Big Ant Studios Would Love To Bring Ashes Cricket To Switch

Could you imagine how much this would sell? FIFA 18 failed so I think it would also. Besides Cricket is a boring "sport".

@SLIGEACH_EIRE "FIFA 18 failed"? Really? Where?

Someone needs to focus more on other games and get off the FIFA kick. Your champagne to bash FIFA is getting old!

@spantonio FIFA 18 is a great game on Switch. I've been playing it daily and enjoying it. Online Seasons is my favorite mode. Skills is also very helpful.

I don't think Nintendo would ever want a cricket game on switch. That game would might do good in the England, Australia and India that is it. It would do awful in Japan and US as well and any other country that doesn't play cricket.

I recall when Nintendo used to let EA use their players for cameos in their sports games. I’d buy a Switch version in a heartbeat if it included Mario swinging his bat at Bowser’s flaming inswinging yorker. Mind the windows!

1st post about cricket games on Switch: This looks like it could be fun. I never played a Wii or Wii U game on cricket (I don't recall seeing any) but I agree the motion controls could work really well. I'd look into this is the price was reasonable.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE why did you put sport in quotation marks?

@ANeonChicken Japan has a cricket team. It's also similar in play and atmosphere to baseball. My Japanese wife loves cricket.

@luke88 Why would you ask a question you already know the answer to? Of course he doesn't consider it a sport or it's a loose term for him. I don't consider NASCAR a sport either but millions will tell me I'm wrong.

@riChchestM Yeah but honestly do you think enough people who like cricket would buy it on a switch?

@ANeonChicken Ask an industry analyst or do market research. I can only speak for myself. I would buy it.

@spantonio I believe he's referring to the UK sales numbers the Switch version, which were not great.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/10/fifa_18_on_nintendo_switch_accounts_for_a_tiny_percentage_of_uk_launch_sales

@Spoony_Tech "The FIFA kick.". I see what you did there. 😂😂

This game will flop, a Disney Jiminy Cricket game will sell more than this.

would love a switch cricket game but not the ashes particularly. 80s world series cricket with the mighty viv richards and co

The game doesn't do big numbers on any platform. Wish people would understand you don't need to do huge numbers to be a success. Big ant have a target in the UK and Australia. If they hit the numbers happy days.

Would love this on the switch. Cricket is awesome!

Great to see developers wanting to bring games to switch

I would buy it!

@Spoony_Tech NASCAR is an acronym. Non-Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks.

@spantonio The UK and Japan.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
I think YOU ARE here is Boring.
Lame complaints all the time, what's next ?

I'd love a cricket game, but they are almost always terrible (and often hilariously bug riddled - look up Ashes Cricket 2013 on Youtube). I think the last one I really enjoyed was Brian Lara Cricket '96 on the Mega Drive!

To be fair, I have heard that the Big Ant Studios cricket games are pretty decent, I've just never played one.

@Balladeer King Ralph Style?

Anyway, hm....
Cricket ?
If some Non Popular Sports become a trend on Nintendo Switch, I hope at least there is one Boxing / Kickboxing games, I prefer cartoonish, it will look better.


Gimme Cute Boxer / Kickboxer like mine or like K-1 PS2.

Nintendo should allow it if it feels like a decent game. Heck, this would be better than Vroom in the Sky, Sky Ride, and those Solitaire something...

Sure, it won't sell in the US or Japan, but it would give the Switch a boost in those Cricket-crazy countries. To each his own.

Whether the game will succeed is not really Nintendo's concern, as long as it doesn't tarnish the platform. The game will succeed on it's own merit...

I played cricket as a Kid - not sure about watching it or playing it as a videogame. Do not think it is really that interesting if you not playing it for real.

Not sure why Nintendo should judge it in the first place - They allowed FIFA18 and that was a total failure. Let them give it a try.

I'd certainly buy it. With motion controls too? Shoot, get on it Nintendo!

#MarioCricketConfirmed They don't want other Cricket games to rival it. XD

Are you sure these people are completely unrelated to the disaster that was Ashes Cricket 2013?

@flapjack-ashley this is true but the U.K. Isn't the entire globe. I choose to wait and see.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE How did FIFA fail????? It failed in comparison to Xb1/PS4 but was always going to be behind them you've got to think how many people have switch's in comparison to new gens!!!

Internet where do you find these people????

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I didn't see FIFA 18 is a failure for the switch. I really enjoyed it with my friend and my brother. FIFA 18 is a great sport games for the switch. It just people are afraid from buying football games and wasted they money.

@Spoony_Tech because I wanted to know how he would answer the question ☺️

And, you’re correct, NASCAR isn’t a sport, it’s a motorsport. I’m not sure, of course, as I haven’t asked them, but I think the millions of people you mention would refer to it as such 😉

@anazeus @Cuoco It's a failure, face it. The Switch has sold about 400,000 units in the UK, FIFA 18 NSW sold about 20,000 copies. In Japan, the Switch has sold about 1.5 million units, there, FIFA 18 NSW sold about 12,500 copies. Do I really need to tell you what the attach rates are? I just might you know. It's embarrassing. That's an attach rate of 5% in the UK and 0.83% in Japan.

