PQube: Nintendo Switch Has Sort Of Replaced PS Vita For Niche Japanese Games

As you know, PQube has been announcing many niche Japanese visual novels for Nintendo Switch in the last few months, something previously seen on PS Vita.

Since the PS Vita is on its way out, Twinfinite wondered how the Switch is doing for PQube’s niche Japanese titles. PQube head of marketing Geraint Evans told Twinfinite in an interview that their titles are “selling great”, and the Switch is already on its way replacing the PS Vita as the home for niche Japanese games:

“I think it’s already on its way to do that for sure. The hardware itself is fantastic and sales on the platform are really good.

As a publisher that’s kind of a relief, because we were seeing Vita going down and we were wondering what would things be like in the future.

When we first saw the Switch we were like “okay, the hardware is really cool, but we don’t really know how the ecosystem is going to work,” and then we realized “wow, it is selling well!” The first things that we published on the Switch did really great.”

He’s also confident that the PS Vita audience will eventually move over to Switch:

“I’m really confident that that audience is going to move to Switch. I think the PC market is starting to become more challenging. It’s not necessarily a Japanese game issue, but more of an issue about the volume of content.There’s just so much stuff on there, and I’m kind of concerned that lots of people won’t be able to weather that storm…”

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