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Akvod on 28 September 2009
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Onyxmeth said:
Akvod said:
Onyxmeth said:

Oh my bad. Didn't see that. I don't understand the point of the question though. This isn't exactly the mirror image situation of what was presented in the OP. Americans do buy JRPGs. It's just that the series they prefer don't happen to be on the 360. Something is telling me Americans will buy JRPGs once the one they want, Final Fantasy XIII is released.

Also, American 360 owners may not buy as many of the offered JRPGs, but they still buy more than the Japanese 360 owners do. Maybe the question you should be asking is why more Americans like the 360's JRPGs than the Japanese do? Why did Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Star Ocean 4, The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Eternal Sonata and Final Fantasy XI all sell better in America?

Why can't the same apply to the Japanese?

You do realize that the 360's install base in America absolutely is HUGE compared to the obsolutely tiny install base in Japan... and still taking that to account, the Last Remnant sold almost the same ammount in Japan and the US.

 

What are you talking about? The argument had nothing to do with one particular console not selling american games in Japan. It's all consoles and all handhelds. Let's not get off track here. Your question regarding only the 360 was a goalpost moving question because you knew americans do buy JRPGs, so you used a weak link to prove your point. Regardless of which platform Americans buy their JRPGs on, they still buy them. There's no refuting this. The Japanese do not have a chosen platform they do buy american games far more on. It's widespread across every platform.

Install base is irrelevant to the discussion. Bottom line is, there are more americans interested in the 360's JRPGs than there are Japanese gamers interested in them. If more Japanese gamers were interested in them, they would sell more there than they have. It's really that simple. Almost every one of those games has been advertised and bundled out the ass in that country. They are completely exposed to that public, even far more than they are in America.

You do know that the population in America is huge. And the install base does matter because percentage wise, Japanese 360 owners buy more JRPGs than Americans. To not take into account install base and population is absolutely stupid. You can make it seem like America is a top leader in many things, when it's only a small fraction of the entire population.


If consoles, genre, style, etc were not viable reasons as to why Japanese gamers don't want to buy American games, then it should also apply to America as well. If none of those things matter, why is it that the 360 install base in America doesn't buy JRPGs, when so many of them have been coming to them, either exclusive or time exclusive? Again, according to you, Americans should be buying JRPGs. Then why not the 360 owners?


Could it perhaps be that the majority (PERCENTAGE) of 360 owners don't like the genre itself? The style? The game mechanics?

Well according to you, none of those reasons are viable. They must be xenophobic, racist, and nationalistic.