Wow, there's so much nonsense in this thread.
a) Western games aren't better than Japanese games. RE5, FFXIII, WKC, Star Ocean, Metal Gear, Pro Evo, etc. are all very much high on the most wanted lists of HD console owners. The fact that FPSs sell very well only tells us that that genre is casualized much more than the more core oriented Japanese games.
b) Japan is still an important market. Due to core Japanese games like DQ and MH Wii could end up selling around 20 million. Konami, Capcom, Atlus, SE, etc definitely care about the home market as well, thus taking away valuable funds that could otherwise be invested in PS360 games.
c) JRPGs are still very much important. Not because of huge sales per se, but because the genre attracts die hard fans. Before DQX it was already clear Wii would be the JRPG console of choice, but the announcement will only amplifie this. In 2009 alone Wii's JRPG library will be bigger than that of the PS360 combined. People can say it's not important all they want, the hype around games like WKC and Star Ocean already tells me it is very much an important genre.
d) Fans of Western games are on 360/PS3. So? This thread is about DQX. And so far it is clear that Japanese games definitely sell much more hardware and software so far. Even the king of the Western games, GTAIV, gets outsold in its launchyear by two games. If anything the industry is trending more Japanese, even though this is mostly a single company.
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