OXM reviews The Last Remnant

[Riachu]

axumblade said:

numonex said:

From a sales perspective this generation with Fable 2, Fallout 3, Oblivion and Mass Effect - WRPG's are much better sellers than JRPGs this generation.

From a review score perspective Review score averages WRPGs have scored around 10 to 15 points better than JRPG's this generation.

JRPG's are stagnant since PS2 days and I do not have much hope that FFXIII or Star Ocean 4 will turn things around in regards to improving the JRPG genre.

WRPGs are main stream and appeal to gamers world wide. JRPGs are for the hardcore gamers, fans of that genre. JRPGs are niche market except for FF series, Pokemon and Dragon's Quest that sell well.

BTW: In regards to estimating sales of Last Remnant it will be lucky to sell 700 000 on X360 and it could reach around 400 000 on PS3. (assuming it is coming to the PS3 as well)

RPG's for the 360 just aren't quality. I mean look at White Knight Chronicles. That game will sell millions. Eternal Sonata flopped during its transition to the PS3 because us PS3 fanboys boycotted it since it wasn't a Sony exclusive but we still rated is amazingly and it's completely destroying the 360 version on metacritic.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/eternalsonata

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/eternalsonata

. Us fanboys are actually pretty powerful. We have actually infiltrated OXM just to give The Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery horrible scores.

 

I thought WKC was going to be great but now with the online mode and all, well...I think it'll be amazing now.  The only 360 exclusive JRPG that looks to come close to WKC in terms of quality is Star Ocean The Last Hope.