Where will the remaining big JRPGs go? An overview.

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JRPGs are hot topics, mainly because they have many hardcore fans.

As can be seen in the scheme below the spread of JRPGs across the three consoles of released+announced JRPGs is fairly even (but please don't discuss that here), but there are a few major ones that are yet to be announced that could tip the balance in either direction.

These three are Kingdom Hearts 3, Suikoden 6 and Shin Megami Tensei (which could have the main series, Persona and Devil's Summoner). I've added some pro's (and one con) for the release of these games on each platform.

	Wii	PS3	360
The big ones	Dragon Quest X	Final Fantasy XIII	Final Fantasy XIII
	Tales of Graces	Final Fantasy Versus XIII	Star Ocean 4
	The Crystal Bearers	Tales of Vesperia	Tales of Vesperia
Secondary	Arc Rise Fantasia	White Knight Chronicles	Lost Odyssey
	Tales of Symphonia: DotNW	Eternal Sonata	The Last Remnant
	Kizuna	Demon's Souls	Infinite Undiscovery
	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	Valkyria Chronicles	Blue Dragon
	Mursamas: Demon Blade	Disgaea 3	Eternal Sonata
Kingdom Hearts 3	+ Userbase	+ Final Fantasy main series	+ Major SE investments
	+ Disney and Wii audience match	+ Nomura (?)	+ HD dual development
		+ HD dual development	+ Final Fantasy main in the West
Suikoden VI	+ Tierkreis on DS	+ Suikoden on PSN	+ HD dual development
	+ Dragon Quest	+ Strong PS affinity
	+ Japanese userbase	+ HD dual development
	+ Cheaper to develop for
Shin Megami	+ Japanese userbase	+ Strong PS affinity	+ High attach rate of JRPGs
Tensei	+ Dragon Quest	+ PSP Persona	- Atlus not known for multiplats
	+ Cheaper to develop for

 

 

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