Star Ocean 4 - What went wrong with its sales?

[Slimebeast]

memory2zack said:

Slimebeast said:

And it's slowly dying too as it's not evolving much, while the competition is getting better and better.

 

It doesn´t need to evolve, but have good titles instead. If it evolves it won´t be JRPG anymore, it will change its audience. Wether that would be a good move financially is to be seen, but I wouldn´t be happy as a fan of the genre. Look at the p&c adventure genre, it hasn´t evolved, is niche, stays true to its fanbase and still has good titles.  I would prefer JRPGs to become niche than evolve into something different honestly.

 

 I respect that opinion. I often feel the same about my favorite genres.