That's fair. The limited information we have makes comparisons difficult so we can really only look at the series' sales history and it's a pretty strong decline from XV's launch, even accounting for XVI's platform exclusivity. In that sense, I think the sales can be called "solid", nothing more and nothing less, which to me is about halfway between a flop and a breakout success. Only so far, of course.
Yup. FFXVI did well. It might not be the premier JRPG series anymore, but hey maybe it pushes them to try out even more new things.
Oh yeah, I still need to finish that one
They do make niche games, Harvestella and Various Daylife for recent examples
I meant, like, Final Fantasy. Stop trying to force it into the mainstream mold.
So how are we going to spin everything said out of context?
Yeah that's what Bravely is for.
Given how wildly out of context that one Kotick quote has been spun, the sky is the limit!
they have forsaken for that
Simple, they clearly requested for sealed testimony in order to hide the existence of the Switch successor
Oh, well, apparently 16 is a character action game, so that’s kinda niche
Considering both of those IP's get mainline titles every 7 years, they'll be ok.
I think this usually happens because they record without specific ad breaks in mind, then they added in later either by themselves (possibly not by choice) or their publisher/distributer
I figured as much, it's just a bit jarring. Easy Allies lets you know when its time for ads but this particular podcast just drops them.
To be fair, while it does lean darker and more medieval fantasy than previous games, it's still very much a Final Fantasy game and has FF elements. But I understand why some people might be out of by the way they marketed the game.
So this is what it feels like to talk to Don Matrick.
It might be because I generally prefer the 2D Final Fantasys but to me "medieval fantasy" is always been something I mainly associated with the franchise, so I'm a bit confused by all the talk around 16 trying to appeal to the west
That's a good point lol. As someone who started with FFVII and was never huge on high fantasy settings, I had my doubts on FFXVI at first but I'm really enjoying it.It might be because I generally prefer the 2D Final Fantasys but to me "medieval fantasy" is always been something I mainly associated with the franchise, so I'm a bit confused by all the talk around 16 trying to appeal to the west
It might be because I generally prefer the 2D Final Fantasys but to me "medieval fantasy" is always been something I mainly associated with the franchise, so I'm a bit confused by all the talk around 16 trying to appeal to the west
owned. pwned. annihilated for three years straight
Aaaand I got two: Cocoon and Thirsty Suitors. No news on Outer Wilds or Solar Ash. And none of the new games are launching on Switch. Pretty disappointing.
I'd like to enjoy it as well. I'll try it on Game Pass but it needs to be on Switch for me to actually finish it.
It's not very long, I would recommend seeing you can get through it
What a shame
it’s a really short game, like it can be completed in 2 hours.
This game being an Xbox exclusive makes me think Microsoft paid for it. It will definitely come to Switch/PS5 after. I don't see this game skipping the Switch audience, as you said it's the perfect fit.
"So, would you say that you compete with Sony and Microsoft?"
my (very) optimistic take on this is that, considering the fact that most Activision studios now work on Call of Duty Warzone, some of them may be « freed » by Microsoft if the acquisition happens, and they could potentially work on some IPs that Microsoft doesn’t use.
I mean…
