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

[Riachu]

Soriku said:

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

 

 

That's a lie. ToS: DotNW on the Wii is on it's way to 250k and it was made by some Team Symphonia members and some members new to Tales. Unlike them, Team Destiny is actually really popular. The best selling Tales games in Japan were all Team Destiny titles.

Consoles aren't popular in Japan? Then I guess FF XIII won't do well on the PS3 in Japan according to that logic!

HD consoles aren't popular in Japan. That's what you should've said. The Wii is still selling well in Japan.

Do Japanese gamers prefer 2D games? Or is that they prefer Tales games in 2D?