Riachu said:
Kasz216 said:
Riachu said:
Onimusha12 said:
The RPG genre is pretty much dead, it doesn't fit in the new world order of HD gaming. It began its decline last generation and is being suffocated even more so by the westernization of the HD consoles.
I suppose the DS and PSP are the only consoles to feature any viable RPGs. |
You will probably be proven wrong when other JRPGs like FFXIII and WKC come out. The genre is not dead. Look at LO's sales. People though that game was going to bomb here but it didn't. A JRPG selling well is just a matter of decent marketing and good buzz.
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FF13 will sell well... in the same way Mario Galaxy sold well. Yet Platformers are still dead outside of handhelds. They'll kinda survive but only by bastardizing themselves. (ARPGs etc.) It's already started even in Final Fantasy with the changeups in 12. |
ARPGs are not bad as a whole, it is just some of the games in the genre i.e. KUF:CoD, Dawn of Mana The Kingdom Hearts series proves that ARPGs can be good IMO @Onimusha12 How are RPGs huge sellers on hendhelds? TWEWY sold like 200K in Japan, that is not exactly stellar. |
I didn't say they were huge sellers, just that handhelds are basically all that's left. TWEWY is but one game. It's the sheer number of JRPGS on the Handhelds that attest to their vitality there, not the individual success of anyone game. Why do you think DQ9 is going to handheld?
