For MMORPG fans, 2024 starts off tough. The MMORPG Blue Protocol (PC) was released in Japan in June 2023, and Amazon plans to bring it to Europe in 2024. However, as we are now learning, the game is likely not performing as well as hoped in Japan.
This is the situation:
- Blue Protocol is an anime MMORPG from Bandai Namco that focuses on story and PvE. It will not include PvP. Many fans of Genshin Impact, as well as friends of anime and MMORPGs, have been looking forward to this game since 2019.
- We in the West have only seen colorful trailers that look like there’s a lot of action.
- In Japan, the game was released in the summer of 2023. Amazon plans to bring it to us in 2024, with only the PC platform planned for now.
Everything about the release and gameplay of the MMORPG.
Blue Protocol likely disappoints in Japan
Here are the new developments: Bandai Namco held its earnings call, and as a Bloomberg reporter reports, it was mentioned that the revenues were generally disappointing, mainly due to a game that is underperforming.
The reporter estimates that it is probably Blue Protocol. Tekken 8, on the other hand, is performing better than expected.
Is it really referring to Blue Protocol? Yes, the site Siliconera states: Bandai Namco mentioned that the titles for Dragon Ball and One Piece are performing steadily in Japan and abroad, but new “online gaming titles” are far below expectations.
Blue Protocol is the only online game that Bandai Namco released in the last financial year.
Players demand: Games should be released worldwide simultaneously
This is the discussion: For MMORPG fans, this is bad news. One user says:
“Hopefully they won’t shut down the game. Seriously. It’s the game I’m looking forward to the most in the West. They just need to get the amount of content right.”
On reddit , a user complains: They should have learned from Monster Hunter World. Games should be released worldwide simultaneously and not in one region months or years earlier.
Others are disappointed: Blue Protocol looked so good in trailers.
Someone adds: The game didn’t just look great, it also played well, but you will get banned if you play it from abroad.
Another person states: He fell in love with Blue Protocol 4 years ago, but every time he checked, the MMORPG was still further away. Now, with this news, he thought about Blue Protocol for the first time in 7 or 8 months.
It’s hard to say what’s going on when you haven’t really seen the game yet and are still in the honeymoon “we only know trailers” phase. In any case, 2024 starts off with some dampers for MMORPG fans: Throne and Liberty is struggling in South Korea – developers hope for rescue through global release
