Yeah, it's not just MIDI, which is already terrible in 2018, but it's badly arranged and synthesized MIDI, which is inexcusable in 2018. Frankly it's making me postponing buying the game till decent enough sales. It's ridiculous that SE puts up with that shit and makes its customers put up with that shit.
To be fair to SE, DQ VII/VIII sales were reported to be pretty bad I believe. That was in 2017. I can't see sales for DQXI in 2018 in the West to be any better and probably worse. SE still runs a business so how much sense does it make for them to release it? It's really up to Nintendo if they want it.
SE didn't even publish the remakes, they using that as a reason makes no sense.
It's not that it's just MIDI, it's that it's pretty crappy MIDI to boot.
I like how it is his fault that Square chose not to release the 3DS version.
Doesn't matter who published them, they flopped, SE isn't gonna pay to publish a game they feel is going to flop.
This point is usually countered by the fact that DQH, DQH2 and DQB sales were equally as bad in the west. Yet DQXI is still coming over on PS4, Steam and Switch, the same platforms where every previous DQ effort also bombed.
If that's the case then DQXI should probably stay JP exclusive in general.
Same especially since I don't have a PS4. I think this effort should be rewarded, IF the port is great
Well they published and localized Vita games, even well after the Vita was known to be 6 feet under so I'm not sure I can take the reasoning too seriously
How is the 3DS a dead console when it had the best december in years in 2017? They launched WoFF and DQ Builders on Vita here, even though the same was undead. The 3DS isn't setting the charts on fire but that doesn't mean that isn't selling hardware/games. If anything, a 3DS/Switch release with a marketing deal with Nintendo would do wonders for the game, as Ninty would had put on a Nintendo Direct(which is a huge marketing tool for hype and awareness) and Switch/3DS isn't crowded with big games on September, unlike PS4/PC.
SE disagrees. They've likely seen Japanese games thriving on the PS4 and Steam sales the last couple of years and probably think coming back to console, this is a chance to maybe break through in the West. They may well be wrong, but if you get past the salt, it's really easy to figure out their thought process. The 3DS is a dead end at this point.
SE doesn't disagree on anything since they've never cited past DQ sales as any reasoning at all. They're simply behaving as usual regarding platform publishing, which actually tends to ignore their past sales performance on each.
But a system like the Vita wasn't when they published and localized games for it in the West? It's not as if publishing and localizing 3DS games takes away from the PS4/PC releases anyways
DQ XI on the 3DS is still practically done, save for the translation, and the vast majority of the dialogue should be nearly indistinguishable between the two versions anyways so even that shouldn't really be a big issue...not to mention smaller publishers and developers can pull that off just fine. That and Square Enix isn't even bothering to publish direct ports for the Switch either. I don't think this has anything to do with how much work it would take and more to do with which platforms and companies they prefer
??? The script is basically the same on 3DS. The only localization job would probably be the 29 Dungeons. And the 3DS version would be far cheap, as lack of voicework wouldn't be a diminishing factor. If WoFF is trivial, DQ XI is even more trivial, as in both cases, the games have the same script on both consoles.
Remakes re-enforce that 3DS version would be super niche in 2018 on 3DS. If Nintendo wanted to publish DQXI I am sure SE would comply.
