Doesn't sound different from other japanese companies like Capcom and S-E tbh.
Obviously a company wants the projects it is currently creating to sell well. That in itself doesn't mean much.
He isn't saying that, he just said thery want to put their franchises on mobile too.
That is different from saying:" We will bring our games only to mobile"
Yeah, mobile is kind of the future (/present) of content consumption.The sad truth.
Other above and below me are reading it the same way I'd did.He isn't saying that, he just said thery want to put their franchises on mobile too.
That is different from saying:" We will bring our games only to mobile"
This fiscal year has phenomenal mobile results for several major traditional Japanese publishers and Konami's are improving notably so I don't think there's too much reason to be skeptical that they can handle it.
Doesn't sound different from other japanese companies like Capcom and S-E tbh.
Weren't companies saying this 7-8 years ago too? PS4 sales numbers say hi Konami.
To be fair it's not that different from what some other Japanese companies have shifted focus towards, but I shudder to think of all their good IPs going mobile only. Yikes.
Is this what we call an overreaction to market trends?
Sega and Namco had very strong mobile results as well this year.To all the annoying "lol!!!" jokers in this thread who do not understand the market:
Konami is right. Mobile is growing for Square-Enix. Mobile is growing for everybody. HD gaming is shrinking if you are not called ACTIVISION or EA (even I have doubt here that it is not shrinking for EA).
video games aren't dying, they're simply transitioning to a different mediumI hope you all realize this is video game dying right now in front of our eyes. They will all fall, one after the other.
Yeah, mobile is kind of the future (/present) of content consumption.
I hope you all realize this is video game dying right now in front of our eyes. They will all fall, one after the other.
PS4 sales in Japan say hi back.
Well, Japan has fallen off when it comes to traditional games but they're still viable elsewhere. The install base for PS4 world wide is huge right now and growing rapidly.PS4 sales in Japan say hi back.
In Japan the issue is also that the traditional industry is falling tremendously.yep, the amount of money we hear mobile games are making is ridiculous. I mean, remember the Super Bowl ads for friggin' mobile games? and those aren't even good games.
Just one more reason I dislike mobile.
The TYPES of games that are succeeding are what bother me. I really really actively dislike them and will never support them.
PS4 sales in Japan say hi back.
Yep.video games aren't dying, they're simply transitioning to a different medium
This is a scary sentence.our games must move from selling things like "items" to selling things like "features."
Yeah, mobile is kind of the future (/present) of content consumption.
our games must move from selling things like "items" to selling things like "features."
In Japan the issue is also that the traditional industry is falling tremendously.
Wouldn't be a NeoGAF thread without an extremely childish reaction to mobile gaming, though.