According to the JP Preview, WKC may be the best selling HD JRPG in Japan!

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BengaBenga said:

Zlejedi said:

c0rd said:

dolemit3 said:

Skittles said:

Groucho said:

hy is this a surprise?

The number of PS3s in Japan easily tops the number of 360s. Of course it would be the largest HD JRPG in Japan ever released... its like.. the PS3's first JRPG. (I don't count Folklore and VC as traditional JRPGs)

Why haven't Wii JRPGS sold tons then

Because the Wii owners, unlike the PS3 owners don't care less for JRPGs. Mario games only for them.

Haven't you noticed why DMJ had to include the "HD" JRPG as a conditional?

		Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors		Square Enix			0.50m
		Pokemon Batoru Reboryūshon		Nintendo			0.31m
		Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World		Namco Bandai			0.22m

WKC has yet to top any of these. It will overtake the Tales spinoff next week, but lifetime against Pokemon should be close. It doesn't have a chance at the Dragon Quest spinoff.

Big name JRPG's on the Wii will sell, period. Have we already forgotten the announcement that DQX is arriving on the Wii? edit: Forgot to mention MH3. Only Mario on the Wii, right?

OT: Sales are a little better than I expected, not bad. Still, the PS3 hasn't quite yet proven it can sell JRPG's better than the 360 worldwide, which was the argument (I thought) some of the "Xbots" claimed, one I agree with. As for people calling Square-Enix idiots for putting their games on the 360, I'm not sure what to think... if you're implying WKC showed the PS3 is a more viable JRPG platform, I suggest looking at the Wii's DQ spinoff, which opened at 310k first week over a year ago.

 

I think those 3 wii examples prove that Wii sells jRPG badly :) WKC at ToS level after 1 week and should easily catch up to Pokemon in next month, only Dragon Quest might be out of reach

The examples only prove that there are no high budget JRPGs on Wii yet. I'm sure Dragon Quest Swords costed less than 20% of WKC to develop. Next year we can judge sales of Wii JRPGs. I can guarantee you that Wii will have most best selling RPGs by the end of 2009 and will be the console of choice for JRPGs.

FYI some of the RPGs for next year on Wii (every fan of the genre might want to consider a wagglebox):

RPG

 

Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

 

Muramasa: Demon Blade

 

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearer

 

Kizuna

 

Dynamic Slash

Little King Story

 

 

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga

 

Monster Hunter 3

 

Arc Rise Fantasia

 

 

Maybe Monster Hunter 3 and the Last one and the Final fantasy might strengthen the Wii's RPG front but it is by NO means the JRPG console because the rest look honestly mediocre. Most of them will probably get over looked due to the release of Final Fantasy XIII which is still exclusive in japan on PS3.