D.Lo
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Ehh it's Konami.
Hero of Legend
Member
I would think so, hopefully with Nintendo directly involved like they were with Momotaro 3DS. I want to see what Nintendo can do taking charge of a Bomberman game. Even if they got Valhalla Games on it like with Momotaro (what an odd pick with ND Cube right there and all...).
Late release in 2018 maybe.
And dear god they're really milking Okami as much as they can huh.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Considering the type of audience that would love Okami (the Zelda audience) is on Switch...
...I'd say close to a zero percent chance, because Capcocpcom.
If the port was initially only in development for PS4/XBO/PC (which seems to be the case if you trust the rumor), then I'd assume it'll be similar to Revelations: It'll receive a Switch port, but a couple months later down the road. Capcom seems to know by now that Switch is a viable console for them and Okami of all releases makes too much sense not to bring on Switch.
It'd also be yet another example of Capcom not taking the Switch seriously initially. Which, honestly, I think mostly shows that Nintendo failed to convince 3rd parties of the Switch pre-launch. Capcom is one of those cases you'd have thought to be a safe bet for support. Well!
OrbitalBeard
Member
I honestly don't think Nintendo themselves had been convinced of the Switch pre-launch.
foxuzamaki
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Daily reminder that the Wii version is currently the best selling version(unless the ps3 version surpassed it)
Would love to know how much the PS3 version sold digitally, considering Capcom gives it away regularly at deep[/] discounts (as in less than 5€ cheap).
D.Lo
Member
PS3 version was a PSN cheaper download though so not comparable.
That said, a near full priced priced Switch version of a certain 'HD edition' PSN/XBLA game just made Capcom ~15 million for doing very little...
stanislavskov
Banned
I'm pretty sure the game did fine both on PS2 and PS3. Also, lots of people like Okami regardless of how they feel for Zelda.
It didn't. The game bombed.
How well Okami did on PS2 and PS3 is besides the point, since no one is arguing it should be exclusive to Switch
Skittzo0413
Member
I just can't quite understand why Nintendo chooses not to discuss their eshop sales whatsoever. All indications so far seem to be very positive for games like Kamiko, Blaster Master Zero, Death Squared and plenty of others, yet download only titles still get left out of their earnings reports. Isn't that the type of thing you'd want to boast about? Especially since it's a sign that third party titles are selling well on a Nintendo console?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Not sure what that has to do with my post. Okami shouldn't be exclusive to a Nintendo platform or anything of the sort and my post made no implications of that.
Also, the game did not do "fine" on PS2.
Don't know about the ps3 port, even if the Wii adaptation sold better initially, but he game on ps2 didn't performed that we'll at all, in fact it didn't manage to set a solid Base for he new franchise nor for clover studio
BTW I think that the basic mechanics and genre really are in line with zelda and of course this would benefit a similar game, as we often say the opposite for genre (and so target market) not covered on Nintendo platform (rightly)
frankie_baby
Member
It makes a damn site more sense on switch than revalaitons but this is capcpom so probably not
That's true but people forgetting about Zelda is a crime on it's own. I believe in the good of the Japanese people and am convinced that they will get Zelda once they had enough of Splatoon 2.
Yeah, I know, probably never...
NintendosBooger
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Both versions combined couldn't break a million. What are you talking about?
Sorry guys but isn't this zelda already among the best sellers in the series and still selling (even at a lower basis), implying it to even being able to reach 1 million Ltd (including wiiu sales)?
Well it's going to outsell most recent Zelda yes. It's also a massive recovery after Skyward Sword, I guess that's not enough for some people.
This is Konami we are talking lol.^^ If the cost is low and they smell money chances there, u can guarantee their arse that their are going to make those games for sure.(They are not Capcom for sure lol.^_^)
stanislavskov
Banned
No version of Okami ever broke a million. But I'm pretty sure it was topping PSN charts when it released on PS3.
I think everyone would like to see Zelda sell more, but let's look at it this way. If it were a PS4 game, it (just the Switch version) would be the 3rd best selling title.
frankie_baby
Member
Thats downplaying it a bit
If it doesn't have any new content, I don't see why it would do well considering it already had re-releases. It's not like re-releasing old resident evil games because that franchise has a much bigger fanbase.
This is just Capcom going through as much of their catalogue of old games to re-release as possible to make money.
It's too bad that it doesn't guarantee getting re-releases of rare or obscure games especially from their arcade titles.
fredrancour
Member
Has this ever come up in investor q&as? Seems like they would want to know
Skittzo0413
Member
Not that I know of. If I had to guess why they didn't talk about it I'd say it's either worse than it appears, which may have been true on the Wii U/3DS but seems different now, or they have some strange deal with retailers about it, which makes no sense to me.
stanislavskov
Banned
I think it can do nicely worldwide, as long as it's priced right and has a decent visual overhaul.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Gotta make that forecast some how.
Yagami_Sama
Member
That would be very nice. I was so happy when a Goemon game was release for DS.
And will do it again and again and again, I'm preparing for PS5 Okami UHD port now.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Okami bombing is the reason clover no longer exists and why platinum does exist
For something sold so poorly, it sure has a lot of remakes. I never played it, so I'm glad it's coming out.
And_Gignac
Member
Zelda will probably be an evergreen tittle but the fact that its worldwide sales three months afterwards are barely above Skyward Sword is weird.
I wonder how it compares to Twilight Princess.
frankie_baby
Member
7 million switch vs 100 million wii
Skullwaker
Member
The last known figure for Skyward Sword was a little over 3m. Breath of the Wild is at 5m+ after just 4 months. Twilight Princess sold nearly 9m in its entire life.
Breath of the Wild is doing great and has a good chance at becoming the best selling game in the series.
Breath of the Wild is doing great and has a good chance at becoming the best selling game in the series.
When compamies like Koei Tecmo and NIS with zero support for previous Nintendo systems are in position to shit resources and make their engines compatible with Switch almost immediately it's not only Nintendo's fault if Capcom has total lack of vision for future and can't even publish ports in time.
At some point, this isn't a Nintenod/Switch issue but a Capcom one. NIS, who went from near-zero software on Nintendo to a strong forward-indication of support, has shown what you can do. SE's lined up all but their most ambitious/technically impossible AAA stuff, Koei/Gust are transitioning, etc. Nirolak's Road to TGS is going to exemplify this as further updates come along.
Capcom's inability to pivot their resources says more about Capcom at this point than any one or thing else. The more we see of this, the more clear it becomes that they had zero forward planning and, now, potentially don't have the resources for timely releases which kneecaps them immensely in tapping a new audience. Rev1/2 was an obviously rushed turn-around after SFII (which itself was a crapshoot of effort), MHXX is a zero-effort port, and now we can add Okami to the list of titles that inexplicably skip a platform on which they can probably sell healthily.
This is nothing short of incompetence at this point.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Smh capcom
This would have been a valid excuse two to three months ago. Other publishers have already shown that, at this point, you can already show signs of transitioning and support from Japan. NIS has gone from 0 to 60 after D5. Capcom's response to SFII/Switch successes? Scrabble to announce a late port of a port of a remaster of a port.
Capcom's inability to do so is because of Capcom at this point. They not only would have had no confidence, the had zero planning of *any* kind. Zero.
The Abominable Snowman
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A lot of that is people's expectations getting ahead of them. We still got "Dark Souls Trilogy" on peoples list of things to buy in 2017