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NEWS: Yakuza Kiwami Game Gets Switch Version on October 24

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Toshihiro Nagoshi left SEGA years ago so that's probably why. The franchise in general has changed a lot since his departure and is no longer up to him. He also said stuff like he didn't care if he alienated female players or western players and wanted to make the series specifically for Japanese men.

I feel it's weird that SEGA didn't release a new Sakura Wars, whose reboot was oversaw by Nagoshi, on Switch.

Didn’t the last game bomb?

Along with whatever smartphone game that they dropped I think after.

I made a mistake, it wasn't Nagoshi who said that, the comments were said by the Yakuza series current executive producer, Masayoshi Yokoyama, in an interview with GameSpot back in Septermber, 2022. I found the interview and people in the comments section pointed out that there's plenty of M-Rated titles available on the console, so Yokoyama's reasoning was kind of weird, but, and I know this may sound like a conspiracy, I think many Japanese developers still feel like they have some sort of devotion to the PlayStation, so they tend to ignore publishing their games on Nintendo hardware, even if the Switch could run them. But seeing how Sony recently announced a price increase for the PS5 in Japan and that we might have some news about the Switch's successor, I wonder if we're going to see some changes in reagards to Japanese developers work with Nintendo. If the Switch 2 becomes an instant success, especially in Japan, they won't be able to ignore it.

As for "devotion" to Sony, that's exaggerated. There might be a handful of devs that are like that, but for the most part devs and publishers go where the money and fans are. I remember when Kutaragi brought CAPCOM in for a meeting about Resident Evil 4 and basically accused them of "betraying" Sony for putting it on the Gamecube. They all thought he was a weirdo

Yakuza 3-5 and 0 on the Switch are inevitable and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kiwami 2, 6, and the other Dragon Engine games on the next system. The install base of the Switch is just too big and it sounds like a like of 3rd parties are wanting to get in on the ground floor for the next system as they don't want to miss out. When the Switch is getting the bulk of attention when it comes to the Dragon Quest III remake, that causes devs to go "Oh man, this is serious."

AiddonValentine wrote:

As for "devotion" to Sony, that's exaggerated. There might be a handful of devs that are like that, but for the most part devs and publishers go where the money and fans are. I remember when Kutaragi brought CAPCOM in for a meeting about Resident Evil 4 and basically accused them of "betraying" Sony for putting it on the Gamecube. They all thought he was a weirdo

Never mind the fact 0 nearly wound up on the N64, or the first game releasing on the Saturn along with PC, and Code Veronica releasing first on the Dreamcast.

Hope he was joking with that lack of history.

Also, I don't think Dragon Quest III HD-2D being on the Switch is something that took by surprise some Japanese third-parties, save for DQ VII and VIII, the DQ series has always been on Nintendo consoles and this is the third remake of the game, and I'm not trying to downplayed, DQ III HD-2D doesn't seem to push the Switch's graphical capabilities and the game will also be available on other consoles as well.

Heck, a leaked banner at PAX West's venue revealed even Guilty Gear Strive is coming to the Switch.

It's clear companies want to be in on the ground floor with Nintendo's next system which is why you're seeing them get their games on the Switch even with some being a bit janky performance wise. So I'm still predicting it: you will see Yakuza 3-5 on the Switch, and everything Yakuza 6 and later on the next system. Companies go where the money is and people go where the games are. No one wants to be missing out again.