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Gaming - are jrpgs dying? - View Post

z101 said:
twesterm said:
On consoles, yes. Games like Final Fantasy are actually to blame since they raise the bar impossibly high.

??? Almost all JRPG-Fans don't like FF13. It's a dumbed down JRPG for Casuals.

By the Way the Wii gets many interesting JRPGs in the near future, let's see how good they will be (Arc Rise Fantasia, Fragile Dreams, The Last Story, Xenoblade) and their sales.

It may be a dumbed down RPG, but it sets a gaphics bar that people will now expect.

Every time a new JRPG comes out on consoles one thing that will always be said is that well in relation to Final Fantasy on the graphics....

If the developer doesn't have the budget, then it won't get those FF fans who think they're JRPG fans because they will say well in relation to Final Fantasy on the graphics, it sucks.

If the developer does make it look as good as FFXIII, they still won't get the FF fans who think they're RPG fans because it's not FF and they will never be able to sell enough copies to make that money back.

Final Fantasy has pretty much killed the console JRPG.  People expect too much of them now.