| heruamon said: How does this make major news on the gaming sites? WTF...are that desperate for gaming news? |
Major gaming sites (or news sites in general) never miss an oppertunity to report on controversy. And right now, this is especially relevant as most gaming sites have a negative bias against the Wii and DS and view the 360 and PS3 as the better systems this gen. While the Japanese public strongly opposes the 360 and isn't exactly jumping on PS3 either.
@lovestosplooge
Even if Sakaguchi said he was happy with the sales for Blue Dragon, it still didn't sell as well as expected or as well as its review scores were hyping it up to be (such as you cited from Famitsu). But even more than this, there's just the fact that it had 2 major named behind it (Akira Toriyama and Sakaguchi), a huge marketing budget and even its own Anime/toy line in Japan. Still, it only sold marginally well, due to the fact that it was on the 360.
Blue Dragon, more than anything, shows that Japan won't just buy a product simply because there's a couple major names and a lot of marketing behind it. It also needs to be on a platform they want and feature content they are looking for. And the chances that the sequel will sell more than the original are slim.
Six upcoming games you should look into:
