Japanese Sales up! How boring... :'(

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FinalEvangelion said:

*~Onna76~* said:
@Final... Former generation was entirely different. RPG's were on a productive scale, you wouldn't believe it. Therefore.. how can gamers change so fast? I haven't changed of being a RPG fan. I have a WII and a DS like I had a GBA and GC in the former generation. I have a PSP and PS3 like I had a .... well PS2 only in the former generation. Despite the fact I have a WII / DS you don't see me buying brain training games, cooking and how to run your houshold. Just about 2 years ago, RPG's were dominating the lists all the time and all of the sudden... poof... gone. Not a surprise if they keep on waiting with releasing or releasing on the wrong consoles which make the game bound to sell bad Plus, Paper Mario isn't really a RPG, more an action / adventure, like Folklore is on the PS3 and Dragon Quest Swords is just a short hack n slash game, nothing more. You can't compare these games with the almighty Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Tales of..., Shin Megami Tensei, or any other kind of die hard RPG.

Yeah, Japan seems to have the tendency to change overnight and do so all at once. In America, people liked FPS games last two generations and still like FPS games today like there is no tomorrow, despite the Wii being here.

 

The anime industry is also not in such good shape as it used to be too, but that's a different story, although both go hand in hand with jRPGs. My guess is that the jRPG / anime scene is now reduced to the people that hang out in Akihabara all the time.

Yet PS2 and DS RPGs are still selling well to my knowledge aren't they? (in comparison anyway... for no FF and DQ RPGS less then a million is the norm.)