XSEED: Pandora’s Tower did “pretty well”, tough finding the right “bigger games” for 3DS retail, future announcements
Pandora’s Tower is XSEED’s latest and likely final Wii title localized by the company. It came out during a fairly difficult period – once the Wii U was in the spotlight and at the beginning of the year.
Thankfully, Pandora’s Power did “pretty well”, according to executive vice-president Ken Berry. Had XSEED published the title during the 2012 holiday season, however, it “could have done much better”.
Berry told Siliconera:
“Pandora’s Tower has done pretty well, though not quite the level that The Last Story enjoyed. It probably could have done much better if we could have released it last holiday season rather than the first quarter of this year.”
Berry has also spoken about XSEED’s 3DS support. Thus far, not many titles have been distributed from them. Berry said that it’s been tough finding the right 3DS games to localize for retail in terms of the “bigger games” available. What XSEED has looked at so far “would likely be eShop-only releases.”
“As you stated, it’s an issue of having the right ‘bigger games’ on 3DS if you want a physical release because getting the backing of retailers on that platform can be difficult. Luckily, Rune Factory 4 is a big enough title that we feel very comfortable about releasing it as a physical product, but other 3DS titles that we’ve been looking at so far would likely be eShop-only releases.”
Perhaps XSEED may have some new reveals for the 3DS in the future. Along with Nintendo’s portable system, XSEED is looking at potential PS4, PS3, PS Vita, and PC titles.
“To be honest, I wish I knew because we are still looking to fill our lineup. We are looking at a PS4 title along with some PS3 stuff, as well as more stuff on PS Vita, 3DS and PC. We could have 3 titles or we could have 12, that’s the tough thing about relying on licensing to secure most of your games—you could go on a severe dry spell, or it could rain games as every single licensing offer we put out could all be accepted at once.”
