Romancing SaGa director on Switch’s momentum and potential impact on game development
Akitoshi Kawazu is the man behind Square Enix’s SaGa series. He’s been involved with all of the entries, and directed Romancing SaGa 2 – which just hit Switch last week.
USgamer caught up with Kawazu with the new digital release of Romancing SaGa 2. During their chat, Kawazu commented on Switch.
Kawazu was asked for his thoughts seeing Switch gain momentum in Japan and overseas. He was also asked if he believes the system will have a major impact on game development and RPGs in particular.
Kawazu responded with the following:
“I think it’ll largely change depending on whether the Switch will officially be positioned as the 3DS successor or not. If that does happen, I believe many games will be developed upon narrowing their target platform to Switch. Regardless of the game being an RPG or not, if many players end up experiencing their first game on the Switch, I believe there will be a large, long-term impact. If games allowing players to pass time for free, and games players pay to enjoy are able to split their roles and coexist, I feel like it’ll become a great environment for game creators.”
