Level 5 : JRPG's LOOSING Momentum in Japan, FF13 can HELP JRPG's in west!

[outlawauron]

darthdevidem01 said:

Carl2291 said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Carl2291 said:
The question is...

WHY do JRPG's need momentum again. What has caused them to LOSE momentum.

Why haven't they been selling as well as previous gens?

NO evolution for most of the part

Declining console sales

JRPG's on handhelds are more powerful than ever

1st point i can agree with.

2nd point is bullcrap. Wii is selling faster than anything ever. PS3 and 360 are gonna end up higher than any 2nd/3rd place consoles.

3rd point. Yup...

1) Thats 1/3 in terms of you being right

2) wrong, console sales in Japan (I was talking bout japan) HAVE declined....handhelds have risen

3) 2/3 correct

I'll add in two more:

4) Xbox 360 -- most JRPG's have been on it (from big brands) & have all under-performed......sorry to be blunt, they have under-performed, especially the sakaguchi one's, TOV & SO4. IU & ES did above expectations

But hey when you combine TOV PS360 sales its one of the best selling Tales games in Japan

5) Final Fantasy 13 -- It isn;t here, it will bring JRPG fans to consoles, it will result in more JRPG's doing well as JRPG fans own PS3's

IU and ES performed above expectations? How so?

 

Both were huge gigantic flops.

EDIT: Especiaily Eternal Sonata. Did that game even break 300k WW on both platforms combined?