TGS: Sony Wasnt Interested in New JRPG from ExWild Arms Devs
Designer presented project to PlayStation over and over again.
One of the biggest criticisms of modern PlayStation from some of its most ardent fans is that the platform holder is not as interested in Japanese games, specifically JRPGs, as it used to be. While it’s still willing to pay exorbitant sums of money to lock down the latest Final Fantasy as a timed exclusive, for example, it’s been a while since the manufacturer funded and published a JRPG of its own.
And in an interview with Gematsu, Wild Arms designer Akifumi Kaneko admitted that he presented spiritual successor Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness to the platform holder many times to no avail. The game’s since been subject of a successful Kickstarter double-header, which has raised $1.5 million in crowd-funding to date.
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