loves2splooge said:
This is precisely why staying 360-exclusive would make the most sense strategically for Mistwalker. On the 360, Lost Odyssey 2 would be huge (1 million+ easy) because there is no real competiton on the 360 in the exclusive jrpg department any more. Ninety-Nine Nights is the only upcoming 360 exclusive jrpg I can think of. The rest are multi-plats and even those are drying up. Every jrpg fan who owns a 360 is going to buy Lost Odyssey 2 unless they didn't like the first one. On the PS3, Mistwalker would be forced to release a new IP (since MS owns Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon) and they'd have to compete with the sharks in PS3's red ocean waters (Versus XIII and others). On the 360, it'll be like a Blue Ocean for Mistwalker. Yeah there are still people buying the old 360 jrpgs but since those games are old, they aren't going to cut into Mistwalker's market share much. Lost Odyssey could be to Final Fantasy what Forza is to GT or Killzone is to Halo. Mistwalker already ventured into jrpg-heavy territory (DS) and their DS games saw really low sales. That's what happens when you compete on a platform where everyone and their grandmother is releasing a jrpg. It's similar to what people have been saying about Dante's Inferno. It's going to be overshadowed by God of War no doubt. If it was 360 exclusive instead, it would have it's own seperate identity instead of being seen as the opening act for God of War 3. |
There is a difference however. The 360 user base in Japan is tiny when compared to anything else, and that is a massive loss in sales. The 360 owners are going to get excited about it anyway, and while you say it is less competition, the PS3 isn't exactly flooded by jRPGs. What big ones are coming exclusively to PS3? I can only think of White Knight Chronicles 2 and Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
It does depend on how long all these games are, because there is plenty of room for it to fit in, and certainly in Japan, it will more than double the sales. The only true RPG, WKC sold more than triple LO in Japan, selling around 400k and with Sakaguchi's name, LO 2 would be able to sell more than that on PS3.
You could leave it as a 360 exclusive outside Japan if you really want, but the name is enough that it will sell the same on 360. It is such a good game that everyone who bought number 1 will buy number 2, so releasing on PS3 won't damage its market share much
