are jrpgs dying?

[dunno001]

jarrod said:

dunno001 said:

ShadowSoldier said:
Just put Persona 5 on the PS3 and watch it go to work

Not really. Remember that the Persona series (as well as the entire SMT line) are quite niche, and don't see huge (>1 million) sales. As much as I would love for Atlus to revive the JRPG worldwide, they just don't have the ability to do so.

I still think Persona 5's going to PSP.  SMT4 already went to DS basically with Strange Journey.

And I mostly agree with you on this. I think it's part of the reason that they've been doing more with SMT and Persona on handhelds- to move the series there. What I'm seeing, is Atlus JP watching the sales of the games, and determining where the next games will go. I'd not be surprised, since in Japan, Persona is seperate from SMT, to see Persona land on the PSP (and its successor) and SMT proper to go to the DS (and its successor).

Where I see the wrench is actually outside Japan. If Atlus JP decides to try a global market for the games, then the PSP is basically dead in the water. I also think the overseas PSP sales are going to be what leads to Sony leading the way into the next gen of portable systems, possibly having that announced as early as E3. And this announcement may also make P5 onto the PSP2 (or whatever it's called). But I can't bet away from the PSP, either...