Why not make X into a big Nintendo franchise?

[Mr Khan]

Hynad said:

Mr Khan said:

areason said:
Nintendo doesn't have the market which would make X a big franchise.

Uhh... no.

Most insighful retort ever.

The retort that i didn't want to make

A) Xenoblade and the Last Story did pretty well in Japan and the West as far as new IP JRPGs go, so the Nintendo base reacted favorably to them (within what can be expected for games of that type).

B) Xenoblade's current $90 asking price at GameStop. There's the possibility that GameStop is just functionally insane, but they might actually have people willing to pay $30 more than a brand-new AAA release for Xenoblade, enough of them to make this worthwhile, showing the existence of demand. If we could see how many copies GS moved at that price, we'd have a better idea of the extent of such demand as well.

C) Nintendo runs the single biggest JRPG of the last 15 years: Pokemon

D) Nintendo has also managed to scare up good sales for the main Japanese ARPG, Monster Hunter.

So... no.