Wagram said:
FranTic91 said:
darthdevidem01 said: Why do these japanese companies insist on seeing their JRPG's fail?
first they release tons of them exclusive to a console in Japan that has sold significantly lower than the other consoles
now they are shipping more to the console that clearly isn't gonna sell them (on VGChartz pre-order chart ROF PS3 version made it....not 360 version).
S-E shipped more 360 FFXIII's to the GAME, HMV & Gamestation in my town.......result the PS3 version was sold out on the first day....the 360 version was just lying there.
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JRPGs don't sell as poorly on the 360 as you think.
Infinite Undiscovery for example sold over Half-a-Million, which isn't bad for a JRPG with no pedigree (It's still a great game though-I own it).
And then you look at something like Folklore which sold what: 200k? Ouch!!! It was a good game too!
Plus, compare 1st week Star Ocean 4 sales on each console.
114k on PS3
262k on 360.
Plus 1st week sales were better in Japan for 360 too. I'm not trying to be a jerk or a fanboy, all I'm saying is that you're posting on the forum of a website call vgchartz, there are more than enough tools here for you to do research on before posting.
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That is also an unfair comparison though. You can't expect tons of people to go out and buy a year old game for 65 dollars when it is 20 for another console. It is ridiculous.
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Most importantly the point I'm trying to prove is that JRPGs DO sell well on the 360. My post is more pushing this point than it is a straight up comparison.
What would have really been unfair is if I had compared overall sales as opposed to first week.