Are JRPGs important anymore?

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Kasz216 said:

I think you have cause and effect backwords DJMeister.

The big JRPGs went to the console that sold best.

They were in a big lurch this time around because they thought the PS3 was going to win. But it didn't... and it's really behind in Japan where a good RPG selling machine should.

While Wii has yet to show it could sell JRPGS in massive numbers (it probably could considering the japanese base but the N64 and Cube were very short on RPGS.)

With all this doubt... when given a check to put RPGs exclusivly on 360 why wouldn't you?

 

The "FF7 won the battle for PS1" thing really is a bit of a misnomer.... PS1 had already won.

This post is the best in the thread.

I think we do have a cause and effect problem here. It wasn't the JRPGs which caused a console to win, it was the console that won being successful enough to sell the JRPGs. Afterall, JRPGs are typically a niche market and therefore a large install base can be very beneficial.

The possible exception is FFVII, which if my memory serves me correctly did kill off the Saturn in Japan and the N64 out west.