What are the top 10 Biggest JRPG Franchises in Japan?

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tbone51 said:

RenCutypoison said:
Final Fantasy, Ys and Dragon Quest are the biggest selling JRPG franchises in japan in that order IRC.

I said excluding ff/dq. Also they aren't the biggest. Pokemon/YW are bigger. 

How does Ys sell? I dunno about  the franchise. 

Yokai Watch isn't bigger than Dragon Quest bro. Pokemon is probably #1, Dragon Quest (if not tied with Pokemon), then YW, then FF. Once YW sells 4+ Million then we can talk. Ys isn't bigger than any of these. They have more games than other JRPGS but it is by no means bigger than these. The latest game only sold 100K copies there compared to a remake of Dragon Quest VII which is about 1.4M.

But back on topic, Ys, Persona, Monster Hunter, Tales, Mana, come to mind.