are jrpgs dying?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

shio said:

Jumpin said:

rocketpig said:

Jumpin said:
The top selling RPGs this generation are from Japan. The Dragon Quest series has hit new heights in the last few years in terms of sales.

Wha? The top selling console RPG list this generation is completely dominated by western developers. I'm pretty sure that's what the OP is talking about (hence his mention of FF and LO).

Dragon Quest 9 - 4.22 million sold

Dragon Quest 6 DS 1.26M

Dragon Quest 5 DS 1.33M

Dragon Quest 4 DS - 1.38M

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - 1.72M

Dragon Quest Rocket Slime - 420K

Now which Western RPG franchise has sold more than 10 million in the past few years? How many have exceeded 4.22 million? (and that's not even the top selling JRPG this gen).

 

EDIT: I don't mean for this post to read as conflictual as it may.

World of Warcraft, and did so in a much more impressive fashion.

The only way to see if the JRPGs are declining is to compare directly with the sales of last gen. JRPGs may not be dying, but they sure as hell look stagnant at best, even more terrible considering that the videogames market is much bigger than last gen.

How are the sales of WoW compared to Dragon Quest 'more impressive'?  WoW is one game compared to Dragon Quest which is a series that has consistently sold more and more in the multi MILLIONS every title in only ONE country.  I would say Dragon Quest is much more impressive, having been a 25 year series that has seen consistent and steady growth in the millions over EVERY major title (and nearly every spin-off and remake) while WoW is only one game.

If WoW can spawn a number of sequels, hold its popularity and grew in sales for over the years without being eclipsed by other MMO series, then I will say its had as big of an impact as Dragon Quest has.