c0rd said:
Ah, great. Here again, with the removal of first party games. Why exactly would we do that? I have a test for you all - instead, why don't we remove the sales of western games? Suddenly, the HD consoles fall flat on their faces, while the Wii completely dominates. Also, if we are to believe "Wii owners don't buy core games" myth, then it's also true that "HD users don't buy cartoony/Japanese" games. At least that one is closer to the truth - KH has much more in common with Mario and Zelda than CoD or GTA. The game has no chance being a PS3 or 360 exclusive. 360 exclusivity kills a whole lot of sales in Japan (at least 500k gone). This series is far bigger than SO in all regions, so losing the PS3 install base would cost more. PS3 exclusivity would be foolish because of the American install base. Overall it would end up selling only slightly more than on the 360, while being harder to develop for, AND there'd be no chance for a moneyhat from Sony (a 360 bonus). It can only be either a Wii exclusive or PS360 multiplatform. Those are the only logical choices, anyway. With the Wii doing as bad as it is in Japan now, who knows, maybe Nintendo will push for it. (... Yeah, maybe that's pushing it!) |
Why should you take out the first party? I dunno...because despite the Wii "selling the most software", isn't it like 60% of the TOTAL sales come from the first party?
And because the 360 has a shitty userbase in Japan, you want to draw conclusions? Ok, what about the PS3? If you want to talk about, say, Eternal Sonata.....well, that's a year old port. Valkyria and Disagaea are the definition of niche. The one big JRPG that's on the PS3 is WKC right now....and it's at 330k on VGC, but reported to be upwards of 500k....in Japan ALONE. So if you want to use proper titles, and not ones with a year in between releases, then go with that one.
And where does the Wii dominate in Japanese game sales? The only "Japanese" game that's over a million on the Wii is Pokemon....and that's because for some reason Pokemon is still popular. Everything else has Mario in it, or is Carnival Games (-esque). So, I don't know where you get that the Wii is even selling Japanese games.
I don't see why people can't see this game as being like FFvXIII. I mean, Nomura even said the battle system would be similar in that game.
