Coming from a GotGame interview with Level-5 abby’s Games Marketing Director Lucy Pozniak and Senior Manager of Production George Valko...
GG: Asking more of a hardball question, what kind of business model will be used on the mobile platforms? How does it compare to the 3DS and how pricing is concerned? How do the 3DS and Mobile versions compare in terms of content?
GV: So we don’t want to get into specifics about pricing, we can talk a little bit about it.
LP: So — thank you for the hardball question. We’re very aware of mobile and challenges in pricing, and what a mobile player considers too much and not enough, but we’re also very cognizant of how robust this game is. We’re taking a full console game, with the same visuals, same experience and same content, and putting it on mobile. So it’s the same game, same experience that you’re going to have regardless of what platform.
So in terms of what the audience in the mobile world is going to look at, iOS and Android will be the same price. So we will not change the price for Google and Apple, they will be identical for the player. It’s the same game, it should be the same price. Content might be different in terms of 3DS versus mobile, but mobile to mobile will be the same. You’ll just play on a different device, or a different platform.
GG: Is this title possible to be released for the Nintendo Switch later on down the road?
GV: So first off, we want to say we love the Switch, we think it’s a great platform. We are already partnered with Nintendo with some releases of our games outside of Japan, and we’d like to continue that relationship. Right now, for this title, we’re not announcing or really looking to Switch at the moment. Maybe in the future, but right now, the title was developed with the 3DS and smartphones in mind. So it’s going to be — not a pain, but additional work to make for the Switch. However, time [?] is in the future and we would love to do something for the Switch in the future.
from GoNintendo
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