LordTheNightKnight said:
What if some company works with Atlus to fund a massive marketing blitz? That is how FF broke through in the west, and became the bestselling JRPG series. Frankly, I would not put it past Microsoft to do such. |
Hopefully they start marketing jRPGs in America with Lost Odyssey. I have not met one person IRL that knows about this game. If they don't advertise it, then their marketing team needs to be fired, and it will be clear that they want the 360 as a console with a first person shooter image.
I know this discussion is about Atlus, but MS could seriously make some ground with LO, because it has very realistic characters (not cartoony) and is very FF-like. The only bad selling point in America, is how effeminate the main character is. Although I could care less, it matters alot in this society. With the 360 crowd being guys that like "Big Men with Big Guns," it will be a challenge.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
