| Kenryoku_Maxis said: In all honesty, JRPGs could still survive just fine on consoles. Heck, most of the major JRPGs coming in the future are slated for consoles like Wii and PS3. The reason they didn't do well this gen in the west is because they hardly had any marketing (see Dragon Quest, Tales, Monster Hunter, etc). The games that DID see significant marketing sold well. And they're the same JRPGs that always get the marketing, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Pokemon. There's little doubt why the vast majority of people outside Japan only know a handful of JRPG titles. Because they never heard of them, which is marketings job. Word of mouth and 'off the shelf' purchases are a big thing in Japan. But they can't do the same over here in the west. WRPGs and other genres are just outpacing JRPGs in marketing nearly 100:1. And as we have seen, the vast majority of sales go to 1% of game titles with millions of dollars in marketing. |
100% absolutely true, ads do play a big role. I still remember this commercial and I thought it was a success lol
