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Discussion Will The Yakuza Series Ever Come To Switch?

Will The Yakuza Series Come To Switch?

  • Yes

  • Never

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Now that Nagoshi is gone there is more chances of them being ported, as the previous chances were exaclty 0.
 
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Nintendo will do nothing to get the games, they are in a too favorable situation in Japan/East Asia to push for ports they should be getting anyway, so it all depends on SEGA and we still havent seen how RGG/SEGA post-Nagoshi look when it comes to Switch support but I think the status quo will remain
 
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Unlike with Persona, you can pretty much point to one person who is no longer at the company for why Yakuza isn't on Switch. The Wii U ports didn't work out, but money ppl run these companies. Maybe it won't be the OG Switch, but any Japanese developer that wants to sell anything in Japan (and isn't paid to do otherwise as part of an exclusivity deal) will put their games on the Super Switch. Heck, they might put them on the OG anyways for a financial shot in the arm.
 
Aggrocrog said:
Unlike with Persona, you can pretty much point to one person who is no longer at the company for why Yakuza isn't on Switch. The Wii U ports didn't work out, but money ppl run these companies. Maybe it won't be the OG Switch, but any Japanese developer that wants to sell anything in Japan (and isn't paid to do otherwise as part of an exclusivity deal) will put their games on the Super Switch. Heck, they might put them on the OG anyways for a financial shot in the arm.
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Bandai Namco Studios.
 
The reason why it hasn't happened (and I know this is stupid) is because Nintendo begged them to put Yakuza on Wii U back in the day. They went through the trouble of doing it and then it flopped massively, so I think they have doubts about there being an audience for Yakuza on Nintendo platforms.
 
LiamRobertson said:
The reason why it hasn't happened (and I know this is stupid) is because Nintendo begged them to put Yakuza on Wii U back in the day. They went through the trouble of doing it and then it flopped massively, so I think they have doubts about there being an audience for Yakuza on Nintendo platforms.
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This is stupid
 
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Blue Monty said:
Bandai Namco Studios.
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BN overwhelmingly puts their games on the Switch, just not a few games that are overly discussed/preferred on gaming enthusiast forums. You can basically count on one hand the BN games that aren't on Switch (Ace Combat, Tekken, Tales of Arise, Scarlet Nexus, Soulcalibur, and Dark Souls). When I used to frequent the Media Create threads, I remember Chris posting the chart showing BN was one of the top publishers on Switch.
 
Aggrocrog said:
BN overwhelmingly puts their games on the Switch, just not a few games that are overly discussed/preferred on gaming enthusiast forums. You can basically count on one hand the BN games that aren't on Switch (Ace Combat, Tekken, Tales of Arise, Scarlet Nexus, Soulcalibur, and Dark Souls). When I used to frequent the Media Create threads, I remember Chris posting the chart showing BN was one of the top publishers on Switch.
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I said Bandai Namco Studios not Bandai Namco and funny enough all the games you said that skip Switch outside of Dark Souls are made by Bandai Namco Studios lol
 
The current Switch? I don't think so

The successor? Yeah I think we'll see a collection of ports.
 
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Blue Monty said:
I said Bandai Namco Studios not Bandai Namco and funny enough all the games you said that skip Switch outside of Dark Souls are made by Bandai Namco Studios lol
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Yeah, I know what you meant. My point was just that on the whole, BN is supporting the Switch with a lot of games even if a few of their studios are not. Bigger picture, there's so little softwares being sold on PS5/PS4/XS that these companies are adjusting (and I think that'll include games like Yakuza).
 
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I want to believe that SEGA will at least bring over 0 and Kiwami to Switch, along with Kiwami 2 and Judgement on the next system, with the rest of the series hanging on whether those games sell well.

If we get Yakuza 1&2 HD instead I'm going to cry. What's the point of playing if Majima doesn't pop out of a trash can like Oscar the Grouch?

Tangentially related: if SEGA does port the entire series I fully expect Shenmue 1&2 to follow once they run out of mainline Yakuza games. That'd be the best time to bring Kenzan and Ishin, too.
 
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LiamRobertson said:
The reason why it hasn't happened (and I know this is stupid) is because Nintendo begged them to put Yakuza on Wii U back in the day. They went through the trouble of doing it and then it flopped massively, so I think they have doubts about there being an audience for Yakuza on Nintendo platforms.
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Ah the classic with 3rd parties on Nintendo systems:
“It bombed once therefore there can’t possibly be an audience on these systems in the future.”
Never mind all the potential reasons for why said ports may have bombed.
 
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After Persona and Nier coming at last to Switch I feel we will see soon Yakuza games coming.
 
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I was "burned" (as in, very doubtful but exceptionally pleased) by the Persona games so I'm just going to go all in and say that they probably were in the works the moment Nagoshi left the company

Though, granted, given the timeframes at hand they might end up being on the successor anyways.
 
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mariodk18 said:
I wish Sega would do surveys like Atlus. That way they could see the desire for the series on Switch.
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I don’t think there’s the same sort of intense burning “holy shit how and why has this not happened already” desire for Yakuza on Switch that there was for Persona.

Plus Persona’s genre, aesthetic, and style was a literal perfect overlap with the Switch audience, which only made the demands grow louder. Yakuza I feel is more of an, “if it comes to Switch, that’ll be great” rather than an “I need this on Switch right now goddammit”
 
Phantom Thief said:
I don’t think there’s the same sort of intense burning “holy shit how and why has this not happened already” desire for Yakuza on Switch that there was for Persona.

Plus Persona’s genre, aesthetic, and style was a literal perfect overlap with the Switch audience, which only made the demands grow louder. Yakuza I feel is more of an, “if it comes to Switch, that’ll be great” rather than an “I need this on Switch right now goddammit”
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Yea that’s why I said “desire” and not “ravenous cravings” which was the case for Persona. Either way, if Sega wants to grow the franchise, the sooner the better.
 
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Unless people think it's too late for the games to come to the current Switch, I don't think it really makes sense at this point to say they won't happen. Plenty of games that didn't have much (if any) presence on Nintendo platforms or were believed to be too demanding to run on Switch have made it over, I don't see why Yakuza would be considered a special case. It's a little weird to see so many people voting no when we've had ports of Nier Automata, multiple Persona games, and SAO Alicization Lycoris announced in just the past week.
 
LiamRobertson said:
The reason why it hasn't happened (and I know this is stupid) is because Nintendo begged them to put Yakuza on Wii U back in the day. They went through the trouble of doing it and then it flopped massively, so I think they have doubts about there being an audience for Yakuza on Nintendo platforms.
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Imagine making decisions on where your audience is based on a flopped hardware with a very limited userbase.
 
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Without Nagoshi, absolutely. SEGA would be crazy not to. I think it'll be Switch 2 rather than the current one though (unless SW2 is 2024, in which case Yakuza could drop next year)
 
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When it comes to 3rd parties and Nintendo systems, I don't expect logical choices so I'm honestly leaning towards no. If it does happen tho, I guess I'll finally play the newest one on the Switch after I finish Yakuza 0
 
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Previous hurdle was Nagoshi opinion that Nintendo systems is just for kids and didn't think it'll be suitable.
 
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