This only add more evidence to what was obvious since Eternal Sonata release : XB360 is the worst console for JRPG.
Japanese devs probably hoped to recoup their cost from the west, but it failed hard. The audience just is not on HD consoles. The PS3 does a little better, and just shows how bad the XB360 is for JRPG.
That's the only thing that make people say nonsense like JRPG never were popular in the west or other nonsense.
All of this is just poor excuses. An action JRPG outsold by a SRPG on a far lower installed base just has no excuse.
The audience for these games are not on the XB360, again, it was obvious since more than a year ago.
WRPG do far better, the difference is just insane. Clearly, the style of the games play a big role. There's a kind of hate from the XB360 owners for these games' designs.
Even the PS3 population seems to have this hate. Gritty graphics are what sell on these consoles.
That's what will save FFXIII, because I was starting to wonder if even adding the XB360 would save its sales. My common sense tell me that it will work and that the added market of PS3 + XB360 will ensure very good sales for FFXIII, but I have this strange hunch...
Anyway, the better ToV on XB360 being outsold in every territory by the spin-off ToS:KoR should be selling a clear message to Namco Bandai, if they didn't wise up already. Only Europe to go for these two.
