In a recent interview with Famitsu, Bloodstained creator Koji Igarashi talked about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and the Switch version. According to Igarashi himself, he was surprised to see sales of the Switch version were well above expectations. Here’s the official excerpt from the interview, courtesy of Nintendo Everything:
You launched the game on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Which platform had the biggest response?
Igarashi: The Nintendo Switch. Sales were well above our expectations. The game launched one week later on Switch than on other consoles, and I figured fans wouldn’t be able to wait the extra week for the Switch version, so that was unexpected.
Perhaps the reason the Switch version fared so well is because of the large install base nowadays.
Igarashi: Maybe, but the games I’ve worked on were often developed for Nintendo consoles, so that could be a factor as well. Not to mention that the Switch is the only console we released on that’s capable of handheld play. With that considered, you could say that there are a lot of fans who want to play Ritual of the Night on the go.
Now that you mention it, Ritual of the Night is a perfect fit for handheld play.
Igarashi: Then again, lots of players back then told us they wanted to play our handheld games on home consoles. (Laughs)
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