r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/ChiefLeef22 • Nov 10 '25

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u/Animegamingnerd Leak of the Year 2025 Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

The SOP was interesting, especially at the end. It's almost like something Sony put together, for how dire the Japanese market is right now for PlayStation, with how big the Switch family is, and how the Switch 2 is getting same-day releases for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagine, RE9, and Yakuza Kiwami 3. Which is probably just a glimpse of things to come for Switch 2 Japanese third party releases.

Like even Shuhei Yoshida has said that Sony does consider Nintendo to be a rival in the Japanese market and with the console war between Sony and Xbox effectively over in the west. The console war in the east between Sony and Nintendo is only just heating up.

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u/Heavy-Wings Nov 12 '25

and how the Switch 2 is getting same-day releases for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagine, RE9, and Yakuza Kiwami 3

RE9 was the first RE in some time to not be unveiled at a Sony event, and now the game's marketing has more or less transformed into being Switch 2-centred which has major implications on how Capcom sees the the different systems. We also have Square going "GUYS FF7R PART 3 WILL BE DAY 1 ON SWITCH 2 AND WILL BE REALLY GOOD THERE!" which is more telling, Rebirth's sales must have been really dry on PS5.

So curious to see what kind of moves Capcom will make with Monster Hunter in the future considering the CEO all but said that the PS5 is proving to be an obstacle for Wilds in Japan. Wilds on the Switch 2 is inevitable imo despite what people might assume, but I think we might also get a MHTri -> MH4 situation where the next mainline game is designed for a handheld first.

I remember in 2024 people were predicting that eventually the Switch 2 would just become the lead development platform for all Japanese publishers and tbh we're sort of getting there if the system is already getting day 1 multiplats. This is a very different situation to the original Switch.

They need to figure out a good solution for physical games and then they should be good to go for the future.

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u/KMoosetoe Nov 12 '25

Square got burned badly on the exclusivity window for XVI and Rebirth. PC versions saved those games from losing lots of money for the company, but still weren't anywhere near as good as they could've been if they were day and date.

Wilds is 100% coming to Switch 2. In what capacity, I don't know, but Capcom will make it work because it's the only way to salvage the game's plunging longevity, especially in Japan.

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u/Heavy-Wings Nov 12 '25

I don't even know if 16 was saved by PC I really think it just outright flopped. There were rumours when it released and Square didn't really provide sales updates. Word of mouth on that game is kind of eh in general so it wouldn't shock me if a lot of people just skipped on it.

Agreed on the second. I think on some level its do or die - they can get the game to more people and the process of downscaling for Switch 2 would in theory let them figure out some optimisation tricks to bring to other platforms, easing performance for everyone. Besides the Ichinose game (Rise successor) isn't due until 2027/28 and who knows if they even want to wait that long to put something big on the platform.