The Xenosaga Trilogy Deserves a Remastered Edition
This could be the right time for the overlooked RPG to find an audience
“The future is overflowing with hope.”
In 2019, Katsuhiro Harada, a director/producer at Bandai Namco, dashed our hopes — he sent a tweet that felt like the final, definitive nail in the coffin of ever getting a Xenosaga remaster:
This actually progressed to the remaster’s plan, but failed in a profitable market analysis. Sorry guys, This plan will be difficult to resurface… [via Gamespot]
Citing that it would make no sense from a profitability standpoint, Harada confirmed that a Xenosaga HD remaster had been revisited as an idea, but failed during market analysis. The project would be difficult to accomplish and cost an amount that would not be worth it to the decision-makers at Bandai Namco.
The Struggle of the Niche RPG
Any fan of the Xenosaga trilogy is well aware of its initial rocky development and release. An ambitious six-part RPG saga directed by Tetsuya Takahashi (now infamous for the Xenoblade series), Xenosaga is a…
