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irstupid on 27 February 2013
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BasilZero said:
irstupid said:
BasilZero said:
IsawYoshi said:
BasilZero said:
Because there were better RPGs in the market l0l

Are you insulting xenoblade?

I'm putting a spell on you!!!


xenoblade may of been good but when compared to the great RPGs of yesteryears, its a far cry - same with ni no kuni.

Please list better RPG's.  Curious to see what you consider top tier RPG's.

In terms of quality - From the previous generations on the ones I have played/own - there are far more that I have yet to play.

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Kingdom Hearts
Star Ocean Till the End of Time
Dragon Quest VIII
Tales of Symphonia
Xenosaga Episode I

If you want to discuss by sales it speaks for itself on the sheer volume.

  Xenoblade Chronicles Wii 2010 Role-Playing Nintendo 0.39 0.21 0.16 0.07 0.83
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch PS3 2011 Role-Playing Namco Bandai Games 0.16 0.12 0.20 0.05 0.54

versus

1 Final Fantasy X PS2 2001 Role-Playing Sony Computer Entertainment 2.91 2.07 2.73 0.33 8.05
2 Final Fantasy XII PS2 2006 Role-Playing Square Enix 1.88 1.19 2.33 0.54 5.95
3 Kingdom Hearts PS2 2002 Role-Playing Sony Computer Entertainment 3.64 1.20 0.94 0.07 5.85
4 Final Fantasy X-2 PS2 2003 Role-Playing Electronic Arts 1.92 1.08 2.11 0.17 5.29
5 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King PS2 2004 Role-Playing Square Enix 0.65 0.75 3.61 0.20 5.21
6 Kingdom Hearts II PS2 2005 Role-Playing Square Enix 2.20 0.58 1.12 0.17 4.07
7 X-Men Legends PS2 2004 Role-Playing Activision 1.00 0.72 0.00 0.21 1.93
8 Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht PS2 2002 Role-Playing Namco Bandai Games 0.63 0.49 0.45 0.17 1.74
9 Star Ocean: Till The End of Time PS2 2003 Role-Playing Square Enix 0.80 0.21 0.55 0.15 1.72
10 Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome PS2 2004 Role-Playing Enix Corporation 0.00 0.00 1.65 0.00 1.65
11 Dark Cloud PS2 2000 Role-Playing Sony Computer Entertainment 0.83 0.44 0.08 0.19 1.54
12 Champions of Norrath PS2 2004 Role-Playing Sony Online Entertainment 0.63 0.49 0.00 0.16 1.28
13 .hack//Infection Part 1 PS2 2002 Role-Playing Atari 0.49 0.38 0.26 0.13 1.27
14 Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance PS2 2001 Role-Playing Virgin Interactive 0.61 0.48 0.00 0.16 1.24
15 Suikoden III PS2 N/A Role-Playing Unknown 0.29 0.23 0.38 0.08 0.98
16 Dark Cloud 2 PS2 2002 Role-Playing Sony Computer Entertainment 0.38 0.25 0.26 0.07 0.96
17 Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories PS2 2008 Role-Playing Square Enix 0.73 0.03 0.00 0.12 0.87
18 Rogue Galaxy PS2 2005 Role-Playing Sony Computer Entertainment 0.24 0.16 0.39 0.05 0.84


Even the crappy games like X-men legends sold almost 2 mil compared to the most sold RPGs of this generation - a sign of the RPG genre or the jRPG genre going down in the shitter literally this gen.

 

Edit: I'm not saying both of the games are bad, I'm just saying there were better RPGs out in the market last gen than they are now which was my main point.

Let's say your opinion on games is absolute for arguments sake and all those games you listed are better quality games.

Now are you telling me that Ni No Kuni and Xenoblade sold poorly because those games were on the market?  Where people buying those games instead of Ni No Kuni in 2011?  Were the people still replaying or playing those games in 2011, and that is why they passed up on bying Ni No Kuni and Xenoblade?

Why did you list 100% PS2 games?  What do RPG's from 8 years ago have to do with sales of an RPG 1 year ago?