numonex on 05 January 2009
WRPGs sell towards Americans and Europeans - they are easy to get into and to understand. They have well written stories thanks to Western developers. WRPG game developers have large budgets to utilise.
JRPG are mainly niche and target mainly Japanese gamers and JRPG fans. There are JRPG exceptions like Pokemon series, Final Fantasy series and Dragon's Quest series that sell worldwide due to their popularity and many fans. The Japanese developers have not progressed the JRPG genre over the years. JRPG games are usually hard to get into and hard to understand. Turn based systems are frustratingly hard for casual/beginner/novice gamers like myself. JRPG game developers often have smaller game budgets to utilise.
