Microsofts 2008 RPG gambit - success or failure?

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mrstickball said:

Oh, and here's a list of RPGs for each system, if anyone wants to discuss sales:

 

Xbox 360:	Sales		Playstation 3	Sales		Wii	Sales
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion	2,530,000		The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion	710,000		Dragon Quest Swords	690,000
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance*	2,470,000		Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	230,000		Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	270,000
Mass Effect	1,980,000		Enchanted Arms	150,000		Tales of Symphonia 2	220,000
Lost Odyssey	800,000		Valkyria Chronicles	140,000		Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon	130,000
Blue Dragon	500,000		Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom	120,000		Shiren the Wanderer 3	100,000
Two Worlds	350,000		Disgaea 3	110,000		Alien Syndrome	40,000
Kingdom Under Fire: CoD	310,000					Opoona	30,000
Eternal Sonata	270,000					Baroque	5,000
Final Fantasy XI	240,000
Enchanted Arms	140,000
Tales of Vesperia	110,000
Phantasy Star Universe	100,000
Operation: Darkness	4,000
Total Sales:	9,804,000			1,460,000			1,485,000
Average Sales:	754,154			243,333			185,625

 

To compare: The Xbox 360's 2nd best selling RPG has more sales than the combined sales of either PS3 or Wii RPG sales. Interesting reference point, no? If I'm missing any, please let me know.

I can't help it but smile at this list. I would pick that more than 50% of those games on the Xbox360 side made money, and that can only be good if I want to see future RPGs. Its great to see the Xbox360 selling the RPGs so well. If this trend continues I would have to pick that FFXIII would sell better on the 360 than the PS3 due to the sheer numbers of RPG/JRPG fans the Xbox360 is picking up.

The Wii numbers are strange, for a system thats sold 10million more consoles than the Xbox360 to be this far behind in sales numbers for RPGs just baffles the mind.