Why isn't this a Cross-Play game?

Game » consists of 7 releases. First released on Jan 22, 2013

A role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 by Level-5 and animation studio Studio Ghibli.

Why isn't this a Cross-Play game?

#1 Posted by af7lm (75 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

Now I haven't played this game yet because I won't be back into country for another 2 weeks, but I think this game would have been a perfect Cross-Play game between the Vita and PS3. Hell, it was already a DS game, for the most part. I'm no game designer/programmer but I can't imagine it being too difficult. Anyway.. just thought I'd throw that out there.

#2 Posted by Roland_D11 (120 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

The DS game is not a direct port or downscaling of the PS3 game. I think it is pretty hard to port a DS game to Vita or a PS3 game to Vita, if you don't set it up that way from the start. And when the game was released in Japan the Vita wasn't even out yet.

#3 Posted by Dagbiker (6374 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

Its 22gigs compressed. Thats why.

#4 Posted by af7lm (75 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

@Dagbiker said:

Its 22gigs compressed. Thats why.

Ouch. That would be a pretty good reason... I just like playing JRPGs on handhelds more than on the big screen.

#5 Posted by Dagbiker (6374 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

@af7lm said:

@Dagbiker said:
Its 22gigs compressed. Thats why.
Ouch. That would be a pretty good reason... I just like playing JRPGs on handhelds more than on the big screen.

I do too, In fact I just played Persona 4 on my bus ride to work. I almost bought Ni No Kuni from the PSN store, glad I didn't.

#6 Posted by Petiew (808 posts) - 4 months, 1 day ago

It also came out in Japan in 2011 about a month before the VIta, and it didn't even sell very well if I remember right.
There was probably just no incentive to do it.

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