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makingmusic476 on 22 March 2009
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Munkeh111 said:
Rei said:

I dont think marketing White Knight Chronicles (or any other jRPG for that matter) is a good idea. It simply wont work and will be a waste of (limited) resources. Despite being the most discussed type of games here at vgchartz, console jRPGs have lost its appeal in the West. There wont be another Final Fantasy no matter what marketing campaign Sony is willing to launch.

That being said I see two candidates to become really big franchises: Killzone (Sony must create its own Halo and this one seems like it has potential) and God of War (brutal, cruel, bloody action - americans already eat it up, it's easy to market and can become bigger than it is now)

Everything else I dont think has a good chance of becoming big.

I think that jRPGs can sell in the West, LO sold well due to word of mouth, and with good advertising and good reviews it could certainly do well, and is a worthy long term investment in my view as they intend it to become a trilogy

Killzone is certainly a contender and there is certainly a chance, but I can just feel it getting old a lot quicker than an Uncharted franchise, and I have more confidence in Naughty Dog producing great games every time. Guerilla aren't experienced enough yet.

As for God of War, I think III is the end, Jaffe said that it will explain why there are no more Greek myths, or something cliched like that, but I think Kratos' tale will be done

 

I agree with you there, but the treasure hunting action/adventure genre just isn't that big these days.  Uncharted is probably the best scoring and best sellign game like this we've seen in quite some time, and I don't think they could've hoped for more.

But maybe a better advertising campaign over the 2007 holiday season could've changed that.

God of War is also in this boat.  God of War I was easily the best selling hack n' slach title last gen, with only the original Devil May Cry coming close.    However, God of War Only managed to sell 3.21 million units.  The best selling title in it's genre, on by far the best selling console last gen, and it only managed to hit 3.21 million.

Sony has some excellent franchises that sell well enough for what they are.  They just need more franchises from better selling genres.  GT was their first, and Killzone looks like it could be their second.  I think JRPGs could be their next, but they've only ever dealt with that genre through second parties since the ps1 days.