Pristine20 said:
Slimebeast said:
Yes, there might be a dose of distruption strategy on MS' part, but you forget a whole lot of other reasons:
* MS is putting effort on having global simultaneous release of these JPRGs. It shows that they're treating JRPGs in a respectful way. That suggests they have a deeper plan than to just disrupt Sony.
* Most JRPG sales occur in the West, no matter what console.
* Many Japanese devs have expressed their interest to expand into the Western market (even more). They want a viable platform. It makes sense from both perspectives, not just for MS, to release some JRPGs for the X360.
* MS wants to build up a good reputation among Japanese devs, and gamers all over the world that it's to be taken seriously not just in this gen, but probably even more so for Xbox 3
* The need to broaden the game library. The X360 is today perceived as a hard-core/shooter platform, which is not good if you have a bigger plan.
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I don't know about the line in bold. DQ sells more in the West...I'm confused.
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DQ is the big exception, but in general they do.
Now VGC lacks data from many past JRPGs, but this is what I found:
Dragon Quest VIII
Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 3.62m 0.47m 0.60m 4.69m
FF XII
Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 2.42m 1.77m 0.84m 5.03m
Folklore
Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.05m 0.13m 0.00m 0.18m
Star Ocean: Till The End of Time
Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.55m 0.74m 0.00m 1.29m
Tales of Symphonia (GC, the PS2-sales are unavailable)
Region Japan America Others Total
Total Sales 0.32m 0.55m 0.23m 1.10m
Out of 5 games, 4 got most of their sales in the west.
And note that 2 of the games lack Others region data.
