What will the excuse be when this sells worse than Persona 5 and Nier Automata despite having bigger marketing and...

What will the excuse be when this sells worse than Persona 5 and Nier Automata despite having bigger marketing and Nintendo shilling it?

Considering those games were both way bigger than expected, even selling less would be a success

It'll sell either what they expected or beyond, like the other two

Xenoblade is a first party franchise.

It should objectively do better than both

>implying
It's going to do gang busters. not mario levels but xeno is becoming established, it was in smash. People will buy this

There's no way Nier: Automata outsells it. Even ARMS sold over a million. All Switch games are very successful right now because there is an overall lack of games and soon to be over 10 million customers. Lack of competition means more sales.

What marketing?

jesus fucking christ everyday with these threads speculating about pointless shit, what ifs and shitting on games before they even come out

Well, considering that Xenoblade X sold close to 1 million on Wii U, and Switch's audience will continue to grow (and includes more than just Nintendo's core fanbase), I'm expecting at least 1 million sales.

>What will the excuse be when this sells worse than Persona 5 and Nier Automata despite having bigger marketing and Nintendo shilling it?

"We realized we made a mistake catering to Japan and focusing on story. In the next game we will focus entirely on gameplay and cater to the west."

>japanese games are story oriented

What the fuck?

XCX2 yass

no you idiot, JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Games) are story-oriented. Name one JRPG with good gameplay?

Userbase, P5 has a PS3 and PS4 userbase, meanwhile Nier A has PS4 and PC userbase.

If Xenoblade even comes close with 7 mil switches, its a goddamn miracle.

>West
>Gameplay
mmm yes more QTE final bosses please actually no, just remove bosses all together

you fucking retarded cracker, western oriented game made in the WEST are shit.

western oriented game made in the EAST are goat.

Hum, how about having a tenth of the userbase?

You're so fucking retarded it hurts

P5 is on 2 platforms, Nier is on 3. X2 is on one, that came out this spring

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they should've made a mmo.

>mmm yes more QTE final bosses please actually no, just remove bosses all together

Yes?

>Nier is on 3.
What did he mean by this?

Also Nier only sold 500k on steam. P5 only sold 300k on PS3 and never charted on the NPD, was just PS4.

They should cater to no one and focus and have an original story and original gameplay mechanics. Catering to a certain audience automatically makes a game shit.

oh, you switched sides now

second party

Second party you stupid nigger. What party it comes from does not equal objectifiable sales results. Go back to high school you stupid faggot nigger.

There is no such fucking thing as a 'second party developer'
Xenoblade is a Nintendo IP developed by a Nintendo-owned developer.

isn't gamefreak an example of a second party developer?

I mean, second party usually makes game exclusively for one system despite technically being a separate entity.
Game Freak has made an Xbox One game and some others

>marketing and shilling
We barely know anything about this game, they showed 2 trailers and that's it. That's hardly "shilling"

nier is on xbone.

Are you stupid? They showed long ass trailers describing the entire combat system

Monolith Soft is wholly owned by Nintendo making them first party. They're more a part of Nintendo than Intelligent Systems is.

Persona 5 and Nier: Automata selling well is like a freak accident. I don't know why they would be metrics of comparison.

Game Freak is a third party developer. Pokemon is a first party IP.
Second party is the consumer.
Second party is AT BEST a fan-made colloqualism, and not a legit term with a real meaning.