c0rd on 12 December 2008
| bigjon said: Ok then MS is just stupid and they went out and paid a bunch of devs to bring over japanese games that japanese dont like... |
No, they aren't stupid. It just isn't easy to create franchises that the Japanese like. The existing big ones either cost them too much money, or aren't for sale (MH, DQ, FF).
How many new IP's have done well in Japan? Nintendo's IP's do well, but their games are far from traditional (the "casual" titles), and nobody can seem to replicate their success. Blue Dragon did pretty damn well, considering the state of traditional games there. Look at how Valkyria Chronicles did, or even new RPG's released on the DS. Blue Dragon sold on par with The World Ends With You.
