In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, 24 Japanese game companies were polled about the Nintendo Switch. Their answers may or may not surprise you.
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Here are eight interesting questions (and answers) of Famitsu‘s poll.
1. Are you developing any games for the Nintendo Switch?
Currently developing: 54 per cent
Thinking about it now: 25 per cent
Not developing: 17 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
2. In the future, do you have plans to release any games [on the Switch]?
Yes: 46 per cent
Thinking about it now: 46 per cent
None at the moment: 4 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
(Note the difference between those planning to release a Switch game and those developing Switch titles. Famitsu wonders if the difference is companies waiting to see how the Switch does before finalising release plans. I wonder if these are multiplatform titles.)
3. After the Nintendo Switch reveal, do you feel that players are excited about it?
Yes: 50 per cent
Can’t say either way: 38 per cent
No: 8 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
4. What’s your take on the price?
Appropriate: 67 per cent
Cheap: 25 per cent
Expensive: 4 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
5. What are your thoughts about making the online paid?
No choice but to make it paid: 41 per cent
If possible, wish it was free: 38 per cent
Can’t say either way: 17 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
6. Please state which functions and modes stand out. (Multiple responses were allowed for this question.)
Three different modes of playing: 14 votes
HD Rumble: 10 votes
Joy-Con: 9 votes
Two-player local play with the Joy-Con remotes: 8 votes
Motion IR Camera: 5 votes
Online Service (including smart device app): 4 votes
Local wireless play: 2 votes
One-button screenshot capture: 1 vote
No answer: 1 vote
7. What genres do you think suit [the Nintendo Switch]? (Multiple responses were allowed for this question.)
RPG: 18 votes
Action: 18 votes
Simulation: 14 votes
Puzzle: 14 votes
Racing: 14 votes
Adventure: 11 votes
Quiz: 11 votes
Simulator: 10 votes
FPS/TPS: 10 votes
Shooting: 7 votes
No answer: 1 vote
(Note: I’m guessing here “Simulation” refers to something like The Sims, while Simulator refers to, for example, a Japanese train simulator game. “Shooting” refers to games like Gradius, Ikaruga, Space Invaders and so on.)
8. What’s most important for the Nintendo Switch to catch on?
Solid games: 34 per cent
System Sellers: 34 per cent
Marketing: 8 per cent
Something else: 20 per cent
No answer: 4 per cent
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5 responses to “Are You Making Nintendo Switch Games? Japanese Developers Answer”
Which developers? Are we talking Capcom and Gamefreak, or some irrelevant indie devs?
Even ‘irrelevant’ indie devs sometimes have die-hard devotees of their games, such that putting the next instalment on Switch would guarantee system sales. I take your point though.
I think you can almost guarantee Capcom will be putting MonHun on Switch thanks to Nintendo’s (secret) exclusivity deal.
Which developers are working with Nintendo? There’s a whole lot of third party developers who are working together with Nintendo I hope they launch some games that will be coming out this year and those other games that will be coming out later this year and next year for example I hope ACTIVISION will bring Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy to the Nintendo Switch and I hope BANDAI NAMCO will make a new Pac-Man game for the Nintendo Switch I’d also like to see Playtonic Games make Yooka Laylee for Nintendo Switch very soon as well.
I’d like to think all those ‘no answer’ results came from the same developer. They just returned the survey form empty with a big muddy handprint giving the middle finger on it. So I guess that’d be Konami.
Actually Konami already have a game on the switch AND it’s a launch title.
Everyone is waiting for the sales figures before jumping on board.
Nintendo has to build that growth in the first 6-12 months to begin attracting developers.