Japan's games industry struggled to find its way for a while there. The dawn of the HD era left behind a lot of Japanese developers who couldn't adjust to the shift in console architecture, relagating many of them to develop for handhelds only. But that's been slowly shifting ever since the PS4 came out, and many success stories popped up due to grassroots transmission of games that would eventually gain cult status and the passion of the fans that sprang up around them. Now it's 2017, and a critical mass of Japanese console games is on the horizon thanks to the success of the PS4 and the imminent release of the Nintendo Switch. 2017, it seems, is the year that Japan retakes consoles.
Square Enix hints at NieR Automata sequel during its 9th anniversary livestream as the game surpasses 10 million copies sold worldwide.
lets not get our hopes up too soon
a sequel could mean anything, a drama cd, a theater play or a novel ha
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Square Enix and Platinum Games' action role-playing game, Nier Automata, has nearly reached sales of 10 million units worldwide.
I have it for Switch, (Nier Automata The End of YoRHa Edition) amazing game.
You goddamn right it will.
But consoles still aren't selling as well as they used to during previous generations in Japan.
The Japanese developers may still put out great titles, but that won't stop the dwindling console market in the region.
Damn good thing too, because I love JRPG's in general. The Switch having a big healthy list of Japanese devs on board for it is a very reassuring presence, for me.
At the end of the 7th generation, all the consoles sold a combined total of about 25 million units in Japan.
I don't see the 8th generation topping that total.
You can't exactly say Japan is allegedly "taking back console gaming" when console sales now are the lowest they've ever been as a whole within the region.
But are they bringing sexy back?!
In Japan the trend is for mobile gaming because they're always on the go. With the rise in the use of mobile devices it seems Developers are favoring mobile games. I don't want to see console games go away, buta lot of the developers headed to where the money is.