While the PS4 version of FIFA in Japan has about a 1% attach rate. FIFA is not a failure in Japan on PS4 or Switch.

Last FIFA in Nintendo hardware (Wii U) sold 1500. That's what you call in utter failure. Switch version has shown growth.

PS4 version has YOY growth with every version. That's not what you call a failure.

The first FIFA on PS4 in Japan was FIFA 15 which sold around 16,000 in its first week. Over last three years EA have seen that audience grow.

The First switch version has sold around 12,000. Very similar numbers for a new console.

People look at hardware numbers and think FIFA should sell mega numbers. Have no knowledge of popular sports in Japan but still come out with such rubbish.

Even if it only sold in certain regions around the globe others could get it since the Switch is region free if they wanted. It's not a sport I enjoy but maybe if it comes out then maybe Rugby League live 4 or Rugby 18 might be released in some markets too. For example, Japan gets lots of games other markets don't and that's fine - everything doesn't just have to come out worldwide or in the US.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE the only one embarrassing here is you. If you knew anything about anything you'd know that games like FIFA chart literally until the very last week before the next one comes out. You should also probably know that games sell throughout the year,not just during the first week. Get a grip

@JuleyJules I would love rugby league 4 on switch. The rugby league live series is a prime example of a series that doesn't do huge numbers but gets released frequently.

It's makes a profit so for the developers and publishers that's successful

Rugby league as a sport rules!!

Bit of a shame to hear this though if its dev kits they are after maybe they remain a commodity and the unfortunate decision was made that the game is not a high priority in Nintendo's eyes. Can't say whether its the correct decision but I do hope they do get it on eventually. Heck, maybe this news will egg Nintendo on.

@spantonio In the delirious wasted space between his head, kind of a "No Man's Land" with less barbed wire.

@kobashi100 we finally have a rugby league team here in Toronto, Canada and it's fantastic! I would love to play as the Wolfpack in the game on a Switch. It looks like this time around at least it will be on steam for me though.

@JuleyJules wow you are Canadian and a rugby league fan. Yeah Toronto are such a big boost for the game. I hope they get promoted to super league next year.

There is talk of a new york rugby league side next.

@kobashi100
Why live in the past with Fifa data, it's about fifa 18 what sligy is talking about, past numbers are irrelevant, especially when considering switch which wasn't even available, and yes sligy is right, those sales numbers are a tragedy for fifa 18 on switch, that's not to say it's a bad game though, apparently it's a good game

Now, the sales of this game wouldn't set the world alight, but in the UK there is definitely a market for a portable cricket game. I can't see they have anything to lose releasing this game in the UK territory. Edit: Blimey Electrolite lol! JINX!

@electrolite77
Or dress the numbers up for what is basically poor sales from data already released, that could change though with other country's, highly doubt it though, sports ain't exactly the biggest seller on Ninty hardware, but ignorance and arrogance are bliss for some ppl especially those that sidewinder through the back door. Seems to me that anybody that thinks 12 thousand sales for fifa is good certainly can't process numbers let alone the lesser sales in the UK, what part of those sales are good, hmm none. I wanted it to sell loads but i ain't dissolusioned with comparable data that isn't relevant anymore, afterall this is a new fifa game for a new console, all that went before it is irrelevant and not with the times, like now, if it has to be compared to other versions then it should be compared to fifa 18 on ps4 xboxo, afterall it carries the same name, and you keep saying Switch is a home console,

@EDF my god! How can you measure how a series is doing if you don't compare to past numbers. What do you think publishers do when they release new versions of games. Past numbers tell you if you are growing an audience or losing fans.. it's a pretty standard affair in all terms of business.

Why not sell a cricket game world wide? After all, they keep selling baseball and NFL games, and they a basically American exclusive sports.

@GrailUK Don't forget South Africa, the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, India....Pakistan. They all love cricket.

@electrolite77 yes but could you really enjoy a cricket game knowing it wasn't made with the Frostbite engine?

Reading some comments here....not every game is for you so accept that and there are people who are into this. Allow them to have fun as well. Just skip the game. Voila

@electrolite77
I hear you, hopefully it sells reasonably good for EA to make another next year

@kobashi100
Yep very fair comment but they also look at sales figures, you know the most important part. Let's face it, fifa sales were bad back then and always will be in Japan regardless if it's had a slight improvement

@gortsi agreed!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE how many copies sold on the Wii U???

@electrolite77 Uuuugh...I played loads of Switch games. I just naturally assumed they were created with Frostbite. I...I...feel...unclean...

@GrailUK @electrolite77 The lack of Frostbite has completely ruined the Switch for me and is pretty much the final nail in the coffin for Nintendo. Preorder cancelled once again.

@electrolite77 "look at the flowers Switch...just look at the flowers...."

As a baseball junkie, I would love to understand cricket a bit more. Would buy a budget cricket game for Switch (and an Aussie Footy game, too!!)

@bluedogrulez Cricket and baseball aren't that far apart really, most of the same principles apply. It's very much the same but different. Cricket games can drag on for days though!

@electrolite77 Well I did a U-turn and got a Switch today, in the vain hope that one day Frostbite will come to save the day.

My god it's a sexy little machine when you actually get your hands on it....