| ryuzaki57 said: Sorry I was talking of home systems here. The trend is in favour of PS3 right now (Tales of Graces F is a good example). I quite agree on The Last Story, but I still don't see why RPG gamers would shift to 3DS. There're barely Tales of the Abyss (which I will get as I know Japanese I must say) and Kingdom Hearts 3DS which doesn't seem that attractive... No, RPG gamers are on PS3 and PSP (I don't remember DS getting any major RPG since DQIX). And DQX's system is not decided imo (I fear Microsoft might get it as a temp exclusive). |
Tales isn't a good barometer for JRPGs in general. Tales on DS vs PSP have proven that out... while PSP's never had a single million seller JRPG, DS has had tons (Pokemon D/P/Platinum, Pokemon B/W, Pokemon HG/SS, DQIX, DQIV/V/VI, DQM Joker 1-2, FF3, Inazuma Eleven 3, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2).... and yet even outsourced spinoff Tales games on PSP outsold original mothership entries on DS.
The current trend for PS3 JRPGs would actually indicate they're declining somewhat (Vesperia vs Graces f, WKC vs WKC2, Rorona vs Totori) and there were even a few notable underperformers (EOE, SO4) to outright bombs (Trinity, Last Rebellion) with no real standout success stories for 2010. RPGs on the system in 2010 have generally done worse than they did in 2009, which is actually pretty troubling considering we're in a post-slim, post-FFXIII world. We'll see how stuff like Disgaea 4, Ninokuni and Dark Souls does in 2011 though. Wii's no better off admittedly (Xenoblade! ;_;), but I don't really see that huge a gulf between the systems in the genre at large... core/niche RPGs will likely do somewhat better on PS3 while casual/mainstream RPGs will likely do somewhat better on Wii. It's basically like the DS vs PSP schism. Tales belongs on the PlayStations, Dragon Quest with Nintendo.
And DQX is 100% confirmed for Wii, and was just reconfirmed for Wii recently by Yuji Horii himself, at this point saying otherwise is mostly wishful thinking. There's literally a greater chance Microsoft could steal Versus as an exclusive than they could DQX.
As for 3DS, it has an insane amount of 3rd party RPG support already announced, more than PS2 did at this point in it's cycle even. For stuff we already have media on there's Devil Survivor Overclock (spring), Tales of the Abyss (spring), Kingdom Hearts 3D (2011), Fantasy Life (2011), Paper Mario (2011)... then there's also additional announced IPs like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Etrian Odyssey, Class of Heroes, Yu-Gi-Oh, Super Robot Taisen, Medatbots... and then there's also stuff that's obviously coming like Pokemon, Inazuma Eleven, Fire Emblem, SaGa, etc. It's pretty clear which system is going to inherit most of the JRPG audience.
