Rumor--Suikoden VI for Wii

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Bodhesatva said:

I'm not surprised by this at all. People, look at this game's sales history:

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=suikoden&console=&publisher=&genre=&keyword=&order=Last+Updated

The game has quite consistently sold between 200k-300k worldwide, with the most recent iteration selling 190k.

Here is a prediction for you: any game from any genre on any platform that sold 0-300k will not see iterations on the PS3 or 360, no matter how tied to the PS2 or Xbox that original was. I'm sure there may be an occasional exception to that rule, but in general, I expect it to be true.

The market for a game like Suikoden is saturated. The gaming market is growing, but not this segment of it in particular. This isn't a genre with explosive growth for which increasing revenue can offset increasing development costs. I expect all of these mid-level RPGs like Suikoden, Baiten Kaitos (yes, I know Monolith is now Nintendo, it's just an example) and Marvelous Software games to all be headed to the DS and Wii.

 

 Dang had no idea Suikoden's sales were so low.  Just shows RPGs really don't sell unless they're Final Fantays related. (Or DQ i guess.)

Hah, i'm surprised no one starts any "Square is bad for the RPG Industy" since people like to blame the Wii for other systems poor sales and certain games poor sales.