Fumihiko Yasuda, director on Rise of the Ronin, is paying shut consideration to extra platfroms that he can launch his video games on. Talking to RPG Web site, Yasuda famous that the Nintendo Change has a “important quantity” of gamers in Japan. To that finish, he has mentioned that he’s paying shut consideration to how the Nintendo Change 2 will change issues.
“By way of consoles, there was a long-standing scenario in Japan the place there’s a important variety of Change gamers, and I’m intently watching how it will change with the discharge of Change 2,” mentioned Yasuda.
He additionally famous that the video games he has labored on with Koei Tecmo are inclined to have a giant viewers on the PS5. In more moderen occasions, nonetheless, Japan has seen fairly an increase in PC players as nicely.
“For video games like those we create, there are numerous PS5 gamers, however I additionally really feel that the variety of PC gamers has considerably elevated in Japan over the previous few years,” he mentioned.
After having initially been launched on the PS5 again in 2024, Rise of the Ronin got here to PC earlier this week. The PC model of the sport noticed a bunch of enhancements over its PS5 predecessor, together with help for PC-specific options like ultrawide show, and better resolutions and body charges. Nevertheless, as we famous in our evaluate, the port didn’t really feel prefer it was all the way in which there. Take a look at our PC evaluate of Rise of the Ronin for extra particulars.
Whereas even its PS5 launch might be thought of middling when it got here to crucial reception, Koei Tecmo had revealed again in June 2024 that its gross sales had already surpassed the Nioh franchise. Yasuda referred to Rise of the Ronin on the time as “the best-selling Koei Tecmo title up to now.”
Earlier than the unique launch of Rise of the Ronin, Yasuda had credited Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima with inspiring Staff Ninja and Koei Tecmo to make the sport. Whereas Rise of the Ronin was going to be the studio’s first open world sport, Ghost of Tsushima was one of many factors of reference throughout growth.
“Rise of the Ronin is our first open world sport, and Ghost of Tsushima was one of many video games we used as reference, and I personally loved it,” Yasuda mentioned. “I felt impressed by the truth that a sport set in Japan had been researched to such an extent by the builders, and had additionally obtained excessive reward for features reminiscent of its fight system. On the similar time, I puzzled why we couldn’t launch a sport like Ghost of Tsushima again then. Ghost of Tsushima served nearly as good encouragement for creating Rise of the Ronin.”
Rise of the Ronin is obtainable on PC and PS5. Take a look at our evaluate of the unique launch for extra particulars. For those who’re focused on enjoying it on the PC, you may try the {hardware} necessities to run Rise of the Ronin. Within the meantime, try our ideas on the Ghost of Tsushima vs. Rise of the Ronin debate.
