Will the $199 price for the 360 cement its place as 1st place HD system?

[Squilliam]

JGarret said:
Very nice post, Zenfoldor.

Squilliam, sadly I think JRPGs have declined in popularity here in the U.S., to the point a game that doesn't have the name 'Final Fantasy' will really struggle to get that coveted 1 million mark, even if the system they're on costs little.

Nowadays, it's all about the "Oblivions, Mass Effects and Fallouts and fables".

You don't want the wrath of Starcraft to come down heavily upon you.

@JRPGs yeah, you're probably right. Consoles have a much heavier western flavour than they used to have. Most big games and developers at this point are western whilst the Japanese developers, no fault to them of course; have been targeting the handhelds at the expense of the console market.

But I do live in hope - firstly TOV has to crack 625,001 sales before the end of the year or I will owe Naznatips a Wiiware game.

2ndly I think that both TOV and IU being real time have a better chance in the current market than turn based RPGs, and the sales of Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon give me a little hope for them as well.