Can Japanese games ever catch up?

[darthdevidem01]

outlawauron said:

darthdevidem01 said:

outlawauron said:

loves2splooge said:
Fallout 3, if you count multi-plat sales, is the best selling hd rpg. At over 4 million worldwide. I think Final Fantasy XIII will have no problem beating that number. Just simply because it's Final Fantasy. There was some discussion in a previous thread as to whether FFXIII would beat FFXII considering that many fans and critics are sick of jrpgs now. But I suppose it does make a difference that FFXIII will be the first one on the hd consoles. And the critics have shown to be shamelessly pro-Final Fantasy XII even though they were ripping on the genre since before FFXII. Though even if FFXIII beats FFXII, FFXIII will certainly not reach FFX levels given how much the jrpg fanbase has shrunk.

Now if we are going to talk Americas, then FFXIII doesn't have a chance in hell at #1 rpg sales over there. Oblivion, if you count multi-plat sales, narrowly beat FFX! That is huge. There is a changing of the guard in Americas for sure. Maybe FFXIII will win in Europe/Others but who knows. What we do know is that FFXIII will win worldwide solely because of Japan, which is pretty much like cheating (lol) when you consider how poorly the wrpgs have been selling there.

O RLY? So, that's why FFXII was one of the highest reviewed Final Fantasy games.

the ignorance is astounding!

I mean sometimes people just don't look do they

most people here say FF12 was TERRIBLE, bashed by fans & critics

but ergh, critics loved the thing!

I mean, FFXII had the same rating as FFVII and got higher reviews than FFVIII.

agreed