Microsofts 2008 RPG gambit - success or failure?

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ItsaMii said:

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.

 

That is the most dishonest list I have seen in a long time. Mixing WRPGs to make the 360 look better is low. Without the WRPG (it is pretty clear that the Xbox doesnt need any help in that genre) the 360 lose 7640 k in games.

I agree with Squilliam (for once), the RPG genre includes JRPGs, WRPGs, MMORPGs, etc... Just because you wish to ignore an entire sub-genre, it doesn't mean you're right (it's like those people who don't include MMORPGs in the RPG genre because they don't like MMOs).

And damn!! There's only 3 million-seller RPGs on consoles??? That's really poor, I thought there were atleast 6 or 7.

@Riachu

There's no reason to starting naming Korean RPGs are KRPGs, because they usually are MMORPGs and don't have any unique characteristics that differentiate themselves from the Western MMORPGs (other than revenue scheme). KUF:COD is really one of the exceptions, so it's better just to say it's an Action-RPG.