Microsofts 2008 RPG gambit - success or failure?

[Riachu]

Squilliam said:

Riachu said:

Squilliam said:

mrstickball said:
Ookaze, and others that assume that JRPGs sell better on the Wii and PS3...Care to give a few examples?

So the highest selling JRPG on the Wii = 700k with a larger userbase and known IP, Dragon quest swords. Metacritic 66% Theres pretty much nothing else and the Tales game hasn't sold through yet.

The highest selling JRPG on the PS3 is Enchanted Arms - 150k Metacritic 64% (69% Xbox360)

The highest selling JRPGs on the Xbox360 are. Lost Odyssey - 800k Metacritic 78%, Blue Dragon 500k 79%, Eternal Sonata 270k 79%.

So far they have only sold on the Xbox360, I wonder if the Xbox360 has gathered a much higher percentage of JRPG fans in the west than the other two consoles? We will see I guess when Tales of Vesperia and Infinate undiscovery come out.

 

That's only furthered by the fact that the 360 now has the ultimate weapon in the genre....Final Fantasy XIII(though it's still coming to the PS3)

 

I think we'll know how well JRPG strategy is succeeding so far, based on two things pretty soon between next week and the sales week ending September 13th.

TOV + IU initial sales will indicate how much of the JRPG userbase the Xbox360 has captured, particularly how well the sales of the games launch at and how well they maintain their sales week on week.

Whether or not the sales of the two JRPG blip in the 6 days following the price cut - Sept 8-13 because that would indicate a further increase in the JRPG fanbase buying the Xbox360.

 

Here's the thing:It's expected that IU sells better in the West than ToV.  ToV has a few things against it in terms of sales that IU doesn't(like for example, it's anime art style and also the fact that IU has S-E on the Boxart).  Also, IU seems to be getting better marketing overall.  I think the sales of the one that sells better than the other is a good indication of how much of the RPG fanbase the 360 has gotten.