ISHAAN SAHDEV
ishaan.sahdev@gmail.com
LOCALIZATION DESIGN SUBTITLING JOURNALISM ANALYTICS
ishaan.sahdev@gmail.com
LOCALIZATION DESIGN SUBTITLING JOURNALISM ANALYTICS
Description: An analysis of how a tumultuous decade of misfortune made Square Enix look to the Steam Early Access and Kickstarter models for inspiration, and rediscover its roots in the process.
Description: A comprehensive look at the history of the studio behind the Xeno series of games, starting with its early days at Squaresoft and beyond its acquisition by Nintendo in 2007.
Description: A sales-focused retrospective on Monster Hunter Stories for the Nintendo 3DS, and why Capcom is giving the game a sequel on the Nintendo Switch.
Description: On Nintendo Switch, we've seen games from Nintendo that are more complex, challenging, and engaging. This feature is a look at how an increasingly-competitive market has caused Nintendo to change its approach to game development.
Description: A look at Square Enix's struggles to bring the RPG series to the West while still appealing to its core fans in Japan.
Description: I served as the senior editor and then managing editor of Siliconera, one of the most respected websites dedicated to covering the Japanese games industry from both a creative and business standpoint, for eight years. The link below is an archive of all the stories I wrote during my time there.
A tool that lets you compare how "sticky" games that have charted on the Nintendo Switch eShop have been.