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A203D on 03 February 2011
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Chibi.V.29 said:


pokemon is a reeeealy abd example as its the most un inotive game on earh. if you play the first you retty much know how the play the next 1560 of them. FF13 is a bit over 20% behind ff10 despite that fact there was a long 5 (long time for any series) year break its still actually selling every week (i expect it to be 15% behind by end of its life). which isnt bad considering it was released another 10 years after 10 (most series dont even last 10 years to begin with). if i can asume it will drop another 15% every 10 years then i consider that in incredible successes (already is for only falling by that in the last decade)

And i dont think tls will do well in europe. the simple fact is most of the gamers in Europe (and very much so in the uk) dont like long often very stretched out games. Though i am used to this strute that rpg's have and enjoy it myself TLS does the same as every other rpg in the sense that its filled with fillers. just as almost all jrpg's are these days (though i personaly enjoy the detractions)

Thats not the point - it dosent have to be innovative. every year COD is released, its not innovate, its the same type of game, same controls, same gameplay, same length, same multiplayer, etc. its accessible. people know what they see is what they get. so 15 mil people buy it again and again.

the point about Pokemon, is it dosent have to be innovative, it has to be accesssible, so people see it in a shop, they know what it is, and they play it. simple as. with RPGs people dont know what it is. they dont think that type of game is fun -  Pokemon is fun because it is different from other JRPGs - it has its own set of rules. FF is the exception because FF7 established the series many years ago in Europe and the US.

my point is games like TLS, Dragon Quest and now even WPRGs like Mass Effect have a chance of making inroads in the RPG genre because people can see what they're going to get. they know they're going to get high octane action, maybe some online play, real time combat - not the turn based stuff western gamers would find boring, so there is a real chance. this talks to the western gamers in their language - if you know what i mean.

i'm not turning this into a thread about FF13s sales, but i think something needs to change, or even FF10s sales will be a distant memory, considering its been over 10 years since FF7 sold about 10mil.