Metaphor: ReFantazio smashed Atlus' expectations on PC - another reminder that PC gamers really want more JRPGs and Japanese games
Hot off Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 7 R🙈ebirth's massive releases on the platform

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metaphor: ReFantazio sold way better on PC than its developers expected, agai൲n proving gamers on the platform have a growing appetite for the subgenre and for Japanese games as a whole.
In an interview with translated by , frequent Persona lead and Metaphor's creative director Katsura Hashino said the team's newest fantasy romp far exceeded theirꦚ expectations on PC, but it also fits into a larger trend. "Although Atlus is generally associated with console games," Hashino revealed the percentage of PC folk playing Atlus games goes up every single year. "Even if you look at long-term data from over the past five to 10 years, the 💛trend is evident."
For context, Atlus was no stranger to platform exclusivity for literal generations, from Pe🐭rsona's association with the PlayStation to the numerous Atlus games that were once exclusive to the Nintendo DS and 3DS. These days, though, almost every major release from the company drops on almost every platform: Persona 3 Reload, Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance, Unicorn Overlord, and Metaphor: ReFantazio, just to name a few.
It's not just Atlus that's enjoying a bigger piece of the PC pie. Monster Hunter Wilds producer Ryozo Tsujimoto said "there are more players than ever playinꦬg on 🗹PC, including in Japan" a few months back, and Square ಌEnix has been 🌼very outspoken about its plans to abandon console exclusivity in recent years, especially off the back of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's ve🀅ry succ𝔍essful PC port.
"Even as a developer, I believe that there is much merit in each player being able to enjoy the game in their preferred environment, aℱnd I'm glad that we were able to accomplish that," Hashino added.
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