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slacker164 on 22 February 2008
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@Dodece
I probably should've mentioned it in my original post, but I tend to be long winded and felt it was long enough already, but I agree with your comments about Wii. I think it's a given that the Wii is going to get a good amount of JRPG support. However, that doesn't mean it will be the only console with a nice selection of JRPGs. I think the PS2 was a bit of an anomaly in that respect. If you look at the PSP and DS, the PSP gets quite a lot of JRPGs despite being dominated by DS in terms of market share. There are developers that really want to work in HD and there is a distinct market for it.

If you talk in terms of HD or simply secondary markets, the PS3 makes more sense to put a JRPG on than the 360. It would be different if the PS3 was tanking in the west like the 360 does in Japan, but it sells pretty much OK in all regions. So for JRPG developers that either want to work in HD or take the big-fish-small-pond approach, the PS3 is the more attractive console. With Sony's current relationships, locked in exclusives, and first/second party abilities, I just cannot see the PS3 having a worse selection of JRPGs than the 360. It may very well end up a distant second to the Wii though.