| ookaze said: I was always sure the Wii was to be the JRPG console. Seems I was right once again. Add to that the rumored Shining Force, rumored Suikoden, plus all those already announced... Well, I guess the case is closed. I hope that ToV gets released on PS3, because the sales of this game are pathetic really. Stupid Namco sent their game to die on XB360. In Europe, we have yet to get ToV and ToS:KoR. Like in the USA, ToV has no chance to sell in Europe, just look at the sales of other similar games in Europe. ToS:KoR has a chance to sell a little because Nintendo made ToS come to Europe on their console, so there's a little install base of fans. But english VA will just kill these games outside of UK. |
Namco sends all their RPGs to die. At least in the West, they do. They didn't adverstise Tales of Syphonia at all, nor Vesperia, nor ToS: Dawn of the New World. The only reason we got the Tales of Phantasia port is because Nintendo brought it over. We didn't get Tales of the Tempest, granted I heard it not good, or Tales of Innocence. Same deal with Baten Kaitos on Gamecube. Namco didn't give that game any ad support and like Tales of Phantasia, Nintendo published Baiten Kaitos Origins. The only RPG I've seen Namco advertise in the US was Eternal Sonata. Which actually got a modest TV campaign. Unfortunately, ES is one of the worst RPGs of this generation. I wondering if MS was behind ES's ads given Namco's history. Lost Odyssey is the best selling JRPG of this generation for a reason, MS actually backed the game with a heavy ad campaign. Given the games battle system, the Tales series could be much bigger in the West. Especially considering the endless bitching I hear about turn based games.
To be honest they absolutely botched ToV's launch, in the US at least. Setting aside the fact that they did not adverstise the game at all. They undershipped it. I knew people that wanted the game but couldn't find it. To this day, I'm suprised at how well Tales of Symphonia sold in the US. It seems like that game sold in spite of Namco.
As for the Wii, I'm not surprised that the Wii is becoming an RPG magnet. It's running away with the Japan. Smaller devs are only concerned with the domestic market. They are going to have to go with the Wii unless they want to go the portable route.
Unless they are first or second party, I don't expect to see many new JRPG announcements for HD consoles. If its not from Sony or Mistwalker, I think the ship has sailed on any additional HD JRPGs. Given the paltry HD market share in Japan, it doesn't make much sense unless there is a financial incentive. MS maybe willing to pony up the cash, but even if they want to Sony isn't able at this point.
