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jacks81x on 10 February 2011
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Darth Tigris said:
jacks81x said:
Darth Tigris said:

See!  It wasn't the 360's fault.  Blue Dragon opened bigger than this.  Japanese gamers don't want new IP's.  Why is so much focus put on them???

 

Because every studio wants to create that next great money-making franchise.  It's not that Japanese gamers don't want new IP's.  It's that Japanese developers haven't come out with any truly great new IP's lately.  Remember, all great game  franchises started out as new IP's at one point in time.  Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Monster Hunter, etc were all new IPs once.  So obviously it's not accurate that Japanese gamers don't like new IP's.  

I just edited my statement to be more clear.  I was referring to why put so much focus on Japanese consumers, not new IP's.  New IP's are the future and lifeblood of the industry.

Sales trends show that Japanese gamers as a whole are driven by nostalgia for classic franchises far more than new IP's.  How many RPG's really sell other than DQ or FF?

Again, DQ and FF started out as new IP's once.  So why did Japanese gamers enjoy the very first game of those franchises when they were neither classic nor had the nostalgia factor?  Perhaps the really question is, why hasn't Japanese developers been able to develop mega-successful new RPG IP's like DQ1 and FF1?