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

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Pristine20 said:

Soriku 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)

 

Team Destiny games do really well. Tales of Destiny on the PS1 sold 870k in Japan alone (not 1 mil, but it was close...) which is a lot more than most RPGs. But beyond that I don't remember many RPGs selling 1 mil+ in Japan if they're not named FF/DQ/KH/Pokemon.

The new Wii Tales is going to be made by Team Destiny...so maybe that could get close again.

consoles aren't that popular in JP anymore. The new wii tales would struggle to make 500K

 

 

Consoles are just as popular as they were last generation, well within 10% comparatively. It's just that handhelds have become a lot more popular, so they are likely to get more attention in Japan oriented games.

 

Other than that, a few facts.

 

There are 3 RPG games that have sold 2M +, that are not Pokemon, FF or DQ. Those 3 are, Monster Hunter 2FG, Yu Gi Oh duel monsters IV and Chrono Trigger.