outlawauron on 28 December 2008
| ZenfoldorVGI said: So...what you're saying is that: A. Level-5 means nothing in Japan. B. ToS2, a spinoff jrpg, actually has an advantage over a new Level-5 IP on a jrpg starved console? C. Having 3 times the userbase is no advantage whatsoever? Wrong. Level 5 is huge in Japan, and their titles sell well. I thought the Wii was a "casual" console. Are core jrpgs supposed to well well on it? Also...it's a spinoff. The flagship title was Vesperia and Tales fans know it. Having larger userbase is a big advantage. Just look at how a big PS3 game sells compared to a big 360 game. Use MGS4. The userbase is closing, and now games on the PS3 are starting to match 360 games sales. Sony fans have used the userbase argument for 2 years, and it's valid. WKS is a relative success if it can break 200k. Still, at 200k, it's really not that significant. No PS360 game has been yet, in Japan. Not on the world stage. That won't happen until FFXIII. WKS sold about as well as Vesperia, considering userbase, and that's being generous. Do you really expect anyone to drop their jaws over 200k sales? |
Outside of Professor Layton and Dragon Quest 8, no game has sold really well in Japan.
Rogue Galaxy did 350k in Japan, but both of the Dark Cloud games did worse as did Jeanne d'arc.
Dark Cloud 1 did, however, sell VERY well in the West.
