| mrstickball said: c0rd - And why can't the titles dent the top of the list? That's what I want to know. It's not like the userbases of the Wii or DS are any smaller than the PS1 or PS2 were at any given point. I agree the uber-heavy hitters haven't debuted yet - Not having a DQ or FF this generation has hurt the list. However, it seems that many are saying DQIX may reach 2m, but not beat FFVIII - Why? It's not like the 22 million+ userbase of the DS is too small to support 1/10th being able to buy a hyped game week-1. |
I didn't mean to imply DQIX cannot overtake FFVIII - I don't live in Japan, so I'm not sure how anticipated it is. I wouldn't be surprised if the game passed FFVIII, simply because the DQ on the DS sounds like the perfect recipe for the country.
As for why the userbases may not scale with the game sales, I think the issue is more that RPG's just aren't as popular as they were in the PS era. You can even look at their LTD sales - the PS2 sequels haven't sold as well as their predecessors, even though it had a larger userbase than the PS1. Since the Playstation era was pretty much the height of cinematic gaming, for Japan that meant FF & DQ were at their best.
The most popular games today (Nintendo) are not cinematic or "hardcore", which seem to lead to Titanic-like sales, making it entirely possible for FFVIII to remain on top forever. Unless Square Enix changes the game formula, the RPG's will probably continue their steady decline.
