360 is the king of rpg's this gen,so why isnt it doing good in japan

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mrstickball said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Diomedes1976 said:
Well ,if truth has to be told the best JRPG for the 360 is Lost Oddysey that is a solid 8 not more.

Its maybe too soon to say things as RPG king dont you think ?

Well, I liked LO, but the load times and slow pace ruined the end for me.

 

I'd say Eternal Sonata is much better. That's just my opinion though.

 

However, in Japan, it is getting a PS3 release also.

Ah. Thats the crux of the JRPG curse.

Turn based "traditional" JRPGs tend to do better due to the simplistic menu-based concept, and it seems that J-Gamers prefer that. Innovative (battle wise) titles like Eternal Sonata, Rogue Galaxy, Odin Sphere, and others langush in sales, while the "big ones" are almost always stale, and lack innovation...Yet do much better.

Kingdom Hearts is the last big JRPG I've seen that's broke the mold, and done well in it's native country. It seems that the west is far more favorable to said action JRPGs, and ones that wander away from the typical formula...It seems like the US got tired of Dragon Quest/Warrior after it moved from NES to SNES and further...While FF still maintains some sort of decent sales in the US at times.

Yeah, this seems like the perfect opportunity to bring up one of my favorite JRPG's this gen, which is The World Ends With You. It innovates in multiple ways, and has done reasonably well in sales, of course, it's no Dragonquest or Monster Hunter.

 

I agree with you, Dragonquest wouldn't sell so well if Japan wasn't into to completely traditional JRPGs. It's definately a hardcore, traditional dungeon crawler with excellent production values.

I would also like to say that I believe advertisement, hype, and name recognition have even more to do with sales. For instance, a Final Fantasy game would sell millions if it was a traditional game, or not.

...and FF Verses XIII will sell worse than FFXIII simply because it has the world "verses" in it, and people get the wrong impression. Even if both the games were interchangable. Wouldn't matter which game was which, the one called Final Fantasy XIII and nothing more, would sell better.