Nihon Falcom Unsure If Its Fanbase Would Play Its Games On Nintendo Switch

It would seem that Japanese game developer, Nihon Falcom, isn’t quite ready to commit to Nintendo Switch as it explained in a recent interview with MCV. Nihon Falcom is the developer behind JRPG cult titles such as The Legend of Heroes and Ys series. It has, in the past, stated that “the Nintendo Switch is completely a ‘Nintendo machine’, and that’s a really cool thing.” He previously went on to say – “Yea, if the opportunity presents itself, I would definitely like to get Falcom games on the Switch.”

However, in the recent interview with MCV, Kondo explained:

“Traditionally, Nihon Falcom’s always been a PC developer that doesn’t really create games for the casual market, but for the really hardcore gamers. Where is that market today? The answer to that is PS4.”

“The Switch is very successful right now, but there’s still no positive guarantee that the fan base that would play Falcom games are on the Switch yet. It’s always been very important to look and see where our users are, so while we thought it was more than likely that many of our fans actually owned a 3DS, one of the trends of PC users is that they prefer gadgets and machines with a higher spec, which is obviously something that Sony was offering. So after a really careful consideration of both sides, we decided it was more likely that the people who wanted to play the types of games we made would want to play them on a PlayStation platform.”

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