FinalEvangelion said:
Not really. I mean R&C: TOD is not something too much to brag about, although sales are ok.
If it's not named Final Fantasy or Mario, there are problems. |
You may have a point - a small one - with JRPGs, and that primarily with certain ones. I freely acknowledge the problem with JRPG penetration in the West. Nintendo hopes to change that by marketing Dragon Quest IX themselves and I wish them the best of luck.
But the overwhelming majojrity of platformers released in the current gen that has sold a significant amount of copies, especially on the consoles but also on the DS, have sold better in the West than in Japan, often better in America alone. Any of the sonic games, de Blob, Wario Land, every single Mario game, every Kirby game, Castlevania, Mega Man and its spinoffs, Little Big Planet, every Ratchet and Clank, every Jak and Daxter, Patapon... I could go on!
I think your expectations for platformers may be too high if you see them as underperforming in the west. Especially because they are crushing the sales for the same games in Japan.
