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outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
outlawauron said:
atma998 said:
ethomaz said:
Sometimes I just don't understand Square-Enix...

I know people will say I'm a fanboy but the fact today is that the JRPG public is on PS3... so if a company want to make money and the game will be release for another plataform then you have to release in the better plataform in terms of sales.

But Square don't... they are terrible with that.

MMO'S public is mostly on PC. JRPG's public is mostly on 3DS.

DQIX sold better on DS than DQVIII on PS2. The next DQ game should go on 3DS which is the best platform for JRPG in term of sales.

Going by that logic, DQ9 should have been on PS3 since PS2 was the best platform for JRPGs. There really isn't any evidence as of now that 3DS is the place for JRPGs. 

I really hope the next DQ isn't on a handheld. DQ9 could have been so much more (although 3DS doesn't have nearly the amount of limitations the DS has).

What? Did you take a look at all the million seller JRPG on 3DS? How can you say there is no evidence that 3DS is the place for JRPG so far?

In only two years there is already more million sellers than what PS3 achieved in the past 6 or 7 years.

Just look at the number of major JRPG titles released in the past year, they were mostly all released on 3DS.

DQ7 sold very well and is the only million selling JRPG. I think it would have done well on any platform though. Game is great, loved, and has not been remade ever. Do a good remake of the best selling DQ ever, it's hard to mess that up. Still waiting on an announcement for the States.

I'm not saying the 3DS hasn't had success, but you can't compare those sales with the DS. Not even close.


OK so you don't considere Monster Hunter as a JRPG. That's arguable. But what about Sticker Star, Kingdoms Heart 3D, Dragon Quest Monsters?

I would be curious also of what game you considere as JRPG released on PS3?

Also, DQ7 sold 1.22M (so far) in Japan. Lifetime figures for DQ titles on DS in Japan are 1.27M (DQ4), 1.36M (DQ5) and 1.35M (DQ6). Not to mention that DQ4, DQ5 and DQ6 were released later in the DS lifecycle than DQ7 on 3DS's one. I don't see how it doest not ''even come close'' of the DS success. To me these numbers are quite comparable.