Double Take: Xenoblade Chronicles X Sales Indicate Market for JRPGs on Nintendo Consoles

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zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

Nintendo should push the Xenoblade series as one of their premiere exclusive franchises, to cultivate a more "core friendly" image.

 

Xenoblade+Metroid+Zelda as the holy Nintendo Adventure trifecta.

My dream.

 

vivster said:

OneKartVita said:
Personally I think the sales are inflated due to the lack of competition for RPGs on the Wii U and secondly due to the lack of games in general.

Nintendo fans didn't have much else new to choose from in November and December so it's inevitable that X gets a boost. 200k+ in the US is definitely good for the game but you're not going to see 3Rd party RPG developers rushing back to support them.

That is still in line of what the article suggest. There is indeed a market for core RPGs on Nintendo consoles*.

 

*if it's Nintendo developed and only releases every 5 years

Silly arguments as this could go the other way around. If the game flops hard is because there is no userbase but if it's a success it's because there is no competition.