Soriku said:
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
1. The PSP never sold as bad as the PS3.
2. The PSP is actually cheap...unlike the PS3. The PS3 won't be as cheap as the PSP.
3. The PS3 doesn't have MH. And even if it did it wouldn't sell as well as MHF for obvious reasons.
4. The PS3 doesn't have a slim/better redesign.
5. A big game like MGS4 only cauaed a substantial boost for PS3 HW. Games like Soul Calibur IV haven't done squat.
6. Handhelds > Consoles in Japan.
7. Japan is more casual than hardcore.
8. Low Japan sales = lower quantity of Japanese games = lower sales. Plus RPGs on the PS3 haven't sold that well.
9. Why should Japanese devs make a big/expensive PS3 game when they can make a MUCH cheaper handheld game or even a Wii game which has 3x the userbase in Japan of the PS3 and 360 combined?
10. The next BIG release is FF XIII...SOMETIME next year. What big Japanese game will come after that for the PS3 that will increase PS3 HW well enough for a while? |
*scratches head* Well, we've had Folklore and Enchanted Arms. Those are the only two JRPGs the PS3 has recieved.
Yes, Folklore and EA both did do very well, but Folklore fell victim to same problem of Zack and Wiki and NMH.
Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles are both SRPG and have actually done very well. There are many (that don't have FF in the title) SRPG that sell on consoles. Valkyria is the second selling console SRPG in Japan. It still has a chance to pass number one this holiday season (need 30k more sales). Disgaea 3 sold on par with Disgaea 1 but a bit below 2.
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Folklore did get TV advertising. I guess people just didn't want it for whatever reason.
As for D3 where did you get numbers for the first Disgaea? I mean for an RPG like Disgaea 111k in Japan is good I guess...but it's not amazing enough to justify putting bigger RPGs on it. Sure, a big RPG on the hasn't been seen on the PS3, but 111k isn't...amazing. Same with VC that has 140k sales. Fine, not amazing.
I think you get my point. That reason also ties in with reason 9 I'd say. I mean there's more upcoming RPGs on the Wii than the PS3 for obvious reasons.
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1. Not in America, but it did in Japan.
2. I know I read somewhere that the first Disgaea did 120k in Japan. I'll see if I can find it (I know I read an article)
3. And that's my point. Nothing big has happened.
