So many JRPG fans on VGChartz?

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DragonLord said:

Honestly, Persona 3 isn't going to do very well because who the hell wants to buy last gen games anymore?  Even God of War II didn't do near as well as it should have on the ps2 because most people want games on a current console.

As far as the ps3, it doesn't have any JRPG's yet...unless you want to call that piece of shit Enchanted Arms a game.  Disgaea 3 and Valkyrie Chronicles are JRPG's; HOWEVER, they are SRPG's (Strategy) which is NOT what most of the people clamoring for JRPG's want.  And Disgaea 3 has worse graphics than some psp games from what I've seen of it.

And nobody really expects the 360 to sell many JRPG's because it has no install base in Japan and most 360 owners are hardcore shooter fans.

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So at this point, the games are either on an outdated console - PS2.

There are none, like the PS3.

Or they're for the wrong userbase - 360.

That simple.  I think we're going to be seeing a lot of old-school gamers (like myself) lose patience with Sony very soon and start to buy 360's.

You make some very good points.  However the tons of people that bought the wii say they wanted to have "fun" so graphics don't matter. Thats the only advantage PS3 and 360 have over the PS2 so the new console thing doesn't explain why P3 didn't sell.  In my opinion P3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SO3 and I think most people who have played both would agree with me. SO3 reached 1 million because it was published by S-E even though it sucks relative to P3. Yet most of these people are complaining about not getting to play SO4 when they ignored a vastly superior game of the same genre. Its like a gamer who skipped COD4 complaining that Quake Wars is a timed exclusive.