What's up with Wii in Japan?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

jarrod said:

.jayderyu said:

Bamboleo said:
Unbelievably, JRPG's are a dying genre in Japan for home consoles, apart of known AAA franchises such as Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

Even Tales is underperforming this gen.

I believe that instead of changing focus, JRPG's produced for both consoles will be even less in the future.

I think it's very believable. It's been the same game for the last 24. Even 24 years of bombarding a game genre with the same game is enough to slow down sales of everything, but the big names.

FF's slowed slightly too, though that's likely due to the platform selection.  Had it been on DS, PSP or possibly even Wii, I bet it could've matched or exceeded what FFX/XII managed last gen.

Meanwhile DQ has posted a record high this gen (not just for the series, but for non-Nintendo games in general), MoHun's blown up and gotten HUGE and sparked a subgenre renassance, Pokemon's risen significantly from last gen, and we have actual new million selling IPs in games like Inazuma Eleven and (soon) Nunokuni.  JRPGs aren't dying in Japan, they're just changing.  Finally.

Indeed.  But don't tell that to the people here.  They only consider certain JRPGs to be 'acceptable'.  Things like Dragon Quest or Pokemon don't seem to count, while Final Fantasy and Monster Hunter do.

People just need to realize, JRPGs have been 'hurting' this gen because they focused some 4 years on the wrong systems.  They spent almost 3 years focuing almost exclusively on the XBOX360 and PSP.  And then they turned around and started putting their games on the DS and PS3.  Its only now that they're focusing on the DS and Wii together.  What they should have been doing in the first place.  Because, what a concept, the Wii is the dominant console in Japan and JRPGs on the HD consoles aren't selling 2 million in America.