Now that Nintendo is publishing Dragon Quest IX, are you interested in it?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

psrock said:
So I get the feeling a lot of you think FXIII is going to bomb in US/OTHERS?

I don't think its going to bomb.  I just don't think its going to do 5-7 million like many people/SquareEnix hopes its going to do.  Which it'll HAVE to do to 'sell better than FFVII' like SquareEnix and many other people are projecting.  And on the HD systems...and with JRPGs on the decline...yeah, not going to happen.  Right now, people are more inclined to go out and buy Dragon Age or download Morrowind off Steam than buy something like Final Fantasy XIII.  At least in America.  Sad to say, but its true.

Now, does this mean I think Dragon Quest will be magically immune to the JRPG curse?  Hardly.  In fact, its going to be 1000x harder to sell the series.  However, if a company (such as Nintendo) is willing to work at hyping the series, it may just be able to be that one series that can become successful in America and Europe despite peoples newfound prejudice for 'JRPGs'.  Because more than any other JRPG....its more like a WRPG in design.  But before people can find that out, they need to try the series.