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@wiiware Fair enough. Still can't see it without the game exploding in popularity, but I guess it's not impossible.

@wiiware There's selling best and there's selling 10 million units. Stuff like NieR and Persona 5 just reached the 2m milestone, for example.

@Bliquid Yup. That one's a head-scratcher for me as well. Maybe it's the reintroduction of older monsters and villages from previous games, I don't know.

Although, to be fair, 4U sits at 4.1m, so it's winning by a nose.

A couple of figures, for extra context:

The best-selling Capcom title is Resident Evil 5, at 7.2 million units sold. The best-selling MH titles are Freedom 3 (PSP, 2010, 4.9m) and X/Generations (3DS, 2015 JP, 2016 West, 4.3m).

Quite frankly, I can see how sales in the West could make up for the sales lost in Japan due to a lack of portability, but I don't see how World is supposed to sell more than double the amount of units Freedom 3 sold. This analyst is banking pretty hard on the title taking off on Steam, which is a big gamble.

And for further reference, the guy also predicted DQXI would sell more than Final Fantasy XV and Pokémon UltraSun/Moon combined in Japan, which is just bonkers.

@dark_knightmare2 Nice

@dark_knightmare2 Is Ubisoft a "middle of the road aa type publisher" now? Is Square-Enix? Going by what they're saying, their games have sold well on the system. Enough to pledge more support.

But hey, maybe if every Bethesda game tanks, and if L.A. Noire does as well, then we'll be able to have an actual discussion about the topic. As of now, what you're saying is just factually wrong.

@naruball No (Sonic) and yes (Just Dance), respectively.

Has every big publisher made a comment about every single game they've released and all said they are happy about each game's sales?
You're not reading my posts, I take it. Yes, they have. Go read Mochizuki's twitter, it's all there.

That aside, let me get this straight: first you claimed people couldn't know if games are selling well on the system (even though these publishers said it themselves). After that, you re-interpreted the original post at your convenience to say "well, not every single publisher has said so, huh?", which has now turned into "well, even when they say they're happy with those sales numbers, they aren't". That's no assumption, that's the definition of moving the goalposts.

Let's take a step back, shall we? You have two different people telling you that yes, third-party publishers have come forward saying their software has done very well on the Switch. We're even telling you where to find this info, if not giving you the source outright. Who's disregarding the facts, exactly?

@naruball Who made that claim? @IceClimbers was obviously talking about the big publishers, as he said previously in that post. Either your reading comprehension is seriously lacking, or you got caught with your pants down and are just moving the goalposts by now.

@naruball The rest of the big publishers that have put games on the system? EA and 2K have already been covered. That leaves Ubisoft. They too put Mario + Rabbids as one of their big successes of this quarter. There's Sega too with Puyo Puyo Tetris, which I'm sure didn't need to sell much to justify its existence since it's a 2014 game. Sonic Forces will surely do well enough too, since it's always sold well enough on Nintendo hardware.

Even if you want to turn the conversation towards how the smaller titles are faring, stuff like Stardew Valley and SteamWorld Dig 2 are making a killing. SteamWorld recouped its dev costs in less than a week, even. The same sentiment was being echoed even before those titles came out: I recall Shin'en being very impressed with Fast RMX's sales (especially compared to the original's sales numbers on Wii U) and Yatch Club Games being more than pleased with Shovel Knight as well.

@naruball Square, Namco and Capcom (I believe) just reported that the games they put on the platform surpassed expectations and are pleased with the results. Square mentioned they're looking to support the platform "aggressively", Capcom plans to put more multiplats on it and Namco is currently developing three exclusives for it. It's all recent news, comes from these companies' fiscal quarter reports.

GOTY 2020 or whatever. Calling it now.

My wishlist:

Ape Escape
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Chrono Cross
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Team Racing
Darkstalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
G-Darius
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
MediEvil
Metal Gear Solid
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Spyro the Dragon
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tekken 3
Vagrant Story
Wip3out

It's impossible to fit in everything I consider a must-play from the PS1 days without putting more than 30 games on the thing. Damn Capcom and its fighting games.

I don't know what to say, other than "Square is a joke". Might as well treat every in-house project of theirs as vaporware until you can walk into a store and purchase them.

@Flaming_Kaiser Yes, in RE4 it's the camera what gives the illusion of more control. People don't have much of a problem with tank controls, the problem they have comes entirely from the inconsistency created by the different camera placement in the older titles.

Guess I'm officially done with EA now. They've "put on ice" every single franchise of theirs I was even remotely interested in.

@Flaming_Kaiser As far as locomotion is concerned, RE4 has literally the same control scheme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zgm4DeSs0M

It's from the God Eater team alright.

Could go either way. Can't say I have high hopes, the teaser looked much more interesting than this.

@DerMeister @Napples Same here. Can't get excited over yet another bland open-world game, no matter how good it looks. I want more details about the gameplay and systems they have implemented.

@TimeforTravel Same here. Mildly interested in Rise of the Tomb Raider. I'm anticipating Aragami and MGSV: The Definitive Experience, but that's pretty much it.

@WanderingBullet Pun intended?

Awaiting the reviews for this one.

Worst week for hardware since forever, says ZhugeEX
https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/776049906998009857

9PM is kind of a weird hour for me, so I'll just watch the whole thing the morning after as if nothing ever happened.

Beyond excited for this one.

@Octane Definitely agree with @Utena-mobile about watching the 97 anime first and foremost. Stay away from the new series, it's beyond horrible.

Other than that, keep in mind there's no definitive adaptation of Berserk. The manga is where's at. If you like the series you owe it to yourself to catch up with the manga. It's so good it has ruined most other series for me.

@Utena-mobile Boscogn, yeah. He's a pretty cool character, and pretty memorable considering how minor he is.

@Octane Assuming one of those two is Hyrule Warriors, maybe you'll like this one more, at least when it comes to game feel. Attacks seem to have more weight and momentum in Berserk than in Hyrule Warriors. The general feel of the attacks is usually a point of criticism for musou games and, from what I've seen, Koei seems to be on the mark when it comes to that here.

@Octane Seconding @Tsurii there. It's a perfect match for Berserk. Makes much more sense than any other musou crossover I can think of.

Looking good! Musou games are a bit hit-or-miss, I'm hoping this one turns out great. I've liked what I've seen so far.

Extremely burned out of licensed soundtracks, especially of "overplayed" artists. I guess it fits the setting and tone, though.

20 pounds doesn't sound expensive for a Worms game at all considering its infinite replay value. One of my favorite multiplayer experiences.

Zombies. In 2016.
You're at least 3 years late, Konami.

Not big into online FPSs, but this one gets bonus points for the setting alone. It's nice to see some variety.

Other than that, I really wish we didn't get as many either/or situations when it comes to single player/multiplayer in this genre.

@ShadowofSparta Same here. Until Obsidian makes their own entry in the franchise, there's no new-gen Fallout title as far as I'm concerned.

As expected from Capcom. What a disappointment. Dead Rising's UI looks super dated, they could have at least changed that.

Terrible. The only salvageable thing might be Mass Effect, and even that reveal was lackluster as hell.