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News - A Xenosaga Collection Was Scrapped Due To Profitability Concerns - xSicKxBot - 12-28-2019
A Xenosaga Collection Was Scrapped Due To Profitability Concerns
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<p>A collection of games in the “Xeno” series was canned because Bandai Namco was concerned it wouldn’t sell in the numbers required to turn a profit, according to general manager Katsuhiro Harada.</p>
<p>The series – which began life on the PlayStation in 1998 with <strong>Xenogears</strong> and includes six entries on the PlayStation 2 – laid the foundations for <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/xenoblade_chronicles">Xenoblade Chronicles</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu/xenoblade_chronicles_x">Xenoblade Chronicles X</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/xenoblade_chronicles_2">Xenoblade Chronicles 2</a></strong>, all of which are Nintendo exclusives.</p>
<p>Given the interest in the franchise, you’d think it would be a dead cert as far as a collection was concerned, but that’s not the case, says Harada – although some work was carried out before the plug was pulled:</p>
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<p>This actually progressed to the remaster’s plan, but failed in a profitable market analysis. Sorry guys, This plan will be difficult to resurface…</p>
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<p>To be fair, not all of the <strong>Xenosaga</strong> games made it to the west so any collection would involve a considerable amount of localisation work.</p>
<p>Would you have bought this collection if it had happened? Let us know with a comment.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/12/27/a-xenosaga-collection-was-scrapped-due-to-profitability-concerns/