sc94597 said:
JRPG ~ Console RPG WRPG ~ Computer RPG If you think of it it that way it's easier to differentiate them into two different genres based on the history of the games found on their respective platforms (they diverged in the 90's.) For that reasons, there are Japanese developed WRPGs, and Western developed JRPGs. |
I'm not saying I don't know how to differentiate them based off of what people THINK they are. I am saying that there's clear overlap over people's definitions and not everyone defines them the same way. As I said already, it's arbitrary. I am not going to, at the same time, deny that there is something here that does need to be differentiated. However, the way we're doing it right now isn't really the best way to do it. We're already seeing people arguing over whether Dark Souls is a JRPG or WRPG.