Swordmasterman said:
Metal Gear, Final Fantasy and Resident Evil seems to be doing pretty well, not in decline. I think that Resident Evil 6 would have outsold the 4 if it wasn't ported to every single toaster in the planet.
Street Fighter, despite the flop this gen, did very well last gen. But this has more to do with Capcom's mistakes than with the market. Why would someone purchase a broken game on launch ?
Which Japanese franchises declined in recent years ?
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Final Fantasy has absolutely declined lol, Gran Turismo has declined, Resident Evil 5 did pretty well but Resident Evil 6 fell massively after that, Sonic has fallen to irrelevance because it sucks, Onimusha has dissappeared, Pro Evo Soccer has went from being a legitimate competitor to Fifa to basically nothing, Tekken has declined a lot from its peak and ugh.... Mega Man. Sure, there are some exceptions, like Souls Games, and as you say, Metal Gear Solid V performed in the realms of its predecessors (but not good enough for Konami to keep on making AAA games apparently).
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