Will Japan matter?

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elnino334 said:

fkusumot said:

elnino334 said:
One thing about RPG's is that they take a long time to develop which is even longer this generation since even regular games take between 1 or 2 years to develop. Of course you can cut down the time by making it for the Wii, DS or even the PSP. I mean the only turn based RPG in Japan out for the next gen system is Blue dragon, folklore, enchanted arms and Eternal Sonata with Lost odessey coming shortly. That is basically it for this current generation so far. That may be another reason why the sales have also slack.

Why is the next gen system in the current generation?

I made a mistake it is the current generation.

 Okay. Well now that I'm not wondering about that anymore. So far Fire Emblem and Paper Mario are out and Shiren is coming soon (next few months?). Personally I think the era of the cinematic RPG ala the FMV stuffed Final Fantasy type games is coming to a close. Not to say they are done with or are going to disappear, just that the genre has seen its heights. RPG's also seem to have found a very lively niche on the handhelds. Good story based RPG games to me seem ideal for handhelds, i.e., costs are cut considerably and for now they have a much larger user base. 

  So as long as the Japanese developers can do well on the handhelds (and they are) they'll be able to stay in the game long enough to figure out how to adapt to the new dynamics.