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loves2splooge on 07 November 2009
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letsdance said:
loves2splooge said:
Wait, I thought From Software co-developed this game with a studio that was owned by Sony? Or am I wrong? If From Software owns the rights 100%, I think they should consider the port. Many Japanese games this gen, including jrpgs, sell more in the west than in Japan. And in the western market, ignoring the 360 would be missing a big opportunity. When Lost Odyssey outsold Valkyria Chronicles by a good bit, I don't want to hear the standard, "duuhh.. xbots only buy shooters. They don't buy jrpgs" comment. From Software has developed at least 2 MS-published games (Ninja Blade and Tenchu Z) so they have a close relationship with Microsoft (and they have a working relationship with Sony as well considering Demon's Souls).

Comparing a western style jrpg to a srpg = fail. And no... jrpgs arent selling better in the west. And what did Ninja Blade do? Oh yeah, bombed horribly.

Lost Odyssey isn't anymore western styled than modern Final Fantasy games with those realistic non-animu graphics. If Final Fantasy, the prototypical jrpg series, isn't a good example of a jrpg, I don't know what is. Since when is "must have animu graphics" a requirement for a jrpg?

And yes a number of jrpgs sell better in the west. Some of which have anime artwork. I'm not going to bother listing all of them out because there are plenty. Valkyria Chronicles, which has anime artwork, is definitely one of them if you bother to look at the numbers but there are plenty more. In vgchartz game database, search for PS3, Wii and 360 RPGs. Look at each Japanese developed one, compare japanese sales with western sales. What do you see? Many of them sell more in the west than in Japan. It is you that fail and the numbers prove it. I know that jrpg fans often have this idea that these games are super popular in Japan when actually, many of them are less popular in Japan than they think. The truth is that most jrpg devs rely heavily on the western market. Not just the big companies but many small ones too.

And why are you bringing up that Ninja Blade had crappy sales (which it did worldwide). I don't get your point. Yes it had crappy sales because it was a crappy game (at least from what I heard anyway). What about it? I didn't say otherwise.

 

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How does "Lost Odyssey outsold Valkyria Chronicles by a good bit" translate to "Valkyria Chronicles is a failure"? ROFL. I've no clue how you can misunderstand what I said to that degree given the context. Even without the context, it's a mighty long stretch.