So, a few points I'd like to make:
- He was probably just referring to the fact that they had some embarrassing attempts to reel in fans of "shooters" with Front Mission Evolved, Gun Loco, Mindjack, etc.
- And then the fact that they tried giving Nier
global appeal by making him an adult.
- Nanashi no Game's localizing getting turned down for lack of guns and violence (etc etc) seemed to be a side effect of this mindset.
- Even a major FF (T-0) with a supposed localization couldn't get out of Japan, though one of its creators did want to port it to 3DS iirc.
- Most of the games they localized this generation were entries of their cash cow franchises (FF/KH) and mobile games, everything else (tri-ace stuff, tactics ogre, nothing else really comes to mind) seems like it did
okay or below expectations.
- With that in mind how much less could they really localize with FF and KH doing generally better in NA than Japan?
- I think this new president mentioned something about wanting to focus on stuff that makes them money (for now at least?) and big budget games that try to have global appeal but fail to return expected profits are an obvious place to start with that.
- This
old article is old but relevant and it seems to me like more or less at rock bottom.