Why is only FF and Dragon Quest JPRG:s selling well?

[Pristine20]

Riachu said:

Pristine20 said:

Kasz216 said:

Pristine20 said:

sc94597 said:

Pokemon sales>Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest

To answer you question; Jrpgs are pretty niche outside of Japan. I guess most Westerners have different tastes than the Japanese. Same reason FPS don't sell to well in Japan.

JRPGs also seem to be niche in JP. No none S-E effort has broken a mil in JP that I know of (except pokemon)

 

That's kinda like saying Mp3 music players are niche because none are really popular outside of Ipod.

Sure Square, Enix and SE are about the only ones outside of pokemong to reach 1 mil sales in Japan... but how many S, E and S-E games have done so? A 40+?

 

 

so how would you define "niche" then? I thought it referred to an 'unpopular' genre. I just took his analogy on the "nicheness" of JRPGs in the west and applied it to Japan itself.

 

JRPGs are kind of niche and at the same time kind of not. See, most JRPGs don't sell that well but there are one that do sell such as FF, DQ, Pokemon, and KH as well as, Star Ocean, Tales, and to some extent, Shin Megami Tensei. However, those are the exceptions rather than the ruler.

 

Your examples should stop at star ocean. Tales and SMT don't sell that well. It looks like the vast majority of Japanese gamers are brand whores. If they loved JRPGs so much why haven't they bought 360s?