JRPGs...nowadays, what company has the most potential to be "the new Squaresoft"?

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KungKras said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

KungKras said:
No company, because the genre is becoming obsolete.

As long as Sakaguchi is around FF level games will exist. The problem is without Square the marketing sucks.

What I meant was that the genre itself is beginning to show its age more and more as time passes. The JRPG core of plot twists and simplified Ultima and Wizardry gameplay was new and innovative some time ago, but now with western RPG games evolving and diversifying, and JRPG stagnating in many areas, they are becoming more and more niche.

That's my general impression anyway.

Most major JRPGs have moved long past Ultima and Wizardry (even Dragon Quest isn't the same). Now they're more content with copying recent Western games, especially Elder Scrolls and World of Warcraft.