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Acevil on 05 August 2016
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BraLoD said:
Ka-pi96 said:

That's a load of bullshit. Pokemon releases with a old school turn-based battle system and sells over 10m each time. Persona 5 seems to be the most hyped Persona game ever. Fire Emblem seems to be doing really well too. Outside of RPGs both Civilization and XCOM do well with turn based systems.

This idea that nobody wants turn based these days may well be held by SE execs but it's simply not true.

So... Pokémon and this is it? Pokémon is a Nintendo franchise, as much as it keep releasing people keep buying it, not to say it's the franchise that makes people keep buying their handhelds, not because it's turn based, because it's a monster collection game. Go isn't turn based and is doing wonders, Pokémon is Pokémon.
Look to all other turn based RPGs and as they almost died last gen, they became extremely niche or skipped the gen alltogether like Persona you mentioned, that's now indeed stronger than ever, but Persona numbers weren't even on the same realm as FF to begin with.

Obviously there are people interested in turn based games, I'm one of them, but it's pretty clear action is what most of people want, pretty, pretty clear.

Are you sure? I don't get that at all, action JRPGs are not outshinning turnbased JRPGs in terms of sales. Lets put aside Final Fantasy  (Final Fantasy 13 is most likely going to outsell Final Fantasy 15 at this rate anyway).  Name me a franchise that is an action JRPG that people love and sold well last generation, hell most people would put Ni No Kuni (Sony centric fans) as their number 1 for last generation, Nintendo Fans would obviously put Xenoblade and Xbox Fans Lost Odyssey. Hell Persona is doing wonders in COMG and Final Fantasy XV is doing awful.

Dragon Quest IX outshinned previous entries and XI most likely will (since it has two versions). The demand for turn base is the same as it always was, the only problem is, some companies forget how to write and deliever setting, plot and characters that people want. 

I don't mean dark souls either, it has to be overtly Japanese, not western influenced.