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invetedlotus123 on 22 March 2009

I know that PSP and DS have much more jrpgs than 360, but for home consoles, is 360 the jrpg choice this gen?

All the money spended developing jrpg crowd for 360 or they still waiting for ps3 ports?

 

I don't understand about people complaing about making jrpg for 360, if they have the money why they don't just go and buy a 360 to play the games they like? It's just like saying that if a movie that really want to watch aren't showed in my favourite channel i just won't watch it. 



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libellule on 22 March 2009

Most of the JRPG this generation are :

- new IP
- pretty average (to not being rude)

==> JRPG this generation : non event !!!

Even SO4 in Xbox360 in Japan : non event.

(outside FFVIII perhaps but it is multiplateform ...)

At the end : more JRPG are on the xbox360 BUT it is a non event ...



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Carl on 22 March 2009

Yes. This gen most JRPGS have appeared on the 360, maybe an experiment to see how much better they'l do in Western audiences.
Towards the end of this gen i see more devs going to the PS3/Wii.
After FF13 people will see that 360 aint the console for JRPGs



                            

gengka on 22 March 2009

i believe its ps3+xbox360 if u wanna hav a great jrpg experience this generation. i know its unfair we need to spend more but wat to do?



griffinA on 22 March 2009

The wii is definitely going to give the 360 a run. Right now the wii has more upcoming JRPGs than any other system. It has 10 or so jrpgs in development. And with Dragon Quest coming eventually the wii will be the king.



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alekth on 22 March 2009
invetedlotus123 said:

I know that PSP and DS have much more jrpgs than 360, but for home consoles, is 360 the jrpg choice this gen?

All the money spended developing jrpg crowd for 360 or they still waiting for ps3 ports?

 

I don't understand about people complaing about making jrpg for 360, if they have the money why they don't just go and buy a 360 to play the games they like? It's just like saying that if a movie that really want to watch aren't showed in my favourite channel i just won't watch it. 

I bought a 360 to play the jrpgs, but I still have issues with the situation.

I don't think Japan is really embracing the 360 by themselves this gen. If MS stops courting Japan with JRPGs (and SO4 was the last on the horizon for that) it seems unlikely to see a lot more, aside from multiplat FFXIII in the west.

I think it hurt the popularity of the franchised titles and the genre itself for the sake of raising the popularity of the 360 in Japan.

I don't like the prospect of having an enhanced full-priced game on the ps3 months later. As a 360 owner I wouldn't get all the content, as a ps3 owner I'd have to wait much longer. As owner of both I end up paying more.

I don't appreciate not having dual language option for some of the games, and although MS only gives a choice rather than an obligation, I much prefer the ps3 for its lack of region lock.

Lastly, I dislike the controller.

Also, the PS2 still holds some of the titles and frankly has enough of a backlog for most people to still hold a large chunk of the JRPG home console title even 3 years into this gen.



nen-suer on 22 March 2009

After the poor sales i don't think more exclusive rpg r coming to the xbox


And although the PS3 has very few rpgs, there of the highest quality

l main Valkyria Chronicles & Folklore r the best this Generation (for now) by far



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darthdevidem01 on 22 March 2009

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I agree

JRPG's have been horrible this gen

I didn't even like most of the 360 ones

WRPG's are the way to go until The FF13 comes & obliterates everything!



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pearljammer on 22 March 2009
libellule said:
Most of the JRPG this generation are :

- new IP
- pretty average (to not being rude)

==> JRPG this generation : non event !!!

Even SO4 in Xbox360 in Japan : non event.

(outside FFVIII perhaps but it is multiplateform ...)

At the end : more JRPG are on the xbox360 BUT it is a non event ...

Sadly, I agree. The new IP thing isn't a bad thing though!

It's become very expensive to be an active JRPG fan this generation. To add to that, we've only seen a few gems, paltry when compared to generations past.

 



Tyrannical on 22 March 2009

I think it is cheap and easy for a dev to take a could have been PS2 rpg, up the graphics to HD, and throw it on the 360.



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