right that there are TONS of last gen ports, and a good number of this gen multiplats as well.
It’s great having a PC-gaming brother. I got him a Switch Lite with flip case and a game, and he got me a new AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 Core CPU, and a new motherboard and PSU to go with it 😁 Each of us trying to get the other into our specialty hobby.
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They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
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He did build it himself, a Christmas gift from a few years ago, but originally it had a dual core CPU, for one because he had already spent so much building it and for two, I was mainly interested in emulating, which is more depending on high clock speeds of 2 cores than lower of multiple.
So anyways, the GPU is an AMD Radeon RX 480. The final component that needs to be upgraded. Not sure whether I should upgrade now, or wait until the next round releases in 2020.
CPU is the AMD Ryzen 2600, 3400 Mhz, 6 Cores, 12 Logical Processors, which he helped install yesterday.
Most importantly, I got gyro working in DOOM on Steam, which... that might just be the thing that gets me into PC gaming. Finally, the ability to play games with amazing graphics and not sacrifice gyro in the process. Tried connecting the switch pro controller but man, Windows has so many issues connecting to that thing I finally gave up. Was about to order a generic 8bitdo when I remembered, oh ya, PS4 controller has gyro. They never use it for anything, but it has it. And that one connected just fine. I’d prefer to use Switch Pro as the analog layout is better and it’s more comfy, but whatever. It works, it has gyro, I’m happy.
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