360sales up in japan need an explanation

[Shadowblind]

MontanaHatchet said:

Shadowblind said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Shadowblind said:
Because ithas the best and only RPGs this gen.

First point is arguable, second point is just not true.

 

 I just went through the entire PS3 catalog looking for a good RPG to hold me until Tales of Vesperia, and found none. NDS has some great ones, and Wii is short of any good ones.

 

Pray explain?

 

First point implies that it already has the best RPGs on the market. What does the 360 really have on the RPG front so far? If we're talking about Japanese RPGs, it has three RPGs that could be considered above average, and the rest aren't worth mentioning. The DS has a larger and far superior Japanese RPG lineup. Not that there's anything wrong with that, the DS is the second highest selling console ever in Japan and has been out for 4 years.

As for the Wii and PS3, what can you expect? Unlike Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony weren't desperately buying off Japanese games to gain trace amounts of marketshare. The Wii has the highest Japanese userbase, and will have the best RPG lineup by the end of this generation, without a doubt. As for Sony, they seem to have completely lost interesting in the eastern market, so there's not much we can expect there.

You could argue all day about which console has the best lineup of Japanese RPGs, but ultimately, the DS and PSP have greater amounts than the 360 so your second point is moot.

 

 Very true. I should have been much more specific.

 

It has the best JRPG lineup for a HOME CONSOLE SYSTEM. I hope the Wii has KH3. Other then that, I doubt it will have the strongest JRPG lineup. They already won the East, they don't seem to feel the need to milk it.

 

P.S. DS has great RPGs, but PSP? It has FFCC.